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Prosecutors have requested that Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, should spend five years behind bars for his crime. origin »
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Mastermind behind 2016 Bitfinex hack could face only 5 years in prison.
2024-10-17 16:08 | |
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US prosecutors urged a Washington federal judge that Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind who extracted 120,000 Bitcoin ($8 billion) by hacking into the Bitfinex crypto exchange, should get five years in prison.
2024-10-16 12:00 | |
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A recent report from Bitfinex has shed light on a trend in the Bitcoin market. The report shows despite the unpredictability of the crypto market; long-term Bitcoin holders appear to be playing the patience game, signaling a buoyant outlook on the digital currency.
2023-8-30 23:00 | |
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The Crypto Couple, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Rhiannon Morgan, implicated in the money laundering of $4.5 billion in Bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack, are expected to plead guilty after 6 years
2023-7-22 10:42 | |
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The Bitfinex hack had been one of the most popular hacks when it occurred. At that point, bitcoin was still in its very early stages and was still reeling from the Mt Gox shutdown even years later.
2022-2-2 20:00 | |
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This week, Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed half of the class action plaintiffs' claims that were filed about two years back against the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the sister company Tether, a stablecoin USDT issuer.
2021-9-30 19:38 | |
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Only 4% of nearly 120,000 Bitcoin (around $7 billion today) stolen by a hacker from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 have been laundered so far—and it will take the thieves over a century to cash out their bounty in full, according to blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic.
2021-5-15 04:00 | |
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As bitcoin surpassed its 2017 all-time high on Monday morning, a few hours later 5,045 BTC or $97 million worth of bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack was transferred. The hackers that stole the funds four years ago have moved the bitcoins numerous times this year.
2020-12-1 10:30 | |
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On Wednesday morning (ET), around 2,034 BTC ($21. 6 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved into a few unknown wallets. The action was caught by the Btcparser program as five transactions with around 400 BTC each moved for the first time in four years.
2020-10-9 22:30 | |
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Over the past 48 hours, malefactors who compromised the wallets of Bitfinex exchange four years ago have transferred more than $52 mln in Bitcoin
2020-10-8 12:02 | |
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Four years after the infamous Bitfinex hack that resulted in one of the largest bitcoin thefts since the Mt Gox incident in 2014, notifications published by the Whale Alert twitter account today, statThe post Over 1000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex hack moved appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-8 21:33 | |
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Over a half a million dollars worth of bitcoin from a May 2010 coinbase reward was transferred to Bitfinex on October 1. A parser recorded the old coins being spent and since mid-February 2020, roughly 33 so-called ‘sleeping bitcoin addresses’ from ten years ago have been spent to-date.
2020-10-4 03:30 | |
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The offer of a $400 million reward appears not to be sufficient for the thieves that stole a massive amount of Bitcoin from Bitfinex back in 2016. The stolen stash has continued to move to different wallets throughout the years.
2020-8-18 17:27 | |
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The malefactors who "relieved" Bitfinex exchange of around $72 mln four years ago have moved another BTC lump worth $5.8 mln to a new crypto wallet, Whale Alert says
2020-8-18 11:00 | |
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Almost 4 years ago to the date, hackers breached Bitfinex. It wasn’t the first Bitcoin hack or the biggest, but the thieves got away with a hefty sum of 119,756 BTC. At the time these coins were worth around $70 million bucks, but now the haul the hackers made off with is worth more than […]
2020-8-4 21:16 | |
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Whale Alert reports that hackers who attacked Bitfinex exchange four years ago have reared their heads again, wired almost $5 mln in BTC from the crypto they stole then
2020-7-30 11:39 | |
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Around 2,500 stolen bitcoins ($28 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex breach were transferred from the hacker’s wallet on Monday. The last time the Bitfinex hackers moved funds from the hack four years ago, they moved around $5 million worth of coins on June 24.
