2023-7-7 22:02 |
Bitfinex, a leading digital currency exchange platform, has reported that it has reclaimed a portion of the funds lost in the 2016 security incident. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security... origin »
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Bitfinex lost 119,756 bitcoins in a hack in August 2016. The hackers embarked on a plan to move the stolen tokens multiple times as they tried to launder them. In 2022, the US Department of Homeland Security arrested two people suspected of hacking Bitfinex.
2023-7-7 22:24 | |
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The new Bitfinex STO trading platform is now ready to operate in Kazakhstan. It will allow investors access the tokenized securities and blockchain-based equities. Popular Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange has announced its plans to launch a trading platform that focuses on STOs (Security Token Offerings).
2021-9-9 01:06 | |
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Crypto exchange Bitfinex is now venturing into TradFi with its latest launch of Bitfinex Securities. The new trading platform, as the name suggests, will allow companies to directly list tokenized versions of their shares, bonds, and other funds to raise capital.
2021-9-8 13:16 | |
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The United States Security and Exchange Commission [SEC], may have a lot more on its plate for the weeks ahead, as the CEO of Ripple Brad Garlinghouse, along with its chief Chris Larsen have filed for the regulatory body to investigate a handful of exchanges.
2021-6-4 22:56 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin may have been hacked for $150 million in bitcoin and multiple ERC20 tokens. The Singapore-based exchange confirmed the September 25 security breach, but did not disclose the amount stolen.
2020-9-27 17:15 | |
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Dusk Network, a Dutch-based startup set to launch a regulated security token exchange, has received $1 million in funding from Bitfinex’s parent, iFinex. The exchange, whose operational niche is tokenized assets including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, and equities are set for debut in 2021, according to sources who informed TheBlock.
2020-9-3 23:56 | |
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The investment from Bitfinex's parent will go on getting Dusk Network's security token exchange off the ground.
2020-9-2 01:33 | |
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Bitfinex, the behemoth exchange, reached out to hackers and whistle-blowers in an attempt to make good on 2016’s massive security breach. A Colossal Bounty This morning, Bitfiniex issued a statement with details of an award for information leading to the return of 119,755 bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack.
2020-8-5 23:11 | |
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Bitfinex gained access to a wide range of institutional investors via Market Synergy. In a recent Profit&Loss interview, Paolo Ardoino, the crypto exchange’s CTO detailed upon the partnership and how it provides institutions access to a wide selection of digital assets.
2019-10-18 00:00 | |
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Recently, Ethereum Classic [ETC] successfully executed its Atlantis hard fork, a hard fork which included about 10 Ethereum Improvement Proposals [EIPs] in order to enhance stability and performance.
2019-9-17 21:30 | |
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Гибридная биржа Ethfinex объявила о перезапуске под новым названием и c измененной структурой управления. В частности, платформа больше не будет пользоваться операционными ресурсами биржи Bitfinex. Ethfinex evolves to DeversiFi bringing high-liquidity, speed and security to decentralised trading.
2019-8-15 12:25 | |
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Гибридная биржа Ethfinex объявила о перезапуске под новым названием и c измененной структурой управления. В частности, платформа больше не будет пользоваться операционными ресурсами биржи Bitfinex. Ethfinex evolves to DeversiFi bringing high-liquidity, speed and security to decentralised trading.
2019-8-14 11:49 | |
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Ethfinex evolves into DeversiFi for an improved decentralized exchange » CryptoNinjas Ethfinex Trustless, the hybrid Ethereum exchange platform launched by Bitfinex in mid-2018, is evolving into DeversiFi, an improved decentralized exchange where traders can execute orders of any size directly from the security of their private wallet, whilst accessing the liquidity of large existing exchanges.
2019-8-13 17:30 | |
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Ethfinex has left the Bitfinex nest. Now known as DeversiFI, the team wants to provide users with full control over their funds and greater security, while still having the deep orderbook found in most centralized exchanges.
2019-8-13 17:03 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceQuantstamp, a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security company, recently completed the audit of cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s GBP-backed stablecoin, Binance GBP (BGBP).
2019-7-19 20:44 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitfinex’s Protection Service Provider Cloudflare Reports a Major Server OutageCloudflare’s wide range of clientele which includes Bitfinex, are currently been affected by a blackout on the end of the Security Service Provider in different locations.
2019-7-2 20:09 | |
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It’s a new week, which means only one thing: it’s time for Hard Fork’s roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over the weekend. Let’s get to it. 1. Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a new type of cryptocurrency mining botnet.
