CURIOUS FACT!!!
The silent disappearance of the Petro, the cryptocurrency created by Maduro 💰
"The Petro is flying, buddy. The Petro is one of the most solid and stable cryptocurrencies in the whole world. If you want to invest in a crypto to guarantee your money, invest in Petro, which is the most stable currency in the entire global crypto system."
Thus, Nicolás Maduro boasted about the cryptocurrency created by his government in 2018 and backed by some of Venezuela's natural resources: oil, iron, gold, and diamonds.
The Venezuelan leader made those remarks in August 2022 during a television appearance where he was accompanied by the then Vice President of Economy and Minister of Oil, Tareck El Aissami.
However, just seven months later, in March 2023, all operations involving the Petro were suspended, and this cryptocurrency began a silent disappearance, simultaneous and similar to that of El Aissami, who around that time announced on Twitter (now X) his resignation from the government, and since then, nothing has been known about his whereabouts.