2020-7-28 06:55 | |
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Over the years, there have been multiple cryptocurrency hacks and thefts. Some of these ventures have been resolved successfully, whereas others go dormant and suddenly note follow-up activity. The year is 2016 when cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked.
2020-6-16 19:00 | |
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Cyber-thieves from the Bitfinex hack of four years ago continue to cash out, this time transferring the equivalent of $4. 1 million in bitcoin to an unknown wallet address. Crypto tracking tool Whale Alert reports that hackers moved 416 bitcoin (BTC) on June 11.
2020-6-12 10:22 | |
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Another $800,000 worth of bitcoin from the Bitfinex hack of four years ago has been moved to an unknown wallet. Whale Alert reports that hackers transferred 77. 64 bitcoin (BTC) on Tuesday, which amounts to $797,000 at the time the alert was issued.
2020-6-3 16:45 | |
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Cyber criminals keep moving Bitcoin they stole from hacking the major crypto exchange Bitfinex four years ago. Slightly under $1 mln was wired this time
2020-6-2 11:37 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years. So much even that an official lawsuit was filed against both of these companies. Both Tether and Bitfinex were allegedly involved in bitcoin price manipulation.
2020-1-11 07:00 | |
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The number of Bitcoin long contracts on margin trading platform Bitfinex has exploded in December to reach the highest level in years, far exceeding the levels of BTC’s late 2017 bull market.
2019-12-14 23:07 | |
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Over the years, there have been numerous allegations of wrongdoings by the Bitfinex exchange. None of those claims have ever been proven. In a recent announcement, the company claims it too fell victim to the business practices by Crypto Capital.
2019-10-26 01:59 | |
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Tether posted a press release on their website today saying that they’re expecting lawsuits based on research they call “Meritless and Mercenary. ” Tether has been under investigation by the New York Attorney’s General office for nearly six months now, with a deadline for the firm and Bitfinex to hand over documents come October 14th.
2019-10-6 09:34 | |
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On Sept. 25, the crypto market experienced one of its steepest falls in recent years as the bitcoin price abruptly dropped by more than $1,500 in merely hours, sending many cryptocurrency investors to Tether.
2019-9-25 11:50 | |
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Despite never-ending controversies throughout the years, Bitfinex is making several developments in the ecosystem. Bitfinex reached out to the community on Twitter announcing the latest developments.
2019-8-15 11:00 | |
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Tether and Bitfinex have consistently been the hot-topic of 2019. From unravelings in the NYAG lawsuit to developments that impact the far ends of the crypto ecosystem. Tether’s integration with Liquid Network is one such important development that has allowed it to stay in the cryptocurrency chasm and perhaps leave its mark in the years […] The post Tether’s integration with Liquid Network opens a floodgate of opportunities for arbitrage trading appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-7-31 20:00 | |
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At this pace, the entire LEO supply would be gone in 50 years, paying back the $1 billion for which the tokens were sold.
2019-6-17 14:39 | |
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Tether Ltd. Releases Bank Statements, Showing Proof that It Has Enough USD to Back USDT in Circulation Tether is one of the most popular stablecoins in existence and is also a very controversial one and it has been involved in several scandals over the last few years. Since it gained popularity it had been accused […]
2019-6-12 16:22 | |
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Bitfinex’s $1 bln hack suddenly becomes a hot topic three years later after a set of mysterious transactions
2019-6-7 18:51 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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The Bitcoin market looks all good even after news of Bitfinex’s scandalous dealings with Tether. As has been the case for years, many would have expected such bad news to affect the crypto market, especially Bitcoin.
2019-5-8 22:26 | |
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When I visited some early bitcoin startups in Hong Kong five years ago, they were unanimous about their biggest challenge: finding a bank that would let them open an account.
2019-5-6 07:00 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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A wallet linked to the Bitfinex hack of 2016 has seen funds move for the first time in years.
2019-4-26 14:53 | |
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A long-term technical line, which served as strong price resistance four years ago, is again capping the upside in bitcoin's price.