2019-6-24 10:55 | |
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Over 170 Bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex hack have been moved today over to another unknown wallet. Is the hacker attempting to wash the stolen funds, and if so, why now? Let’s take a look. The 2016 Bitfinex Hack On August 3, 2016, leading crypto exchange, Bitfinex, suffered a devastating security breach which resulted in the loss of over 119,756 Bitcoins (approx $953 Million).
2019-6-7 16:30 | |
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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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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Crypto News – 10 May – Binance hack: CZ gives latest security updates, Bitfinex announces integration of Blockstream Liquid Network and more Don’t forget to follow us for our daily videos#BinanceHack #LiquidNetwork @bitfinex @Blockstream #bitcoin #Binance pic.
2019-5-10 19:00 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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With cases like Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX and the recent Bitfinex fiasco denting the public’s trust in cryptocurrency exchanges, some exchanges are looking to fortify security. One among these is the Malta-based OKEx.
2019-5-4 15:30 | |
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One of the main concerns of the cryptocurrency space has been hacks, which has resulted in several investors losing a significant amount of money. This year alone, several cryptocurrency exchanges have reported loss of funds due to a security breach, which includes leading exchanges such as Cryptopia and Bithumb.
2019-4-26 23:58 | |
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Bitfinex is now open to every trader as the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange has removed its $10,000 minimum balance rule. Citing a rising demand from retail traders who couldn't trade on the platform due to the requirement, Bitfinex CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde said the platform is now ready for a “new wave of customer accounts,” according to a company Medium post.
2019-4-11 21:50 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitfinex Changes Its Policy Opening the Doors to a Broader Range of InvestorsApart from opening up the doors for smaller investors, crypto exchange Bitfinex also brings important upgrades to its platform for enhanced customer security and better transparency.
2019-4-10 11:51 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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Биткоин-биржа Bitfinex запустила в бета-режиме торговую площадку EOSfinex на базе технологии EOSIO. Today’s launch of eosfinex brings unparalleled opportunity to innovate within EOS and to pioneer research within security, performance and scalability.
2019-3-29 21:01 | |
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Торговая платформа eosfinex, разрабатываемая родительской компанией крипто-биржи Bitfinex на базе протокола EOSIO, объявила о начале «бумажной» торговли, то есть без использования реальных активов.
2019-3-28 20:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced on Feb. 25 via a blog post that the U. S. government has handed over 27 BTC believed to be the proceeds of a hack in which the exchange lost almost 120,000 Bitcoins in a security breach in August 2016.
2019-2-26 19:29 | |
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Better late than never. Bitfinex, a major crypto exchange registered in the British Virgin Islands, has announced that U. S. authorities have recovered nearly 28 BTC from an August 2016 security breach and returned the funds to the exchange.
2019-2-26 21:11 | |
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On January 7, 2019, Bitfinex and Market Synergy launched a joint connectivity network that gives institutional investors access to the Bitfinex digital asset gateway. Collaboration As per the announcement from Bitfinex, the partnership is designed to help bring digital assets to investors and brokers by way of providing institutional standard cryptocurrency connectivity and security.
2019-1-9 20:00 | |
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Ethfinex And Bitfinex Upgrade Could Increase Volatility In The Market Volatility in the crypto market could increase on December 19. The Bitfinex and Ethfinex teams informed their users that there will be a network upgrade that could take between 3 to 7 hours.
2019-1-7 22:37 | |
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On the 19th of December, the team at Bitfinex and Ethfinex gave an advanced notice to users of both platforms that there will be a three to seven hour long upgrade that will involve data migration to their new bare-metal servers.
2019-1-6 11:17 | |
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Ifinex, the operator of Bitfinex and Ethfinex, is planning to briefly restrict access to the crypto trading platforms on Jan. 7 while migrating data to its new servers in Switzerland. Also in The Daily on Sunday, Indian exchange Koinex has updated its security features and Huobi’s mining subsidiary is preparing to launch a new trading […] The post The Daily: Bitfinex Schedules Exchange Downtime, Koinex Adds New Security Features appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-12-30 15:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and Ethfinex now support trading for all six of the market’s major stablecoins. Adding to its support for MakerDao’s Dai and Tether’s USDT, the sister platforms recently listed USD Coin (USDC), TrueUSD (TUSD), Paxos Standard Token (PAX) and Gemini USD (GUSD).
2018-12-4 21:02 | |
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In this edition of The Daily, we cover Nexo’s recent decision to pay interest on stablecoin holdings, as well as a project by two Swiss cryptocurrency companies to offer exchange and custodial solutions for financial institutions that handle digital assets.
2018-10-31 16:50 | |
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October 12th, 2018 — Lugano, Switzerland — when Binfinex put together the Ethfinex Governance Summit in Lugano, Switzerland, for select top traders and stakeholders, one team stood out.
