There’s a flurry of information coming out of Venezuela this week about its new national cryptocurrency, the petro, though a full picture of the project has yet to emerge. Indeed, despite the…

Social media has been abuzz since Tuesday’s initial sale of the forthcoming Venezuelan government-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, though reviews are so far mixed. So far, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has claimed that the…

The owner of BitFunder, a long-defunct, bitcoin-denominated stock exchange, has been arrested by the U.S. government. The charges against Jon Montroll, also known as “Ukyo,” were unveiled today by the U.S. Justice…