Trade Grass in Venezuela

This page answers one question for Venezuela: how a resident actually gets GRASS exposure, and what the rules say.

Is Grass 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 GRASS 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 GRASS-PERP

Pick GRASS in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 3x .

GRASS-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of GRASS 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 Grass from Venezuela: not clearly regulated.

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

For Venezuela residents trading Grass: 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%.

Venezuela traders can fund Grass positions using Bank Transfer, Mobile Payment (Pago Móvil) and P2P Marketplace (USDT).