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inex | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Bitcoin Trading | Futures Trading | Margin TradingTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesMoreLog inSign upEnglishTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesEnglishMoreLog inSign upBitfinex PulseDelivering financial freedomYour assets. Your choices. Our technology.Sign upView demoUSDEURGBPJPYBTCETHDerivativesLendingSecuritiesUSDEURGBPJPYBTCETHDerivativesLendingSecuritiesSymbolLast PriceLast24h Change24h24h High24h Low24h VolumeVolumeFeaturesWorld class trading platformExchangeBitfinex offers order books with top tier liquidity, allowing users to easily exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, Litecoin, Ripple, NEO and many other digital assets with minimal slippage.Margin fundingLiquidity providers can generate yield by providing funding to traders wanting to trade with leverage. Funding is traded on an order book at various rates and periods.Margin tradingBitfinex allows up to 10x leverage trading by providing traders with access to the peer-to-peer funding market.Order typesBitfinex offers a suite of order types to give traders the tools they need for every scenario. Discover more about our most advanced Algorithmic orders types.Customizable interfaceOrganize your workspace according to your needs: compose your layout, choose between themes, and set up notifications.SecuritySecurity of user information and funds is our first priority. Learn more about our security features and integrations.ExchangeBitfinex offers order books with top tier liquidity, allowing users to easily exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, Litecoin, Ripple, NEO and many other digital assets with minimal slippage.Margin fundingLiquidity providers can generate yield by providing funding to traders wanting to trade with leverage. Funding is traded on an order book at various rates and periods.Margin tradingBitfinex allows up to 10x leverage trading by providing traders with access to the peer-to-peer funding market.Order typesBitfinex offers a suite of order types to give traders the tools they need for every scenario. Discover more about our most advanced Algorithmic orders types.Customizable interfaceOrganize your workspace according to your needs: compose your layout, choose between themes, and set up notifications.SecuritySecurity of user information and funds is our first priority. Learn more about our security features and integrations.Read more about our featuresAdvanced features for professionalsTo meet the highest of demandsProfessional connectivityPartnering with Market Synergy, corporate accounts and professional traders can take advantage of the fastest trading speeds through institutional-grade connectivity and co-location services with direct access to our digital asset gateway.Read more about our featuresAdvanced chart toolsBitfinex facilitates a graphical trading experience with advanced charting functionality that allows traders to visualise orders, positions and price alerts, tap to modify order properties, and annotate to their trading strategy.View our demoCorporate account and professional tradingBitfinex has a bespoke offering expertly tailored to meet the specific needs of professional and institutional traders including sub-accounts, expedited verification, and dedicated customer support.Read more about our featuresAPIThe Bitfinex REST and Websocket APIs are designed to facilitate access to all features of the Bitfinex platform, allowing full integration with traders’ own products and platforms.View our APIUNUS