2018-10-17 22:08 | |
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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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The Liquid Network is up and running. More than a year after its conceptual introduction at the Blockchain Association of Canada's Government Forum in Ottawa, Blockstream’s bitcoin scaling solution made its public debut on October 10, 2018, after going live among its partners on September 27.
2018-10-11 20:44 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex addressed allegations and controversies propagated against its platform in recent times via a detailed Medium post on Oct. 7, 2018. Bitfinex Fights Allegations The Hong Kong-based company remains one of the world’s oldest running cryptocurrency exchanges and has maintained a strong reputation for security save a ghastly event in 2016 which saw […] The post Bitfinex Slams Insolvency Allegations, Reveals Part of Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and EOS Holdings appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-10-9 16:00 | |
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In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
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The world of cryptocurrencies is now moving from centralized exchanges to decentralized exchanges. Crypto enthusiasts have often criticized the single-point-of-failure architecture used in these platforms as it makes their funds vulnerable to security breaches and coin robberies.
2018-9-20 19:54 | |
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Bitfinex Introduces Ethfinex Trustless On Monday morning, Ethfinex, a “spinoff” of the similarly named Bitfinex exchange, introduced “Ethfinex Trustless,” an Ethereum-based trading platform that puts “security, privacy and control in the hands of the user.
2018-9-17 22:36 | |
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Базирующаяся в Гонконге биткоин-биржа Bitfinex запустила на базе своей гибридной площадки Ethfinex новую децентрализованную платформу для торговли криптовалютами под названием Ethfinex Trustless. Introducing Ethfinex Trustless — an Ethereum based trading solution placing security, privacy and control in the hands of the user.
2018-9-17 18:33 | |
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Биржа криптовалют Bitfinex на базе своей гибридной торговой площадки Ethfinex в этот понедельник запускает новую децентрализованную биржу Ethfinex Trustless. Introducing Ethfinex Trustless — an Ethereum based trading solution placing security, privacy and control in the hands of the user.
2018-9-17 17:54 | |
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MyEtherwallet has been known to be one of the Largest Ethereum wallets in the Crypto sphere and has major encounters and breach of security which puts users tokens at huge risks. Phishing Attacks have been on the rise with popular exchanges like binance,bittrex and bitfinex always getting cloned by impersonators and most time they still […] The post Myetherwallet Suffers More Attacks than Any Other Ethereum Wallet appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-9-17 16:31 | |
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In a bid to offer state-of-the-art, robust, and high-performance connectivity for its institutional clients, on July 11, 2018, Bitfinex announced a strategic alliance with Market Synergy, a highly reputable Swiss-based company whose primary objective is providing security and standard fail-proof connectivity for digital asset firms, banks, brokers and hedge funds alike.
2018-7-13 19:30 | |
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Market Synergy GmbH, a Swiss-based organisation which offers institutional standard cryptocurrency connectivity and security for banks, brokers and hedge funds has been selected by Bitfinex, the world’s leading cryptocurrency trading platform, to provide robust, high performance connectivity for institutional clients.
2018-7-13 18:12 | |
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The memecoin era just crossed a line no one expected this early. Dogecoin now has its own U. S. spot ETF. Grayscale has officially launched $GDOG, the first-ever spot Dogecoin ETF in the United States.
The decentralized prediction market sector just witnessed one of its biggest moments to date. @Rain__Protocol’s native token exploded more than 120% today after a public biotech company confirmed a massive nine-figure deployment into the ecosystem.
Key Takeaways: Monad Mainnet is now live, enabling real transactions, EVM-compatible app deployment, and early access to multiple consumer and DeFi apps. The launch introduces a high-throughput Layer-1 architecture using The post Monad Mainnet Goes Live as High-Speed L1 Opens With Full EVM Support and Day-One Apps appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Key Takeaways: El Salvador acquired an additional 1,090.19 BTC worth about $101 million, its largest single purchase in months. The government’s accumulation goes beyond its ongoing 1 BTC per day The post El Salvador Adds $101M in Bitcoin as Government Buys 1,098 BTC During Market Dip appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Port3 suffered a critical exploit today. A single validation flaw inside Nexa Network’s cross-chain CATERC20 token standard opened the door to unauthorized minting and a rapid price collapse. What followed was a full-scale breakdown of the token’s security model, a multi-address exploit, and now a complete token migration to stabilize the ecosystem. The incident is [...]
Hyperliquid is entering a critical moment. The project’s first major cliff unlock since its Token Generation Event (TGE) in November 2024 is scheduled for November 29, and the market is already reacting.
Cardano faced a rare and serious network disruption this week after a malformed ADA delegation transaction triggered a long-standing code flaw and caused the blockchain to split into parallel chains.