So the VP is saying cryptocurrencies are actively being manipulated to attack the petro, a coin with no established value as of yet? That's extremely paranoid thinking.
Imagine how paranoid someone must be that the president of the United States signed an executive order to ban the Petro from the US and prosecute anybody who buys Petros in the US. First time in history obviously. Immediately after the ICO was announced. Just a detail. Too complicated for the average idiot to understand or even wonder why.