"On October 1, the petro will enter the streets to become a means for commodity exchange, purchase and convertible currency for the whole world," Maduro said on on state television Thursday.
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Venezuela has become the first country to launch an oil-backed cryptocurrency. Petro sales started in March after a month of presales.
Maduro said in August the foreign exchange rate of the petro cryptocurrency would be fixed at $60, or 3,600 re-denominated bolivars