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Former CIA Venezuela chief registers as lobbyist for controversial offshore crypto firm

Former CIA Venezuela chief registers as lobbyist for controversial offshore crypto firm

The Nexo Capital co-founder and former Bulgarian parliament member Antoni Trenchev. The former CIA Venezuela chief of station Enrique A. de la Torre registered as a lobbyist for Nexo on August 3. Credit: Trenchev’s website.

In response to a $45 million fine from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in early 2023, the Cayman Islands-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Nexo Capital ended its operations in the United States until February of this year.

“The company’s official U.S. relaunch is being executed in partnership with regulated partners, providing a U.S.-compliant framework for the company’s investment and credit product offerings,” declared Nexo Capital in a February 16 press release. The “digital asset…

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