Venezuela Cryptocurrency Market

ForkLog 12 03.06.2022

Media: Venezuela to tighten oversight of Bitcoin transactions

The Venezuelan National Superintendency for Cryptoactives and Related Activities (Sunacrip) plans to strengthen oversight of transactions involving digital currencies.

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ForkLog 10 18.05.2022

U.S. charges 55-year-old dual French-Venezuelan cardiologist with creating ransomware

The federal court in Brooklyn has issued a warrant for the arrest of a 55-year-old Venezuelan on charges of creating a ransomware virus and distributing ransomware programs.

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ForkLog 7 22.11.2021

La Guaira governor promises scholarships to study cryptocurrencies

The newly elected governor of La Guaira (Venezuela), Jose Alejandro Teran, proposed awarding scholarships to students of Centro de Formación Tecnica to study mining and cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 16 01.11.2021

Venezuela Seizes More Than 100 Bitcoin Mining Devices

Authorities in Venezuela seized more than 100 Bitcoin mining devices in the Palo Verde residential area (Miranda state) for illegal mining, according to Morocotacoin.

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ForkLog 17 11.10.2021

Venezuela’s Maiquetía airport to accept cryptocurrency payments

The Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, will add the option to pay for airline tickets and other services with Bitcoin, DASH and the national digital currency El Petro.

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ForkLog 8 30.08.2021

In Venezuela, a man is suspected of staging his own kidnapping to steal $1.15 million in Bitcoin

Venezuelan authorities are searching for a 23-year-old man who allegedly orchestrated his own kidnapping to steal bitcoins worth $1.15 million. This was reported on Instagram by Douglas Rico, head of the police department for scientific, criminal and forensic investigations.

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ForkLog 12 06.08.2021

Venezuela to launch digital bolivar in October

The Central Bank of Venezuela said it would put the digital bolivar into circulation on 1 October 2021.

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ForkLog 12 03.05.2021

Venezuela shifts subsidies to the El Petro digital currency

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro ordered social payments to be made in the national digital currency El Petro.

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ForkLog 8 25.04.2021

Venezuelan aviation school offers discounts for Bitcoin payments

The Caracas Air, the largest aviation training centre in Venezuela, began accepting the first cryptocurrency as payment.

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ForkLog 19 09.03.2021

Venezuela’s bank enables citizens to buy stablecoins

The Bank of Venezuela's partnership with the fintech startup Glufco will enable citizens to buy dollar-linked stablecoins through the state Biopago biometric payments system. Decrypt reports.

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ForkLog 12 09.12.2020

LocalBitcoins: Russia, Venezuela and Colombia accounted for 40% of trades in 2020

The largest volumes of bitcoin trades via the LocalBitcoins p2p trading platform this year were carried out by users from Russia (17.4%), Venezuela (12.3%), and Colombia (11.3%). The data are provided in the company's blog.

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ForkLog 16 02.12.2020

Venezuela arrests suspects in $2 million Bitcoin theft

Authorities in Venezuela arrested two people who allegedly stole 101 BTC (over $1.9 million) from a local cryptocurrency exchange. Decrypt reports.

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