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2019-09-27 06:28:47

Venezuela central bank considers adding cryptocurrencies to foreign reserves

The Venezuela central bank is strongly considering adding Bitcoin and Ethereum and is in the midst of running internal tests to determine the possibility. For more than a decade, Venezuela has been isolated from the global financial system following deepening US sanctions. The severe penalties have increasingly pressurized the Maduro government, central bank, state-run companies, and prominent industries to turn to alternate currency reserves. Desperate times call for desperate measures In one such attempt, the PDVSA is battling the long-term consequences of these sanctions by proposing the supplier payments through cryptocurrencies. Reportedly, the company has been unable to collaborate with