Sentences with phrase «maduro claimed»

Perhaps the most contentious of recent ICOs has been that of the Venezuelan government's «petro» cryptocurrency that President Nicholas Maduro claimed has raised US $ 5 billion.

On Tuesday, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro claimed that the country had...

Turkey's potential consideration also arrives just days after Venezuela has seen the country's own token sale, through which its President Nicolas Maduro claimed the nation has so far raised $ 735 million.

Turkey's potential consideration of launching its own cryptocurrency also arrives just a few days after Venezuela has seen the country's own token sale, through which its president Nicolas Maduro claimed the country has netted $ 735 million on the first day of the pre-sale.

Venezuela's president Maduro claims that this cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million on the first day itself and also confirms that the ICO's have soared up to $ 5 billion.

Maduro claims to have raised up to USD 5 billion in the ICO presale, his optimism never wavering: «I call for no one to doubt the petro.

Not exact matches

Venezuela's oil - backed «petro» cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million in the first day of its pre-sale Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro has claimed.

Maduro's administration has pointedly claimed that the people who will be hurt most by the sanctions aimed at stymieing the nation's ballooning debt will be shareholders in the U.S. Indeed, there is outcry that the potential banning of oil imports from Venezuela — the 3rd biggest supplier of oil to the U.S. behind Canada and Saudi Arabia — will dramatically drive up gasoline prices and hurt the U.S. job market.

Skeptics have not only questioned Maduro's claim, but the very motivation behind issuing a cryptocurrency in the first place.

Venezuela's controversial leader Nicolas Maduro has claimed that his administration's Petro cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million on day one of its pre-sale, a figure that many in the digital currency market are still struggling to verify.

Maduro's government claims that the Petro is backed by domestic energy reserves, with its price pegged to one barrel of Venezuelan oil.

What was interesting about Maduro's claim is that he announced that the sale amounted to 4.777 billion yuan, or $ 735 million.

Maduro's critics in Venezuela have denounced the planned digital currency, claiming that the new digital currency is a fraud, an attempt to compensate for Venezuela's lack of oil production.

Even such bald attempts to claim Christ's mantle appear nuanced in comparison to the massive campaign now underway in Venezuela, led by Nicolás Maduro, to proclaim his predecessor Hugo Chávez as Christ himself.

Indeed, the Catholic Church has not commented publicly on Maduro's claim in March 2013 that Chávez influenced Christ to elect Pope Francis, nor on the widespread existence of household shrines to Chávez.

The opposition boycotted Mr Maduro's swearing - in on Friday, claiming that - under the constitution - the speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, should be the one to take over as acting president.

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has claimed the successful launch and sale of Petro — the first ever state - issued cryptocurrency.

That being said, there have been lack of evidences to support the claim, as only Maduro's statement is the only one to have shown concrete enthusiasm about the Petro cryptocurrency

In addition, Maduro has made outrageous claims, like saying the government had raised $ 5 billion in the first few weeks of its petro pre-sale, but offering little information about the supposed investors.

Maduro's government claims that the Petro is backed by domestic energy reserves, with its price pegged to one barrel of Venezuelan oil.

The country's president, Nicolás Maduro, claims its token sale has received over 171,000 pre-registrations, and already netted over $ 735 million.

This month, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro went as far as to announce a plan to create «Petro,» a sovereign virtual currency which he claims can be used to help dig the country out of its current economic crisis.