{"id":248746,"date":"2020-02-04T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T20:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=248746"},"modified":"2020-02-04T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T20:52:36","slug":"venezuelas-business-sector-turns-on-petro-as-exchange-rates-continue-to-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/venezuelas-business-sector-turns-on-petro-as-exchange-rates-continue-to-spike","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela\u2019s Business Sector Turns on Petro as Exchange Rates Continue to Spike\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Petro, the stablecoin introduced by President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, is facing a fresh new wave of criticism from the country\u2019s business people, thus halting the momentum that the asset has been able to gain over the past few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to a recent\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/talcualdigital.com\/comercios-que-recibieron-petros-no-podran-reponer-toda-la-mercancia-vendida-ii\/?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from Tal Cual Digital, several retailers across the Latin American nation have revolted against the government, choosing not to accept Petro as a medium of payment for their goods and merchandise. As the source explained, retailers have pointed out that their suppliers aren\u2019t willing to accept the cryptocurrency, thus leaving vendors to fend for themselves and find ways to change the Petro unite that they have for fiat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No Safety in Crypto for an Inflation-Ridden Country\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While the difficulty in changing isn\u2019t much of a problem, reports explained that due to the country\u2019s hyperinflation levels- which Forbes Magazine reported last November was about 10,389 percent per year- vendors have essentially been put in a tight spot as fiat currency is becoming more worthless by the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, Banco de Venezuela, the country\u2019s central banking institution, had embarked on a mission to roll the conversion rate between Petro and fiat to when payment was initially made for a product. However, the values of products have also increased sporadically over time due to this inflation, meaning that vendors have been made to pay more in conversion fees and are now left without a way to replenish their stock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The news source explained that back in December, a single unit of Petro was quoted to be about 2.8 million bolivars. Last month, vendors discovered that Banco de Venezuela had stopped reimbursing their sales. At the time, a Petro unit was equal to 2.7 million bolivars. As of January 18, however, a single Petro unit was worth 4.3 million bolivars. Conditions such as these are almost impossible for business people to survive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Josefina Salvatierra, the Executive Director at the National Council of Commerce and Services (Consecomercio), explained in the report that this cash drought would undoubtedly affect vendors and business people in Venezuela, adding that Petro has been no more than a scam for merchants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maduro Keeps Pushing for Petro\u2019s Adoption<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On paper, the Petro project was billed to be a successful attempt by the government to take back its economy after it had been hampered by economic sanctions imposed by the international community and other crippling mishaps. However, while adoption of the asset has spiked over the past few months, there are several underlying economic issues that have remained unaddressed, and business people are beginning to turn their backs on the asset.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Regardless, the Maduro administration is relentless in its bid to keep ramping up adoption. Last month, the Venezuelan government announced its plans to make the \u00c1vila National Park\u2019s Hotel Humboldt an international casino to operate with Petro as the accepted currency. The announcement came after Hugo Chavez- Maduro\u2019s role model and predecessor- outlawed casinos after branding them as harbors of drugs, prostitution, and other vices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In his announcement, Maduro explained he would use the casino revenue to fund the country\u2019s education and public health sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fin-excerpt\">Petro, the stablecoin introduced by President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, is facing a fresh new wave of criticism from the country\u2019s business people, thus halting <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/venezuelas-business-sector-turns-on-petro-as-exchange-rates-continue-to-spike\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s Business Sector Turns on Petro as Exchange Rates Continue to Spike\u00a0\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1770,"featured_media":248747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7596],"tags":[10283,9648,8739,8337],"class_list":["post-248746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-bolivars","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-petro","tag-venezuela"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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