The street rate of the bolívar, by API
EMpulse gives Venezuelan businesses the rate people actually pay for dollars, next to the official rate, in a feed your systems can read.
Today's street rate of the VES
As of 2026-11-12, the street rate for the US dollar in Venezuela is 1,014 VES per USD, according to the EMpulse Street FX Index (34 sources, confidence high).
Pricing in a country with more than one rate
If you sell, import or invoice in Venezuela, you know the official rate and the street rate can differ, and the gap moves from day to day. Prices, quotes and payroll set against the wrong rate quietly eat your margin. Checking rates by hand across chats and sites is slow, and nobody can reproduce it later when an accountant or a partner asks.
How the index solves it
EMpulse publishes a street exchange-rate index of the bolívar against the US dollar and USDT, built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources. Every figure carries a confidence class and the number of sources behind it, so you know how far to lean on it. You pull it by API with a free key and plug it into your price list, ERP or spreadsheet.
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Plans
Free
$0
- RUB, UAH, EGP + your country's currency
- Site: latest hour. API: 1-day delay
- 100 requests/day
- The free level of every product, even without a key
Starter
from $39/mo
- Today's data and every active currency of the product
- 90 days of history, JSON or CSV
- 1,000 requests/day
- EM FX News & Sentiment — $39/mo
- EM Parallel FX Market Size — $49/mo
- Rail Health Index — $39/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $39/mo
- Street FX Index — $39/mo: 118 active currencies, and growing
- Unmet Demand Map — $39/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $39/mo
- All products — $99/mo
Pro
from $119/mo
- All of Starter, plus the full history
- Hourly series where they exist, MCP
- 10,000 requests/day
- EM FX News & Sentiment — $119/mo
- EM Parallel FX Market Size — $149/mo
- Rail Health Index — $119/mo
- FX Rate Stack — $129/mo
- Street FX Index — $149/mo: 118 active currencies, and growing · Same-day data · Hourly rates (intraday) · Official vs Street · FX Stress Signals · EM FX Events
- Unmet Demand Map — $129/mo
- USDT Liquidity & Premium — $119/mo
- All products — $249/mo
Payments in USDT (TRC-20). Yearly plans cost 15% less than monthly.
Questions from businesses
- What is the street rate in the index?
- It is the rate people actually pay when they exchange bolívars for dollars or USDT outside the official channel, shown against the official rate so you can see the premium.
- How do I know how reliable a figure is?
- Each figure is published with a confidence class and the number of sources behind it. Use them to decide how much weight a rate deserves in your own pricing.
- Can I try it before paying?
- Yes. You can get a free API key and test the feed. Starter and Pro plans add fresher updates and wider access; the plans below show what each includes.
- Is this financial advice?
- No. EMpulse is a reference index for pricing and bookkeeping. It does not tell you when to buy or sell any currency.