{"id":5492,"date":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2018\/05\/07\/20-million-petros-destined-to-create-cryptocurrency-bank-for-young-venezuelans\/"},"modified":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T00:00:00","slug":"20-million-petros-destined-to-create-cryptocurrency-bank-for-young-venezuelans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/20-million-petros-destined-to-create-cryptocurrency-bank-for-young-venezuelans\/","title":{"rendered":"20 million Petros destined to create cryptocurrency bank for young Venezuelans"},"content":{"rendered":"
President of Venezuela Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong> announced this Thursday he will have 20 million Petros \u2013 national cryptocurrency \u2013 to start operations of the first cryptocurrency bank for young people in the country.<\/p>\n The announcement was made during an event in the Aragua state with young people who make up the \u201cChamba Juvenil\u201d plan, a social program that promotes the first job among the youth of the country, according to a report by the Latin American television network, TeleSur<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The controversial head of state stressed that the approved contribution for the creation of said financial institution equals 1.2 billion dollars, which will support the productive initiatives of this sector of the population, while promoting the use of blockchain technology by citizens.<\/p>\n Via the \u201cCarnet de la Patria\u201d, it was known the existence of 700 thousands young Venezuelans that don\u2019t study or work; however more than one million were integrated to the State\u2019s social program, according to details offered by Maduro. This Carnet de la Patria is an electronic ID created by the Venezuelan government to gather information about people\u2019s socioeconomic status<\/strong>, and helping them by granting benefits through social plans \u2013 also known as Bolivarian Missions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Additionally, he added that it was important that each and every educational institution have a crypto-mining farm, so they help strengthening national economy.<\/p>\nStill unable to shake off controversy<\/strong><\/h3>\n