Gov't Policy Behind Venezuelan Bitcoin Exchange's SMS Gateway Service

One of Venezuela's leading crypto exchanges says that government policy led it to develop a text message-powered payment system that will allow it to conduct transactions in a range of cryptoassets, including the nation's own state-issued, oil-backed petro (PTR) token. The Criptolago platform wrote, in a tweet, "As per the guidelines of President Nicolás Maduro, our new