Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro ordered banks to adopt the petro cryptocurrency as a unit of account, as the country struggles to emerge from a severe political and economic crisis.
Public and private banks must now reflect all financial information in bolivars and petros, according to a resolution of the Sudeban banking regulator.
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