Trade Ethereum in Venezuela

Ethereum (ETH) is tradable as a perpetual from Venezuela: the legal status, working funding rails and the practical route are below.

Is Ethereum trading legal in Venezuela?

Venezuela has a formal legal framework for cryptocurrency through the National Superintendence of Cryptocurrencies (SUNACRIP) established in 2019, which was tasked to license and regulate crypto operations. However, SUNACRIP has been paralyzed since March 2023 due to a corruption scandal, creating a regulatory vacuum. While crypto technically remains legal, the absence of active oversight and the government's promotion of state-backed alternatives like USDT create a highly restricted and unpredictable environment.

What the contract is

A perpetual on ETH tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open ETH-PERP

Pick ETH in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 25x .

ETH-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of ETH at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

Payments in cryptocurrency or crypto assets other than official ones face an additional tax set at 3%, within a range the Executive Branch may adjust from 2% to 8%.

Trading ETH from Venezuela: not clearly regulated.

Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) and Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario (SUDEBAN).

Venezuela residents can trade Ethereum on 22 platforms, including Aevo, ApeX and Aster.

On Canborsa, traders in Venezuela can use up to 25x leverage on Ethereum.

Canborsa charges 0.07% per side (0.14% round trip) on Ethereum.