2019-4-26 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin users have often been a target for law enforcement agencies and governments. In the United States, that scrutiny is even bigger compared to most other countries around the world. One 22-year-old Bitcoin trader has now been sentenced to two years in prison and forfeiting financial assets for trading and selling Bitcoin in an unlicensed […] The post Unlicensed Bitcoin Reseller Obtaining BTC from Bitfinex Faces Two-year Prison Sentence appeared first on NullTX.
2019-4-10 11:16 | |
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Ripple’s regular movement of funds from its escrow wallet to a hot wallet is always noted by crypto whale watchers, such as Whale Alert, which tracks large movements of coins. Ripple conducts a transfer at the beginning of every month and usually returns a large portion of XRP back to escrow.
2019-3-3 14:43 | |
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According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.
2019-2-26 02:39 | |
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QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations, concludes a report published by blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis this week.
2019-2-2 01:45 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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Bitcoiners are planning to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the genesis block by withdrawing all their cryptos from exchanges. “On the 3rd of January 2019, 10 years on, let us... The post Bitcoiners Planning a Crypto Bank Run While Bitfinex’s Cold Wallet Sees No Activity appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-12-18 18:30 | |
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Bitfinex’ed, a long-time critic of Bitfinex and Tether LLC, a company that oversees the development of stablecoin Tether (USDT), has stated in an interview with Modern Consensus that the “pretend KYC/AML” system of Bitfinex is preventing the exchange from obtaining banking services.
2018-10-18 18:00 | |
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In today’s rapidly advancing world of blockchain innovation, it’s no secret that cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges and enterprise platforms are targets for nefarious activity.
2018-10-16 18:58 | |
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Bitcoin community members continue to piece together the story behind a huge wallet containing over 111,000 BTC ($802 million) — which suddenly became active after over four years. Coins Go To Bitfinex, Binance The results of multiple analyses by Reddit user u/sick_silk reveal the owner of the wallet, which first appeared in May 2014 with a balance of 111,114.
2018-9-3 16:00 | |
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Factors Influencing the Bitcoin Price Although Bitcoin markets will always be volatile, there are many different external influences in play at all times. Over the years, there have been a fair few factors which pushed the Bitcoin price in a specific direction, either for better or worse. Recent research hinted that Bitfinex and Tether were
2018-6-17 01:05 | |
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Блокчейн-детектив ZachXBT связал кражу криптовалюты на $40 млн из американских правительственных кошельков с сыном руководителя компании, обслуживающей конфискованные властями США цифровые активы.
Bitcoin is struggling to build momentum around the $90,000 level, yet at least one headline-grabbing buyer appears to be leaning in the opposite direction. Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream, said on X (formerly Twitter) that a “Bitfinex whale” is purchasing roughly 450 Bitcoin per day at current price levels, a pace that would translate […] The post How one Bitcoin whale is absorbing the world’s entire daily mining supply as Bitcoin price faces $90,000 friction appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Состояние крипторынка напоминает предшествовавшее длительной стагнации положение дел в начале 2022 года, а устойчивость — остается под вопросом, заявили эксперты ончейн-платформы Glassnode.
Для укрепления начавшегося ралли первая криптовалюта должна пробить уровень $95 000, чтобы розничные трейдеры и инвесторы поверили в смену тренда, заявили эксперты платформы Bitcoin Vector.
Analysts at Bitfinex warn about a record $18 billion worth of Bitcoin options expiring this week. Bitcoin is staring down a record-setting $18 billion options expiry, which will likely suppress volatility.
У биткоина остался месяц до начала медвежьего тренда — курс первой криптовалюты может рухнуть до $50 000, предположил создатель и руководитель аналитической платформы Alphractal Жоао Ведсон (Joao Wedson).
Bitcoin is facing pressure due to escalating macro shocks, but institutional adoption may provide support, says Bitfinex expert.