Venezuela’s Only Bitcoin Exchange to Resume Operations
Venezuela Bitcoin exchange SurBitcoin has announced it intends to start operating once more within a week. Legal Bitcoin Exchange in ‘Around One Week’. In a statement on its Facebook page, the exchange, which was forced to close at the request of banking partner Banesco, said that the process of finding a replacement had taken “longer than expected.” “Based on the procedures carried out so far and the ongoing discussions with the bank’s management, it is estimated that in approximately one week, exchange operations will resume on the platform,” the statement reads. While Surbitcoin gave no....
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