Seniat superintendent Román Maniglia stepped in to cool down the tax debate. In an interview with Banca y Negocios, he explained that the model they dubbed Moda Seniat—modernization, digitalization, and automation—is not intended to pursue anyone or pry into taxpayers’ accounts. Its stated goal is different: to broaden the tax base and make formalizing cheaper and less cumbersome than staying outside the system.
For Venezuela’s P2P market and crypto ecosystem, however, the message has a second meaning. When the tax authorities start cross-checking information with banks and other public agencies, the digital trail of every bolívar—and every USDT converted into bolívars—becomes clearer. And whether we like it or not, that changes the rules of the game for anyone operating in the hazy borderland between the informal and the illegal.