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Emergency Currency Shift: Venezuela’s TPS Burning Through Border Challenges In the face of persistent economic turmoil, Venezuela continues to confront profound challenges under its Emergency Currency Shift, a bold and controversial monetary policy driven by the country’s wholesale mobile payment system (TPS). This initiative, designed to stabilize the collapsing bolívar and combat hyperinflation, has faced severe strain due to complex border dynamics, creating both opportunities and unprecedented risks for the nation’s fragile financial ecosystem. Understanding Venezuela’s Emergency Currency Shift Venezuela’s TPS (Tarjeta Piloto Social), introduced as a digital analog to cash transactions, represents the government’s emergency monetary response. Unlike official bolívar notes rendered nearly worthless, TPS tokens aim to preserve purchasing power and maintain transactional continuity in a society heavily reliant on informal and border trade. However, sustaining this digital currency amid escalating hyperinflation requires continuous issuance—fueled by TPS burning—to reduce money supply and curb runaway devaluation.