Bitfinex bitcoin-exchange confirmed information on the suspension of fiat deposits

Bitfinex, director of public relations for crypto-exchange Bitfinex, Casper Rasmussen confirmed the information on the suspension of receiving fiat currencies for a week.

1 / @bitfinex Communications Director Kasper Rasmussen reports: “

– CoinDesk (@coindesk) 12 December 2018 p.

“Bitfinex has temporarily suspended the possibility of users depositing funds in fiat currency,” CoinDesk quotes a representative of the exchange.

Rasmussen also expressed confidence that the problem will be solved within a week. At the same time, all other Bitfinex services are operating in the normal mode.

2 / " All other services and services are unaffected and are operating as normal, "

– CoinDesk (@coindesk) 12 December 2018 p.

Recall unconfirmed information that Bitfinex has stopped accepting deposits in the US dollar, euro, Japanese yen and the British pound appeared on Thursday, October 11th . Then bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market experienced a rather sharp decline.

Shortly before, the reason for the new wave of rumors about the possible insolvency of Bitfinex was the news about the problems at Noble Bank , allegedly serving the accounts of the well-known stock exchange and Tether Ltd.

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