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📊 Activo opens its doors to developers
The Venezuelan financial ecosystem continues to evolve, and now companies have a new tool to manage their money in real time. Activo Banco Universal has just launched an APIs section on its website, designed so that businesses, fintechs, and online stores can quickly and securely integrate the bank’s services into their own platforms.
This development is no small matter. For the first time, companies can directly request guidance from a specialized technical integration team, without the tedious processes of years past. This opens up a world of possibilities—not only for e-commerce, but also for the growing connection between traditional banking and the crypto world in Venezuela.

📊 A silent giant in Venezuelan banking
While the crypto ecosystem in Venezuela continues to gain ground, traditional banking is not standing still. The Digital Bank of Workers (BDT) has just released figures that draw attention: a year-over-year growth of 917.7% in its net result, well above the system average. But what does this mean for those who operate with USDT, do P2P, or keep a close eye on the dollar?
For PitbullChain, this news is not just a banking figure. It’s a sign that digital money and traditional finance are converging in Venezuela, and the BDT seems to want to play in both arenas.

Banplus is not the largest bank in Venezuela, but it is moving like one of the fastest. According to figures from the consulting firm Aristimuño Herrera & Asociados, the entity closed August with 84,212.6 million bolívares in deposits—equivalent to about 105.9 million US dollars—representing a 457.1% jump in twelve months and an additional 2.6% growth just in the month. With this result, it remains in tenth place in the system ranking, with a market share of 1.6%. In plain terms: customers’ money is entering Banplus much faster than the average across the national banking sector.

📊 More than an anniversary: public banking is digitizing amid the rise of P2P
When a state financial institution celebrates 21 years, it’s not just about a round number; it’s about resilience and adaptation. The Banco del Tesoro, which ranks eighth in the national financial ranking, wanted to mark the date by launching better technological tools: a revamped web platform and the T Móvil app. But beyond the birthday cake, what really interests us at PitbullChain is what this means for the growing community of USDT users and for P2P trade in Venezuela.

📊 A small signal with great meaning
The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Venezuela, John Barrett, announced that his country is investing US$200 thousand in the renovation of healthcare centers and medical equipment, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State and the organization Project Hope. Although the amount is modest, the news goes beyond healthcare: it is one of the first concrete actions of cooperation between the two countries in years. For Venezuela’s financial ecosystem, this could be a prelude to greater rapprochement that would directly affect the dollar, digital banking, and, of course, the P2P market for cryptocurrencies.

📊 PDVSA’s plan and its connection to your digital wallet
Energy Minister Paula Henao is in Houston looking for investors to boost the production of light crude and condensate. The goal is ambitious: increasing output from 1.2 million barrels per day to 3 million by 2030. But beyond the oil rigs, there’s a direct impact on Venezuela’s economy, in Venezuelans’ pockets, and of course in the P2P cryptocurrency market and the exchange rate.
📈 Why does light crude matter for the dollar and USDT?

The bank holiday left a figure that is rarely seen in Venezuela’s financial system: 15,400 underage people banked in a single day, according to Bancamiga after its special back-to-school operation. The bank’s 51 branches opened from 9:00 in the morning and, through raffles, music, and face painting, parents and legal guardians with ID between 9 and 17 years old left with a Mastercard Kids Debit Card, provided at no cost.
Up to there, the story seems like a friendly weekend note. But for those of us who follow the day-to-day of the parallel exchange market, the P2P, and the USDT ecosystem in Venezuela, this move has another interpretation: traditional banking is trying to groom the next generation of users before something else captures them first.

📊 The Venezuelan banking sector takes a key step toward digitization
In the midst of the digital transformation era, BFC Banco Fondo Común surprises with the complete digitization of credit card application requests through its +BFC En Línea platform. This innovation, which eliminates the need to visit physical branches or submit paperwork, marks a milestone in how Venezuelans access credit.
For PitbullChain, this news is not only an advancement in the traditional financial system; it also has direct implications for the dynamic world of cryptocurrencies and P2P markets that so strongly move our country. We tell you everything you need to know.

The National Electric System (SEN) recorded a demand peak on Friday, September 18, of 16,030 megawatts, the highest figure in the past nine years, according to the report from the Ministry of Electric Energy. The mark surpasses the 15,625 MW recorded on August 10, which until then had been the year’s ceiling. Official dispatch attributes the jump to the high temperatures hitting several regions of the country and to consumption that has been rising steadily.
At first glance, the data seems purely about energy. But at PitbullChain we read it differently: when electricity demand breaks records, the financial routines of millions of Venezuelans—who today rely on their cell phone, a banking app, and a stable connection to move their money—are also put to the test.

