The thousands of people trying to get out of Venezuela will soon have another hurdle in their path: the inability to buy a passport without enough of the country’s new cryptocurrency Petro. Thousands Trying to Leave The economic crisis that led to the Petro’s creation has caused an estimated 5,000 people per day to leave Venezuela, according to data from the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the country’s government has just announced passport fees will only be payable in the state-backed cryptocurrency. Link