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Venezuelan President Announces Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency “Petro” to Combat ‘US Blockade’

04/12/2017

According to Reuters, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro recently announced a new cryptocurrency during a Christmas television special, amid the country’s ...

Bitcoin Price Nears $10,000 in Zimbabwe Due to a Lack of Cash in the Country

by Francisco Memoria

20/10/2017

According to TheNational.ae, bitcoin adoption in Zimbabwe is seemingly skyrocketing as the country’s economic situation looks bleak. So much so, ...

Opinion: Venezuela Proves Bitcoin is the Future of Money

by Francisco Memoria

10/06/2017

Bitcoin has been known to thrive in times of uncertainty. In Venezuela, a country in which tensions have led to ...

Can Bitcoin Help Venezuela’s Crumbling Economy?

by Andrew Quentson

18/12/2016

The people of Venezuela are starving. There is a shortage of food and medicine, says Reuters, while recounting a terribly ...

P2P Bitcoin Transactions Increase in Venezuela and Russia

by Jelani Akin Amani El

13/10/2016

Bitcoin transactions have been shown to rise in volume in Russia and Venezuela, as demonstrated by the charts on popular ...

Venezuela’s Hyperinflation Sees Record Highs of Bitcoin Use

by Rebecca Campbell

10/08/2016

The month of July saw a high number of bitcoin transactions in Venezuela with August achieving a new record high ...

Zimbabwean Dollar Now Collapses, What Direction Should They Go?

by Joel Dalais

13/06/2015

Zimbabwe's currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, is undergoing super-hyperinflation. It is not on its last legs, its kaput, its collapsed, its ...

Former US Mint Director Edmund C. Moy on Crashing Currencies: “More Citizens are Now Relying on Bitcoin Air Bags for Safety”

by Caleb Chen

21/12/2014

Whenever there are crashing currencies somewhere around the world, Bitcoin enthusiasts start "chomping at the bit" to introduce cryptocurrency to the economically unstable ...