Latin America Reports Surge in Bitcoin Trading Rising inflation and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 pushed regional bitcoin trading volumes to a record high.
Venezuelan Government Takes Control of Crypto Mining Industry All crypto mining businesses need to register with the government.
Paxful Ceases Operations in Venezuela Apparently Due to US Sanctions Venezuelan users who are living abroad will be able to continue trading on Paxful.
Venezuela Blocks Coinbase, Remittance Platform MercaDolar The ISPs in the country added the two platforms in a DNS blacklist.
Venezuela Moving to Accept Taxes in State-Issued Crypto The country is running massive campaigns to put its cryptocurrency in mainstream usage.
US Puts $5 Million Bounty on Venezuela’s Crypto Superintendent He was indicted for his links with many narcotics traffickers and sanction violations.
Venezuelan Central Bank to Open Crypto Payments The step was taken amid a push by a state-run oil company.
Venezuela’s State Oil Company Wants Central Bank to Accept Crypto The Venezuelan government's oil company hopes the bank can pay its suppliers with crypto tokens.
Banco de Venezuela Must Accept Petro Cryptocurrency, Maduro Says The order is the latest in a series of political moves to boost adoption of the controversial cryptocoin.
Banks in Venezuela Given Green Light to Provide FX Trading The central bank has said that it will allow local banks to open foreign currency trading platforms.
Venezuela Regulates Crypto Remittances in Attempt to Reel in Usage e new regulations place limits and tarifs on cryptocurrency remittances.
John McAfee Flees US After IRS Charges Him With “Unspecified Crimes” The anti-virus pioneer turned crypto fanatic may have docked his ship in Venezuela
Horizen and Cripto Conserje to Help Refugees Adopt Crypto The firms are targeting Venezuelan refugees fleeing to Colombia.
Petro Forced Upon Pensioners by Venezuelan Government It is unclear how one even spends the government's worthless cryptocurrency
Venezuela to Sell Oil Using Government Cryptocurrency in 2019 Nicolas Maduro says it will help free the country from relying on the US dollar.
Dash Launches SMS Payments Service in Venezuela Dash Text will allow people in the country to make and receive payments via SMS.
Venezuela to Force Citizens to Use Cryptocurrency Petro to Buy Passports The cost to buy a passport has increased to 7,200 bolivars to obtain a passport this Monday.
Iran Progresses Towards National Cryptocurrency with Finished Draft Iranians have sent $2.5 billion out of the country to buy cryptocurrencies.
Coinbase has Busy Weekend Fixing Canada/Venezuela Bug, Adding Features Customers in Canada and Venezuela couldn't withdraw money, were inconvenienced and worried respectively.
16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Get Approval to Launch in Venezuela, List Petro Some analysts argue the vast majority of frenzy surrounding PTR is either a scam or far too ambitious for ...