Bitcoin: Answer to Venezuela’s Sanctioned Oil Barrels.

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From monetary policy mishandling to decentralisation of a wealth store, Bitcoin has proven to act as a solution to many financial problems. Bitcoin could also be a lead solution to Venezuela’s sanctioned oil now floating at the sea. There is more than 18 million barrels of Sanctioned oil belonging to Venezuela currently not in good use but just floating on the sea.

 

Venezuela is one of many countries under strict sanctions from the United States. The US has been applying pressure to the country recently, seeking to cut off revenue flow to the regime. President Nicolas Maduro launched a cryptocurrency backed by oil, the petrol, in an attempt to skate sanctions. Trump banned the cryptocurrency in the United States. Due to the sanctions, and conditions in the oil market, Venezuela has over 18 million barrels of oil just floating at sea. This amounts to roughly two months of production in the country, unable to be monetised due to sanctions.

 

Countries won’t do business with Venezuela over the fear of US retaliation, and the demand for oil is weak. Months ago, oil fell to negative prices due to the related storage costs associated with owning the commodity. It is one of the few assets that can trade at negative pricing. However, few ever expected it to do so.

 

Rather than floating aimlessly, this oil could be converted into diesel fuel. The diesel could be used to power turbines that generate energy. Energy is the key ingredient to Bitcoin mining. And it could be the solution to Venezuela’s revenue problems. This oil, instead of being stuck at sea, would be put to better use. Generating Bitcoin through mining that is fuelled by their oil supplies could be highly profitable.

                                 

Venezuela needs badly needs a solution to their monetary issues, and Bitcoin is increasingly the answer. Not only could the government benefit from the cryptocurrency through mining, but its citizens rely on it too. The country’s fiat currency has been in a death spiral. The country also tightly controls its hyper inflated monetary supply.

 

More and more citizens in the county have turned to Bitcoin as a result.

So while the phrase “Bitcoin is the answer” is often mocked across the web, for Venezuela, it provides many solutions.


Via : sourcenews/cwnews


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