In Venezuela, The Superintendence of Banks (Sudeban) and the Superintendency of Cryptoactives (Sunacrip) issued a statement via Twitter announcing the execution of measures for the supervision of banking operations linked to cryptocurrencies.
#Of interest || Sudeban informs@MinEcoFinanzas @Mippcivzla @sunacrip_ve#sudeban #UNIF #BankingSector #Electronic banking #DigitalEconomy #MonitoringInRevolution #VenezuelaIsChristmas pic.twitter.com/cyFHT9KbfW
– SudebanInforma (@SudebanInforma) December 23, 2022
The announcement of these measures was made after a meeting was held between the parties involved, it should be noted that they will also be carried out in conjunction with the National Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) and explained that they will be one of the ways to combat irregular practices that according to threaten the Bolívar (Bs) and the stability of the exchange system, which has been affected by the devaluation of the official currency against the dollar.
That said, it is also worth mentioning that these new moves by these institutions arose after President Nicolás Maduro on December 12, asked both Venezuelans and all economic agents “fight” the parallelism in the price of the dollar, which according to the official rate of the Central Bank of that country marks a price below the so-called black or parallel dollar. In this sense, since December 16, the Sudeban has undertaken an inspection and control in financial institutions, in order to avoid distortions in the price of the dollar in the national economy.
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