The initial stage of sales of the crypto currency Petro, collected $ 5 billion. In its course more than 186 thousand certified purchases were registered. Nicholas Maduro explained that the money received from the preliminary sale of the crypto currency will be used to "service everything that our country needs." According to him, the money is part of a broader "economic decision", which the Venezuelan government united. In addition, Carlos Vargas, the country's chief crypto currency agent, showed that more than 83,000 people from 127 countries tried to acquire Petro.