A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution (New York Times)

New York Times:
A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution  —  Gabriel Jiménez hated the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.  But he loved cryptocurrency.