Venezuela's President Maduro has said the nation will sidestep the dollar and use its controversial petro token for oil sales next year.
A Russian official has called reports that the country helped Venezuela launch its controversial petro cryptocurrency "fake news."
Several companies have been so far linked to Venezuela's petro cryptocurrency initiative in the wake of this week's launch.
Venezuelan officials have denied claims that the petro token's white paper has been released, calling such claims "false information."
