{"id":72631,"date":"2018-08-03T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=72631"},"modified":"2019-11-25T04:24:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T04:24:50","slug":"coinbase-transfers-halted-in-venezuela-u-s-sanctions-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-transfers-halted-in-venezuela-u-s-sanctions-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Transfers Halted in Venezuela \u2013 U.S. Sanctions to Blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Initially revealed on August 2, 2018, several Venezuelan <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tag\/coinbase\">Coinbase<\/a> users abruptly lost the ability to withdraw or send cryptocurrency, prompting speculation that the exchange may have its hands tied by US-Venezuela sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Purportedly, Venezuela-based Coinbase users are still able to buy or sell cryptocurrency on the platform but may run into trouble when attempting to withdraw or send to others.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was first disclosed in a tweet by Eduardo Gomez \u2014 Head of Support at <a href=\"http:\/\/purse.io\">Purse<\/a>, a cryptocurrency gateway for eCommerce:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Venezuelan users reporting that Coinbase is showing this message when attempting to withdraw or send crypto. Please note that the users are not trying to buy or sell, but to transfer their coins. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinbaseSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoinbaseSupport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nqKuS3tydw\">pic.twitter.com\/nqKuS3tydw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eduardo\u26a1G\u00f3mez (@Codiox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Codiox\/status\/1025163809533636608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seemingly unaware of the problem or its cause, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded with pleasantry, stating his team will look into the matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strange, taking a look and sent to the team, thx for surfacing<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/1025271727780114433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With no official explanation from Coinbase, Twitter users wasted no time weighing in on possible reasons for the issue.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoakerPatoshi\/status\/1025183796851703809\">@SoakerPatoshi<\/a>, Coinbase had little or no say in barring Venezuelan users \u2014 the San Francisco-based exchange being forced to comply with the US government\u2019s hard-line stance against the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Carson, a cryptocurrency influencer, and advisor\u00a0suggest this conclusion goes too far \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_jillruth\/status\/1025189440732389377\">pointing out<\/a> that only about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/resource-center\/sanctions\/OFAC-Enforcement\/Pages\/20180518.aspx\">60 Venezuelan nationals<\/a> are prohibited from transacting with US citizens. Instead, Carson surmised the Venezuela government\u2019s controversial, oil-backed \u2018Petro\u2019 cryptocurrency is the culprit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US citizens and entities only cannot engage with certain sanctioned individuals in Venezuela (about 60 or so are on the list, mostly government officials)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jill Carlson (@_jillruth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_jillruth\/status\/1025189440732389377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Petro, a crypto-asset whereby each token represents a barrel of the nation\u2019s substantial oil reserves, has attracted widespread disdain from US Congress \u2014 who frame the digital asset as a thinly-veiled attempt to circumvent their government\u2019s targeted sanctions against Venezuela. In a letter to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senators Robert Menendez and Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menendez.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Menendez-Letter-to-Secretary-Mnuchin-re-Venezuela.pdf\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As such, we are concerned that a cryptocurrency could provide Maduro a mechanism by which to make payments to foreign lenders and bondholders in the United States, actions that would clearly thwart the intent of U.S.-imposed sanctions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By disabling the transfer of cryptocurrencies \u2014 and their possible conversion to Petro tokens \u2014 Coinbase would indeed be complying with the Trump administration\u2019s 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/executive-order-prohibiting-certain-additional-transactions-respect-venezuela\/\">executive order<\/a>, which explicitly forbids the purchase of Venezuelan state assets.<\/p>\n<p>An explanation by Armstrong may address some of the questions about the cause of the issue, but the Petro will likely remain in the line of fire until full functionality resumes for Venezuelan Coinbase users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initially revealed on August 2, 2018, several Venezuelan Coinbase users abruptly lost the ability to withdraw or send cryptocurrency, prompting speculation that the exchange may have its hands tied by US-Venezuela sanctions. 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