SED LEOA token designed to empower the Bitfinex communityUNUS SED LEO provides utility for those seeking to maximize the output and capabilities of the Bitfinex trading platform.Access the LEO dashboard hereOUR APPTrusted platform anytime & anywhereThe Bitfinex mobile app adapts the full functionality of the Bitfinex platform for seamless ‘on-the-go’ trading.Learn more about our appStart trading todaySign upLog inEnglishServicesExchangeMargin TradingDerivativesP2P TradingOTCLendingSecurities TradingStakingAPI & WebSocketsCorporate & ProfessionalSecurity & ProtectionDeposits & WithdrawalsCredit/Debit CardsProductsExchangeMobile AppLending ProBitfinex BorrowBitfinex PayBitfinex TerminalReporting AppBitfinex HoneyUNUS SED LEOCompanyAboutManifestoAffiliatesCareersAnnouncementsBitfinex AlphaBlogPressNewsletterUtilitiesMarket StatisticsOur FeesSOC2SupportHelp CenterContact UsBitfinex ChannelsBug BountyStatusLearnPaper TradingHow to Buy BitcoinHow to Buy EthereumHow to Buy LitecoinLegal & privacyPrivacyCookies PolicyCookies PreferencesExchange TermsDerivative TermsGeneral Notices & TermsBitfinex Pay TermsToken Specific TermsTrading RulebookCopyright ©️ 2013-2024 iFinex Inc. All rights reservBitfinex - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
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Bitfinex公司类型私人公司语言7种语言语言列表英語、繁體中文、簡體中文、俄語、西班牙語、土耳其語、葡萄牙語成立2012年（12年前）（2012）创始人Raphael NicolleGiancarlo Devasini（財務官）首席执行官JL van der Velde母公司iFinex Inc网址www.bitfinex.com 商业性质是注册選擇性推出时间2012年（12年前）（2012）现状線上內容許可Copyright ©️ 2013-2023 iFinex Inc. All rights reserved
Bitfinex是一個加密貨幣交易平台，由iFinex Inc擁有及營運。注册地區為英属维尔京群岛。[1][2]
在2015年，交易所黑客攻击事件令投資者失去约400,000美元。在2016年，约73万美元從其交易所的客户帐户被盗去。[3] 2018年10月，Bitfinex 與銀行業務的關係再次遇上危機。其管理團隊指出，"Bitfinex於10月7日並沒有出現資不抵債的情況。"[4]研究顯示，Bitfinex對比特幣的價格操縱佔2017年末比特幣價格上漲的一半左右。[5] 同年，Bitfinex宣布成爲EOS超級節點候選團隊。[6]
歷史[编辑]
Bitfinex於2012年12月成立，透過點對點融資市場，Bitfinex提供槓桿保證金交易，讓使用者可以安全地進行高達3.3倍的槓桿交易。Bitfinex 最初以比特币P2P保證金借貸平台為核心服務，後來增加了加密货币服務。[7] 在2015年5月黑客入侵期间，1500个比特币被盗。[8] 於2016年，Bitfinex成为Bitfinex黑客的主题。價值7200万美元的比特币從该公司的客户賬戶中被盗。 [9]接著，比特幣的交易價格暴跌百分之20。[10]在得知事件后，Bitfinex 停止所有比特币提款和交易。[2]
2017年4月，Bitfinex宣布在Wells Fargo切斷其電匯服務后，美元提款服務被拖延处理。同年6月25日，Bitfinex宣布將於同年7月1日起支持EOS以USD，BTC和ETH作配對的交易。[11]
2018年2月13日，Bitfinex發佈EOSfinex-建立在EOS.IO（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）平臺上的交易所。[12] 3月，Bitfinex确認將其業務搬遷至瑞士。5月，Bitfinex通过电子邮件詢問其用户有關税收的详细信息以便在適當時候遞交給政府部門。[13] 同年6月22日，菲尔波特（Phil Potter）Bitfinex的首席战略官確認離職。[14]
在2019年2月12日，Bifinex對外公佈已經推出其更新版本的電話應用程式，Iphone以及Android的用戶都能於應用商店下載享用。[15] 同月，Bifinex亦宣布支持BitTorrent以BTC及USD作配對的交易。
Tether[编辑]
主条目：泰達幣
Tether（泰達幣）於2014年發行，以區塊鏈為基礎的平台，透過數位方式促進法定貨幣的使用。[16]
Tether突破傳統金融體系的運作，透過區塊鏈取得法定貨幣，且不像其他加密貨幣有價格劇烈波動和複雜性的問題。
作為第一個法幣數位化應用的區塊鏈平台（如同穩定的會計單位），Tether已廣泛透過區塊鏈進行法幣交易。[17][18][19]
Bitfinex 和 USDT 的關係[编辑]
Bitfinex 和 USDT 都是有其母公司 iFinex Inc 管理運營的，所以普遍認為 Bitfinex 和 USDT 是兄弟公司，或者準確地說 Bitfinex 和 USDT 幾乎是同一批人掌握的公司。[20]
参考资料[编辑]
^ Company Overview of iFinex Inc. (BVI). Bloomberg. [30 June 2018]. （原始内容存档于2018-07-01）.
^ 2.0 2.1 Shekhtman, Lonnie. Bitcoin security breaches raise questions about digital currency's future. 3 August 2016 [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2017-05-28）.
^ Bitfinex Announces Sizable Token-for-Equity Exchange by Customers. www.bitfinex.com. [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-22） （英语）.
^ Kharif, Olga; Leising, Matthew. Bitcoin Trades at $300 Premium on Controversial Crypto Exchange. Bloomberg. 17 October 2018 [18 October 2018]. （原始内容存档于2018-10-18）.
^ Popper, Nathaniel. Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say. New York Times. 13 June 2018 [13 June 2018]. （原始内容存档于2018-06-13）.
