Bitfinex

Exchanges

Tether’s Price Has Stabilized, But the Stablecoin’s Supply Is Still Shrinking

Crypto exchanges are shedding tethers by the million, and millions of USDT are ending up at Bitfinex. From there, they are taken out of circulation.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
Tether

Tether Just Burned 500 Million USDT Stablecoin Tokens

Following massive transfers of its dollar-linked tokens into a company-controlled account, Tether has destroyed a large chunk of USDT supply.

Markets  ·  24 October 2018
Exchanges

CoinMarketCap Excludes Some Tether Data After Clarification by Bitfinex

A CoinDesk report regarding a misleading data point on CoinMarketCap has led to a change in the way tether trading volume is calculated.

Markets  ·  24 October 2018
Exchanges

Bitfinex Took 630 Million Tether Out of Circulation After Drop Below $1

Since tether lost parity with the U.S. dollar, its supply has dropped by a quarter as tokens flow back to the issuing company's "treasury" wallet.

Markets  ·  22 October 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Restarts Fiat Deposits Claiming ‘Improved’ Process

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has rolled out a new process for depositing fiat currency after it halted the service last week.

Markets  ·  16 October 2018
Exchanges

Bitfinex Says Withdrawals Are Fine, But Crypto Exchange Customers Disagree

Bitfinex says fiat and cryptocurrency withdrawals are working normally, but some users say they're seeing delays in getting their funds out.

Business  ·  15 October 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Denies Accusations of Insolvency

Bitfinex has hit back against claims it is insolvent, disclosing wallet addresses appearing to show it holds over $1.5 billion in crypto assets.

Markets  ·  8 October 2018
Exchanges

Bitfinex’s Chief Strategy Officer Leaves Crypto Exchange

Crypto exchange Bitfinex's chief strategy officer Phil Potter is leaving the firm, Reuters reported Friday.

Business  ·  22 June 2018
Exchanges

Tether Review Claims Crypto Asset Fully Backed – But There’s a Catch

Tether has finally produced a third-party report proclaiming that its cryptocurrency, USDT, is fully backed by U.S. dollars – with some big caveats.

Markets  ·  20 June 2018
Bitcoin

Tether Manipulation Pushed Up Bitcoin’s Price, Researchers Find

A new study by the University of Texas at Austin claims that the Tether stablecoin is used to increase bitcoin's price during market downswings.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 June 2018
Regulation

CFTC Denies FOIA Request for Bitfinex and Tether Subpoenas

The top U.S. futures regulator has denied a FOIA request related to cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the closely-linked 'stablecoin' operator Tether.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 June 2018
Exchanges

Bad Checks: Twitter’s Identity Crisis Is Costing Users More Than Bitcoin

Twitter's blue check mark verification system is falling under the pressure of the complicated crypto world.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 April 2018
Exchanges

Binance, Bitfinex and More: NY Launches Inquiry Into Crypto Exchanges

New York's attorney general is taking a closer look at some of the most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 April 2018
Exchanges

Bitfinex Denies Money Laundering Claims After ‘Internal Investigation’

Bitfinex is pushing back against reports that Polish authorities froze $400 million of its funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 April 2018
Exchanges

Lawyer Warns Bitfinex on ‘Threats’ Against Blogger

Blogger Bitfinex'd hires lawyer Stephen Palley, who says that if he finds Bitfinex is behind threats against his client, "there will be consequences."

Policy & regulation  ·  12 March 2018