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The U.S. capture of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas and the couple's arraignment in Manhattan have prompted financial services companies, including cryptocurrency exchanges, to review their exposure to illicit funds from the nation. Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, appeared in the Southern District of New York on Monday charged with conspiring with other top Venezuelan officials and international traffickers to enrich themselves by shipping "thousands of tons of cocaine" into the U.S., among other offenses. The latest indictment, which supersedes charges brought against the pair six years ago, makes no mention of digital assets, but...