The Bitcoin price rose by a fraction of a percentage in the last 24 hours to trade at $66,992 as of 10:43 p.m. EST on trading volume that soared 34% to
Venezuela’s digital asset industry has been sailing through troubled waters recently. Allegations of corruption have led to a complete restructuring of the country’s crypto regulatory agency. First to go was Joselit Ramirez, Venezuela’s Superintendent of Cryptoassets (Sunacrip), who was arrested on March 17.
Government officials were allegedly running parallel oil operations with assistance from the national crypto department, according to Venezuela's attorney general's office.