^ Bitfinex - EOS Block Producer Candidate. www.bitfinex.com. [2019-01-23]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-23） （英语）.
^ A Beginner's Guide to Bitfinex. Bitfinex Help Center. [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-23） （美国英语）.
^ Baraniuk, Chris. Bitcoin users 'must pay' for lost coins. BBC News. 8 August 2016 [23 November 2017]. （原始内容存档于2017-11-05）.
^ Bitfinex comes back from $69 million bitcoin heist. [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2017-05-22）.
^ Tsang, Amie. Bitcoin Plunges After Hacking of Exchange in Hong Kong. 3 August 2016 [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2017-05-18）.
^ EOS Trading on Bitfinex. www.bitfinex.com. [2019-01-23]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-23） （英语）.
^ Bitfinex. Announcing EOSfinex. Bitfinex. 2018-02-12 [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-22）.
^ Bitfinex Requires Customer Tax Info which it ‘May Exchange’ with Gov’t, Tax Authorities. Cointelegraph. 2018-05-18 [2018-05-31]. （原始内容存档于2018-06-11） （英语）.
^ Irrera, Anna. Bitfinex chief strategy officer departs. Reuters. 22 June 2018 [23 June 2018]. （原始内容存档于2018-06-24）.
^ Bitfinex - Stay Connected With The Bitfinex App. www.bitfinex.com. [2019-02-21]. （原始内容存档于2019-02-21） （英语）.
^ 什麼是Tether?. Bitfinex. [2019-01-22]. （原始内容存档于2019-01-22） （中文（臺灣））.
^ Popper, Nathaniel. Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange. The New York Times. 21 November 2017 [23 November 2017]. （原始内容存档于2017-11-22）.
^ Crypto-currency company reports $31m raid. BBC News. 21 November 2017 [23 November 2017]. （原始内容存档于2017-11-22）.
^ Tether Theft Isn't the First Controversy for Cryptocurrency Firm. Bloomberg.com. 21 November 2017 [23 November 2017]. （原始内容存档于2017-11-22）.
^ Bitfinex 交易所：深度全面評價 | Bitfinex 與 USDT 的關係 | Bitfinex 與台灣的交集. CoinDada. 2023-06-15 [2023-07-08]. （原始内容存档于2023-07-08） （中文（臺灣））.
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Cryptocurrency exchange
Bitfinex, Inc.Type of businessPrivateAvailable inEnglish, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, PortugueseFounded2012; 12 years ago (2012)Area served52 countriesProductsCryptocurrencies
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, OmiseGO, Monero, NEO, EOS
Fiat Currencies
USD, EUR, JPY, GBPServicesCryptocurrency exchange, P2P Margin trading, P2P Margin lending, OTCURLwww.bitfinex.com
Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands.[1][2] Bitfinex was founded in 2012. It was originally a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, and later added support for other cryptocurrencies.
Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading. It offers high-volume trading and both spot and derivatives products, including exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding (P2P lending), over-the-counter markets, and derivatives trading.[3]
History
2012: Early history
Bitfinex was founded in December 2012 as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange offering digital asset trading services to users worldwide. Bitfinex initially started as a P2P margin lending platform for Bitcoin and later added support for more cryptocurrencies. It was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading.[4]
Raphael Nicolle, an IT technician from Paris, launched Bitfinex following a previous project called Bitcoinica. He continued to work as a developer for the platform until the beginning of 2017.[4]
Bitfinex was designed to offer high-volume trading and both spot and derivatives products, including exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding (P2P lending), over-the-counter markets, and derivatives trading.[5]
2015–2016: New partnership and security breach
In 2015, Bitfinex partnered with Palo Alto company BitGo to offer highly-secured "wallets" that allow people to store their digital currencies online. BitGo has insurance against Bitcoin theft.[6]
In May 2015, the exchange was hacked, which resulted in the loss of 1,500 Bitcoins or about $400,000 USD of their customers' assets.[7][8]
In June 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered Bitfinex to pay a $75,000 fine for offering illegal off-exchanged financed commodity transactions. The order also found that Bitfinex violated the Commodity Exchange Act by not registering as a Futures Commission Merchant.[9]
2016 hack
Main article: 2016 Bitfinex hack
