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José Altuve finished the 2026 MLB season with 2.519 hits and made it into the Top 100 of batters with the most hits in the history of Major League Baseball, surpassing Joe Morgan, a member of the Cooperstown Hall of Fame. This is baseball news, without a doubt. But at PitbullChain we like to read numbers for what they teach: repetition, patience, and a goal mapped out years in advance. That’s what separates a well-organized operator from one who improvises in the Venezuelan P2P market.

The high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly gets under way in New York with a menu packed with open conflicts: Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Cuba and, of course, Venezuela. Under the slogan "restoring trust," heads of state will sit down to discuss peace, cooperation, and the Sustainable Development Goals. But for anyone operating with cryptocurrencies in the country, what really matters isn’t the speeches—it’s what’s going on behind the scenes: oil, visas, sanctions, and the endless standoff with Washington.

The Venezuelan rental ball has just signed an unprecedented agreement in its history: for the first time, a single national company for the manufacturing of clothing and athletic footwear — RS Group, headquartered and with a plant in Guatire — will outfit all eight teams in the tournament, as well as the technical and umpiring structure of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League for the 2026-2027 season. The announcement was made at the company’s own plant, in the presence of its founder Salvatore Volpe and the LVBP president, Giuseppe Palmisano, along with club executives.

📊 The payment that reaches the special payroll
Starting Friday, August 28, the national government activated the delivery of the Corresponsibility and Training Bonus for the current month. This benefit is aimed at workers in the public administration who are enrolled in the special payroll. According to information shared by Canal Patria Digital, the amount is Bs. 142,500, which is equivalent to US$179.24 according to the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV).
As usually happens with these payments, the news creates expectations not only among the beneficiaries, but also across the Venezuelan financial ecosystem, where each injection of bolívares ends up being reflected in informal interest rates, in P2P transactions, and in the demand for dollars and cryptocurrencies.

🇻🇪 The Venezuelan P2P market is going through a paradox that hasn’t been seen in months. According to Binance data this morning, 89.7% of the traded volume is trying to buy USDT, while the active sell offers total 244. But if there’s so much demand, why doesn’t the spread explode? Today I want to break it down.
📊 At the time of publishing, in Binance’s P2P: Buying USDT is at Bs. 971.67 and Selling is at Bs. 931.20. That leaves a gap of 40.47 bolivars (4.35%). Or, in plain terms: if you buy and sell instantly, you lose 4.35% of your capital in the transaction. It’s not a premium against the official dollar, but the real cost of liquidity.

## Venezuelan oil and its true regional weight
The recent report from the Latin American Energy Organization (Olacde) puts on the table a figure that, at first glance, is striking: Venezuela contributes only 11% of the oil production of Latin America and the Caribbean, far behind Brazil (42%) and Mexico (17%). This comes amid a context in which the oil agreement signed between Caracas and Washington could raise extraction to 1.4 million barrels per day by the end of 2026.

During a joint appearance with the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, once again made it clear that there is no date for elections, but that “there will be an electoral process” when the country is ready. For those of us who closely follow the P2P markets and the pulse of the dollar in Venezuela, these remarks are not just a political matter: they are a sign of how the country is preparing for an economic transition that already has its own name—an oil agreement with Washington.

## The new oil bet looking toward 2026
The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, visited Caracas with a clear message: Venezuelan crude production can grow by up to 50% in the next 12 to 18 months. According to his projections, the country will surpass one and a half million barrels per day in the first half of next year, and could reach two million by the end of the decade.
These remarks come in a context of recent agreements between Washington and Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), including Chevron’s entry into the Orinoco Belt and the controversy over North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP)’s involvement in 20% of proved reserves. For the U.S. government, these are simple business arrangements to develop resources; for many Venezuelans, they are a new example of interference.

📊 A payment that goes straight into the account, but not into your pocket for long
This Tuesday, September 29, 2026, the delivery of the second phase of the «Comprehensive Income for Workers» began, corresponding to the current month, as reported by the Patria Digital Channel. The beneficiaries are active workers in the public administration, and the deposit is made directly and in stages, so not everyone will see it reflected on the same day.
The assigned amount is Bs. 42,750, which at the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela is equivalent to US$49.83. The figure represents an 8.23% increase in bolívares compared to the Bs. 39,500 paid at the end of August. So far, the news is simple. The interesting part appears when you do the street math.

The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, sent on September 29, 2026 a communication to the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, requesting a partial reform of the Constitutional Law against Hate, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance. The central proposal is to move forward with the decriminalization of several criminal offenses contained in that law and to correct what the Executive itself describes as deviations in its implementation.
At PitbullChain we don’t do partisan politics: we do markets. And the Venezuelan market, especially the one that moves USDT against bolivars, is extremely sensitive to a single variable: the predictability of the rules. When the law is ambiguous, the P2P operator increases its spread. When the law is clarified, the spread goes down. That’s it, plain and simple.

