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April 16, 2018
“According to an executive at a Russian state bank who deals with cryptocurrencies, senior advisers to the Kremlin have overseen the effort in Venezuela, and President Vladimir Putin signed off on it last year.”Mosco’s Finance Ministry responded, stating that none of Russia’s financial authorities had any involvement in the launch of the Petro, Venezuela’s government failed to pass any comment on this. Now, in light of the Petro’s recognition by RACIB, people are starting to fall back on the claims of Russia’s involvement, stating that this award literally is evidence that Russia have been directly involved with the launch of the currency. CCN have said:
“The award reinforces suspicions about the involvement of Russian officials with Venezuela’s project. According to Telesur, Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation Oleg Nikolaevich Ryazantsev was in Venezuela in April to discuss cooperation with the Latin American nation in several areas, including the adoption of Petro as a form of payment among nations. The proposal was presented by Wilmar Castro, vice president for the Venezuelan economic area.”We should step back at this point and look at the bigger picture. The problem here is not a diplomatic one but actually that such government involvement within cryptocurrency can only stink of corruption. This was an industry set up to reduce iterations of corruption and thus, none of this news is healthy for the blockchain industry. Above all, cryptocurrency does have the power to rise above this. RACIB’s decision to award this prize might be controversial but really, is it that important? Is it just something we should ignore? I don’t know. It’s political and its current so it would be wrong to disregard it, if we ask what impact this will have on the Petro and the rest of the worlds cryptocurrencies however, then I would argue that its impact will be minimal. Featured Image Original Source: Pixabay