Bitfinex Refuses to List Venezuelan Petro Digital Currency

One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has issued a statement regarding the recently launched “El Petro” (PTR) – a digital currency supposedly backed by Venezuela’s crude oil reserves. Bitfinex are refusing to list the planet’s first ever state-issued cryptocurrency.
The Petro Offers “Limited Utility”
The reasons cited in the blog post from Bitfinex that was published earlier today are two fold. Firstly, the company declared that