I saw something about Mexico, Cuba, Russia, and some others continuing to support Maduro while the US and many others are recognizing Guaidó.
That sounds like something that could turn into a sort of proxy war but if the US does anything I doubt any others would do anything about it. This is outside of Russia's sphere of influence unlike Syria..
Their are a lot of Venezuelans in crypto. With their run away inflation fiat currency I don't blame them and hope that Crypto can truly help them the way it is supposed to help those in such positions.
Sadly a lot of the Venezuelens in Crypto I have come across were on Cryptopia. The exchange that was just hacked. Many spanish speakers there.
Another crypto project I was close with for a while was Rare Pepe on Counterparty and their was a Venezuelan aspect to that as well.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/27/venezuelans-using-rare-pepes-bitcoin-currency/
https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/23/venezuelan-currency-slowly-getting-replaced-by-pepe-memes/
The government of Venezuela even created their own cryptocurrency. I am not up to speed on it since when I heard about it it just sounded like a fiat currency on a blockchain which is outside of my interest.
I should probably get myself up to speed on the petro cryptocurrency and the rest of the Venezuela situation and history leading up to this situation.
I have only really been following the breaking news for the last day or so and not yet even today's news since last night.
The people of Venezuela have been in a terrible state for quite a while now so I hope that something there changes for the better.
I'm not sure about the Maduro guy keeping power through what some say was an illegitimate election, I'm not well aware of all of the aspects but he has obviously been doing a piss-poor job.
Guaidó said that one of the first things he wanted to do as president was to hold a new fair election I think. That sounds reasonable.
I joked to my GF last night that if Venezuela gets straightened out after this we should go there for oilfield work for me and marina work for her
That sounds like something that could turn into a sort of proxy war but if the US does anything I doubt any others would do anything about it. This is outside of Russia's sphere of influence unlike Syria..
Their are a lot of Venezuelans in crypto. With their run away inflation fiat currency I don't blame them and hope that Crypto can truly help them the way it is supposed to help those in such positions.
Sadly a lot of the Venezuelens in Crypto I have come across were on Cryptopia. The exchange that was just hacked. Many spanish speakers there.
Another crypto project I was close with for a while was Rare Pepe on Counterparty and their was a Venezuelan aspect to that as well.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/27/venezuelans-using-rare-pepes-bitcoin-currency/
https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/23/venezuelan-currency-slowly-getting-replaced-by-pepe-memes/
The government of Venezuela even created their own cryptocurrency. I am not up to speed on it since when I heard about it it just sounded like a fiat currency on a blockchain which is outside of my interest.
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The petro, or petromoneda,[2] launched in February 2018, is a cryptocurrency developed by the government of Venezuela.[3][4] As of August 2018 it does not appear to function as a currency.[5]
Announced in December 2017, it is supposed to be backed by the country's oil and mineral reserves, and is intended to supplement Venezuela's plummeting bolívar fuerte currency, as a means of circumventing U.S. sanctions and accessing international financing.[6] On 20 August 2018 the bolívar soberano (Sovereign Bolivar) was introduced, with the government stating it would be linked to the petro coin value.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_(cryptocurrency)Announced in December 2017, it is supposed to be backed by the country's oil and mineral reserves, and is intended to supplement Venezuela's plummeting bolívar fuerte currency, as a means of circumventing U.S. sanctions and accessing international financing.[6] On 20 August 2018 the bolívar soberano (Sovereign Bolivar) was introduced, with the government stating it would be linked to the petro coin value.
I should probably get myself up to speed on the petro cryptocurrency and the rest of the Venezuela situation and history leading up to this situation.
I have only really been following the breaking news for the last day or so and not yet even today's news since last night.
The people of Venezuela have been in a terrible state for quite a while now so I hope that something there changes for the better.
I'm not sure about the Maduro guy keeping power through what some say was an illegitimate election, I'm not well aware of all of the aspects but he has obviously been doing a piss-poor job.
Guaidó said that one of the first things he wanted to do as president was to hold a new fair election I think. That sounds reasonable.
I joked to my GF last night that if Venezuela gets straightened out after this we should go there for oilfield work for me and marina work for her