Investors Can Only Trade Venezuelan Petro To Crypto If Purchased In 2018

A mainstream outlet in Venezuela, TeleSUR TV, the country’s “cryptocurrency” said the Petro can only be traded to other crypto assets if purchased before the end of this year.

Former Wall Street bond trader and digital asset analyst Jill Carlson translated the speech of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, which states:

“Anyone who buys the Petro until Dec 31 will be able to convert it into any other digital currency.”

In 2017, Venezuela had gone through extreme hyperinflation that resulted in the Bolivar, the national currency of the country to become useless.

Since the start of this year, it has become almost impossible for citizens and residents in the country to buy basic necessities including food and medicine with the bolivar.

“A 2.4kg chicken has been costing 14,600,000 bolivars (equivalent to $2.22, or £1.74) in the capital, Caracas. Last Thursday, a toilet roll cost 2,600,000 bolivars. And a kilogram of meat cost 9,500,000 bolivars,” a report from BBC released in August read.