This week’s energy news comes from Doha: UCC Oil and Gas Holding, Qatar’s oil company, confirmed that it is in talks to move into new exploration and production areas in Venezuela. The statement was made by Erik Keskula, its Upstream Director, and comes just a month after the firm signed an association with BP and a subsidiary of the Emirati ADNOC for the gas development of the Loran field, in Venezuelan waters.
📊 What is known (and what is still not)
The package is big: the license granted to BP contemplates exploiting more than four trillion cubic feet of gas in Loran, and tucked into that pie would be both XRG—the investment arm of the United Arab Emirates—and UCC Oil and Gas Holding of Qatar. This is not a memorandum of good intentions: there are participants with financial muscle, technology, and experience in liquefaction. What’s still not on the table are specific investment figures, timelines, or fiscal terms for the other areas that Qatar says it is evaluating.

Venezuelan poultry farming has made a strong comeback this week. Francisco Tagliapietra, president of the National Poultry Federation of Venezuela (Fenavi), confirmed that the sector has moved past the stage of simple recovery and is now aiming at a much more ambitious goal: selling chicken and eggs abroad. For PitbullChain, this news is not just about agriculture: it’s a snapshot of how real money moves in the Venezuelan economy.
📊 The figures that back the optimism

Live P2P Radar Capture: 15/8/2026, 10:30:11 p. m.
USDT/VES reference Bs. 881.60
Buy USDT Bs. 881.60
Buy USDT Bs. 851.86
BCV Bs. 771.07
Premium vs BCV 14.33%
P2P spread 3.49%
Observed offers 201
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Venezuela's exchange market is going through a weekend of notable activity and expectation adjustments. As we get closer to the bank opening on Monday, August 17, the dynamic between the official exchange rate and the cryptoasset market reveals crucial patterns for participants in the ecosystem. The compression and expansion of the currency premium not only reflects the perception of the bolívar's value against the dollar, but also sets the pace of liquidity in the country's main financial institutions.

📊 A petroleum bill that nobody is paying yet
The debate about the resurgence of Venezuelan oil returned to the center of the conversation with an uncomfortable figure: giving more strength to the industry would require injecting more than US$100 billion in the medium term, and up to US$220 billion if the goal is to restore the historical infrastructure in a decade or more. The figures come from scenarios by Rystad Energy and from operational records of Baker Hughes and OPEC cited by OilPrice.com, and they depict a country producing again above 1.1 million barrels per day, but doing so with a worn-out structure.

📊 How to buy USDT in Venezuela: step-by-step P2P guide
Buying USDT in Venezuela has become a daily operation for anyone who wants to protect their money from the devaluation of the bolívar. This video explains, step by step, how to do it from Binance P2P. At PitbullChain, we summarize the content and add the market context you need to trade with judgment.
📈 Video summary
The video presents a practical guide to acquiring USDT in Venezuela using the Binance P2P platform. It explains the account registration and verification process, the importance of setting up a payment method in bolívares, and how to filter offers by amount, bank, and the merchant’s reputation. It details the order flow: selecting the offer, entering the amount, making the transfer, and releasing the USDT once the payment is confirmed. It also mentions the relevance of checking the counterparty’s reputation and transaction history before closing any deal.

While in Venezuela the daily conversation continues to revolve around the official exchange rate, P2P rates, and the price of USDT, in Havana another piece of the regional economic puzzle moves. Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said that of the package of 176 economic and social reforms approved in June, 89%—that is, 158 measures—are already being carried out, supported by 197 legal regulations. This is not a minor detail for anyone who keeps an eye on how money circulates in the Caribbean.
📊 What does the Cuban package bring

📊 From "country risk" to a portfolio priority
For years, Venezuela was viewed by major oil companies as a risky destination, with fragile contracts and changing rules of the game. That narrative has just been shaken: Chevron’s CFO, Eimear Bonner, confirmed that the country has risen to the corporation’s top investment opportunities, after securing better contractual terms and additional blocks in the Orinoco Belt.
The figure on the table isn’t small: a gross commitment of nearly US$7,000 million and a production target of 600,000 barrels per day within five years, with total costs that the executive herself places below $20 per barrel. In Bonner’s words, this bet would make it possible to unlock around 9,000 million barrels of commercial reserves over the same period.

📊 The power system cannot keep up: 16.424 megawatts of demand
The president of Corpoelec, Juan Crisóstomo Fernández, confirmed what millions of Venezuelans already see every day: the state-owned company does not have the capacity to meet the national energy demand, which in the last week stood at 16.424 megawatts. Translated into real life, rationing continues in practically the entire country, with very different intensities depending on the region.
While in the Metropolitan Area of Caracas outages are not daily and do not last for hours, in the interior the story is different. Zulia is the most critical case: up to 99% of households report daily interruptions, and in Maracaibo there are power-cut blocks of 8 to 12 continuous hours. The Andes add voltage fluctuations on top of the prolonged blackouts, and in the plains, shutdowns average between four and six hours.

📊 An announcement that goes beyond the holiday plate
During a work tour through the state of Lara, the minister for Productive Agriculture and Land, Vladímir Padrino López, said that Venezuela today covers the entirety of its domestic pork consumption. He said so from the El Tunal agroindustrial complex, in the municipality of Jiménez, one of the largest pig farms in the country.
The figure that backs up the message: more than 66,000 active breeding sows in production and a projected sector growth of 15.3% by the end of 2026. The official also recalled that the sector went from expanding by 5.8% in 2023 to 12.6% in 2025, an upward curve that, he said, guarantees supply for the December season.