Bitfinex

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched an investigation into the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The agency intends to find out whether BitMEX allowed Bitcoin derivatives trading to US citizens without registration in the CFTC. The investigation may take months, sources say. On March 6 of this year, BitMEX updated the user policy, officially banning […]

On the evening of Saturday, July 13, the steeblecoin issuer Tether unexpectedly released 5 billion USDT tokens on the TRON blockchain. Almost immediately released tokens were burned, and instead of them 50 million tokens were issued, which were intended for the Poloniex Bitcoin Exchange. Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex, affiliated with Tether, commented on the situation as follows: “In the process of preparing to transfer emissions from Omni […]

Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange announced the suspension of trading and the beginning of unplanned technical work. It happened at 12:17 UTC. We are undergoing unscheduled maintenance with trading temporarily halted. All wallets remain unaffected and they are available. Thank you for your patience. – Bitfinex (@bitfinex) July 11 […]

Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange announced the beginning of the repayment of debt to its affiliated company Tether. As part of the Bitfinex process, the first $ 100 million was transferred to the Tether account. Bitfinex Repays $ 100M of Outstanding Loan Facility to Tether.https: //t.co/NIcUAehGtY – Bitfinex (@bitfinex) July 2, 2019 Recall that at the end of April the Prosecutor General’s Office New York brought Bitfinex accusations that, having suffered losses in […]