Venezuela, Russia aim to dodge sanctions with cryptocurrency, but experts aren't buying it

The governments of Russia and Venezuela are turning to cryptocurrencies in an effort to dodge international sanctions, but cybersecurity analysts and former government officials say it’s a long shot.

Nicolas Maduro, president of the oil-rich but economically beleaguered South American country, said in early January on state television that he had

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