How to Trade Stellar (XLM) in Venezuela

Getting Stellar exposure from Venezuela takes a wallet and USDC; the legal status and rail-by-rail detail follow.

Is Stellar 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

The contract itself does not change by geography: a XLM perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.

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 XLM-PERP

Pick XLM in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 5x .

XLM-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of XLM 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 Stellar from Venezuela: not clearly regulated.

Regulator for Stellar trading in Venezuela: Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) and Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario (SUDEBAN).

Firms serving Venezuelan crypto users must perform thorough identity verification, processing both legacy and modern Venezuelan ID documents, including national ID, passport, and driver's license, equipped with chips, QR codes, and biometrics.

Venezuela residents can trade Stellar on 10 platforms, including ApeX, Aster and dYdX.