The Venezuelan government has blocked access to the cryptocurrency platform Binance and the social media platform X due to a disputed presidential election. The local anti-censorship group VE sin Filtro reported the blockage, and Binance has assured users that their funds are safe and that it is closely monitoring the situation. The move is related to President Maduro's request for regulators to block X nationwide for ten days, leading to opposition and questioning of the election results by the opposition at home and abroad.

Key Points

- The Venezuelan government has blocked access to Binance and the social platform X due to a disputed election.

- The cryptocurrency platform Binance said that user funds are safe and it is closely monitoring developments.

- The blocking measures also affected the symbolic application Signal and other online services.

- Venezuela's electoral body declared Maduro as president, but did not publish detailed voting results.

- Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said he won 70% of the votes according to voting machine tickets.

- The United States, the European Union and other countries have not recognized the results of the Venezuelan presidential election and called for the release of detailed voting data.

- Local organizations recommend using VPNs to bypass government-imposed network restrictions.