Bolivarian republic in northern South America
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Venezuelan retailers can’t replace stock because of Maduro’s Petro ‘cryptocurrency’
Retail stores in Venezuela are protesting against the use of the Petro as it's causing more headaches than it's worth, literally. ...
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Nicolas Maduro tries to revive failed state-issued cryptocurrency Petro — AGAIN
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's President, won't wind up his efforts to get his struggling state-issued cryptocurrency 'El Petro' ...
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Bitcoin mining is sucking Georgia’s power grid dry — but it doesn’t matter
Bitcoin mining in Georgia is reportedly "sucking its power grid dry," but it doesn't matter as the country has reserves of ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitmain might lay off half its staff ahead of Bitcoin halving
It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain headlines you can't afford to miss. ...
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Twitter in 2019: Chaos, K-Pop, and the egg that captured our hearts and minds
Twitter today released its data what's proved the most popular on the site in 2019. If you've been on Twitter regularly for the past year, most of these probably won't come as a shock. Still, it's nice every once in a while to see what the social media site collectively obsessed over ...
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Nicolas Maduro refuses to give up on Venezuela's state cryptocurrency El Petro
It seems that the government of Venezuela isn't ready to give up on its state-issued cryptocurrency ambitions.
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Adobe cancels all Venezuelan accounts, highlighting problems with subscription apps
Adobe has canceled all user accounts based in Venezuela in order to comply with Trump's August executive order barring US ...
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Venezuela may have Bitcoin and Ethereum, but it's unsure how it can use them
The central bank of Venezuela is reportedly looking into whether it can store cryptocurrencies in its coffers, Bloomberg ...
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Secretive 'Machete' hacker group steals GBs worth of sensitive files from the Venezuelan military
ESET researchers uncover a cyber-espionage campaign — operated by Machete — stealing sensitive documents from the Venezuelan ...
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Venezuela is buying Bitcoin with airport taxes to smuggle in US dollars, report
Venezuela appears to be leveraging cryptocurrencies as part of a larger effort to bypass US sanctions.
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Venezuelans go after diamond-backed cryptocurrency Ponzi with $30M lawsuit
A group of Venezuelans are suing a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that allegedly backed its coins with real diamonds. ...