📊 A record that marks the pulse of Venezuela’s digital economy
The Venezuelan Chamber of Electronic Commerce (Cavecom-e) revealed an impressive figure: in Venezuela, 8,500 mobile payment transactions are currently made per minute. The data, provided by its president Richard Ujueta, confirms that the country is moving steadily toward an increasingly digital economy, with the bolívar as the leading character in the formal sphere.
To put it into perspective, in 2025 there were 6,000 operations per minute; by June of this year they had already surpassed 7,000. The jump to 8,500 in August shows a curve of accelerated adoption that few markets in Latin America can match. Ujueta has no doubt describing it as “the highest financial transaction in the region and one of the highest in the world,” with 99% of transactions executed digitally and in bolívares.

Washington holds in its hands a bag of money which, according to its own figures, exceeds 13 billion dollars from the marketing of Venezuelan crude oil. And three Democratic senators have just poked their finger into that sore spot: they demand to know exactly how it is managed, who audits it, and under what rules it is disbursed. For the Venezuelan who operates in P2P every day, this is not a distant hallway debate from Congress: it is the fine print that can move the USDT price tomorrow.

📊 A one-ton wheel that moves more than turbines
The official announcement confirms what many people in Maracaibo had been demanding loudly: the TZ7 unit at the Termozulia Power Plant is closer to resuming the generation of energy. From Houston, Texas, a critical component— a wheel of approximately one ton— will arrive that, according to the sector vice president for Public Works, Juan José Ramírez, will allow the technical work phase that has already advanced under the National Plan to Increase Efficiency of the National Electric System to be completed.

📊 A change of course that brushes the border
The Colombian state-owned company Ecopetrol confirmed this Tuesday a shake-up at the top of its leadership: attorney Camilo Barco Muñoz will serve as acting president in place of Juan Carlos Hurtado, while six new names join its board of directors, which is made up of nine people, at the proposal of the Government of De la Espriella. The announcement was made by the company itself in a statement.
Among the appointments, there is one we read twice in PitbullChain: attorney Jorge Jaller, the same person the Colombian Executive designated as Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, and who comes from Grupo Éxito, the retail giant in the neighboring country. That the diplomatic link with Caracas is reflected in the company’s highest decision-making body is not a matter of mere protocol. It is a sign that the energy and commercial relationship with our country has moved to being treated as an operational matter.

The Executive once again turned its attention—along with the technicians—toward the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant, that huge structure in Bolívar state that we all know as El Guri. The Sectorial Vice Presidency for Public Works and Services led a technical inspection to review operating maneuvers and the condition of the generating units, with a clear goal: to add megawatts to the National Electric System. Sector vice president Juan José Ramírez Luces put it plainly: more than 70% of the electricity the country consumes is produced there. The tour also included the Minister of Electric Energy, Rolando Alcalá, along with Corpoelec specialists and national and regional authorities.

The United States Open ended with a jolt that few saw coming: **Elena Rybakina won her first title at Flushing Meadows** by beating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets (6-4, 5-7, 6-2), and along the way took away the No. 1 spot in the rankings. The Belarusian, who had reigned in New York for two consecutive editions, was left without a crown and without a throne in just a few hours.
At PitbullChain we don’t cover tennis, but we do cover something that looks pretty similar: **markets where the one calling the shots today doesn’t necessarily hold power tomorrow**. And the parallel with what’s happening in the USDT/VES P2P, in the BCV rate, and in Venezuelan digital banking isn’t forced. It’s almost a strategy playbook.

## What exactly happened
The National Institute of Land Transport (INTT) confirmed that from Friday, September 11 afternoon, it stopped processing paperwork through its digital platforms. The reason: scheduled maintenance work on its technological network, which, according to the agency, seeks to "optimize" the service. The suspension window runs until Monday, September 14 morning, when —if everything goes as planned— they will resume vehicle-related procedures.

## A Monday without tellers: what the calendar says for Sudeban
The Superintendency of the Banking Sector Institutions (Sudeban) confirmed what many merchants already had noted on their agenda: on Monday, September 14, 2026, there will be no public service at agencies or at the tellers of Venezuela’s banking sector. The reason is religious and officially on the calendar: the Day of Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela, is being commemorated.
For the average user, this means you won’t be able to go to a branch to make a cash deposit, withdraw at the teller window, exchange checks, or request personalized assistance. But take note: banking doesn’t shut down entirely. The electronic channels remain operational, and that’s where the Venezuelan crypto and P2P market plays its own game.

## A crisis that is becoming national
The electrical crisis in Venezuela has taken an alarming leap. What for years was considered a problem almost exclusive to Zulia now is spreading like an oil stain. According to data from the firm Consultores 21, 99% of Zulia households suffer daily service interruptions, while in the Andes the figure reaches 98%. But the most revealing figure is that Caracas, the capital, already reports 82% of households affected by blackouts. The energy problem has been de-Zulianized and is beginning to become national, as expert Efraín Rincón warned.