In August 2016, Bitfinex announced it had suffered a major security breach.[10] Immediately thereafter, Bitcoin's trading price plunged by 20%.[11] After learning of the breach, Bitfinex halted all Bitcoin withdrawals and trading.[2] In that hack, the second-biggest breach of a Bitcoin exchange platform, 119,756 units of Bitcoin,[11] worth about $72 million at the time, were stolen. The Bitcoin was taken from users' segregated wallets and Bitfinex said it was tracking down the perpetrators of the hack.[12] Exchange customers, even those whose accounts were not broken into, had their account balance reduced by 36% and received BFX tokens in proportion to their losses.[13] All users who kept their BFX tokens were reimbursed in full within eight months of the hack, in April 2017.[14] The exchange's access to U.S. dollar payments and withdrawals was then curtailed. The hack happened even though Bitfinex was securing the funds with BitGo, which uses multiple-signature security.[15]
The United States Department of Justice recovered the stolen Bitcoin,[16] and a New York couple, Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather R. Morgan, was federally charged in February 2022 with conspiring to launder the Bitcoin, which was then worth $3.6 billion.[17][18] According to Justice officials, Lichtenstein and Morgan are charged with conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to defraud the United States.[18] On 10 February 2022, it was reported that Heather Morgan was detained in Manhattan on 8 February 2022 with her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein.[19] Lichtenstein and Morgan appeared for a plea hearing on 3 August 2023 in Washington, according to court records.[20][21] They were charged in the case with a document known as an information, which is a type of charging document that federal prosecutors typically use when defendants have agreed to plead guilty.[22]
Since Lichtenstein and Morgan's arrests, the government seized another $475 million tied to the attack.[23]
In August 2023, Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to launder stolen cryptocurrency in Washington, D.C. His wife, Heather Morgan, also pleaded guilty to two charges, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States government. The value of the stolen Bitcoin ended up being worth $4.5 billion.[23][24][25]
Lichtenstein also admitted to being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 cyberattack on Bitfinex.[23]
Referring to the 2016 hack, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said, "This was also the largest single financial seizure recorded by the federal government."[26]
Separately, Bitfinex worked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to recover about $315,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies stolen in the 2016 breach. The funds will be redistributed to holders of Bitfinex's Recovery Right Tokens, digital coins issued to people who suffered financial losses due to the hack.[27]
There was concern their customers' money had been lost in several incidents, but the missing funds were not lost but seized and safeguarded. During this same period, Bitfinex found that obtaining banking services was more and more difficult.[28][29][30] Research suggests that price manipulation of bitcoin on Bitfinex accounted for about half of bitcoin's price increase in late 2017.[31]
iFinex issued the cryptocurrency Unus Sed Leo in 2019. Once the U.S. announced that most of the stolen funds were recovered, Leo's value surged more than 50%. Bitfinex promised to repurchase and burn outstanding LEO tokens within 18 months of the funds’ recovery.[32]
2017–2018: Banking changes
In April 2017, Bitfinex announced it was experiencing delays in processing USD withdrawals after Wells Fargo cut off[33] its wire transfers. Shortly after the Wells Fargo cutoff, Bitfinex stated all international wires had been cut off by its Taiwanese bank. Since then, Bitfinex has moved between a series of banks in other countries without disclosing to customers where the money is kept.[34][33][35]
Noble Bank International of San Juan, Puerto Rico reportedly handled some dollar banking for the exchange in 2017 or 2018.[36] The banking relationship was reportedly terminated in September 2018 as Noble Bank encountered financial difficulties.[37]
In March 2018, British Virgin Islands-based Bitfinex confirmed the exchange’s plans to relocate its primary server infrastructure to Zug, Switzerland.
In May 2018, Bitfinex emailed some of its users asking for some tax details, which the company indicated it would share with the government of the British Virgin Islands, which might, in turn, pass it on to the governments of the users' countries of residence.[citation needed]
Phil Potter, Chief Strategy Officer of Bitfinex, left the exchange on June 22, 2018.[38]
On October 15, 2018, Bitfinex said that a few days earlier it temporarily paused fiat deposits for certain customers amid processing complications. On October 7, the company also said that "Bitfinex is not insolvent."[39]
2019: Launch of Tether investigation
Tether is a cryptocurrency stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. It is owned by iFinex, which also owns Bitfinex. It was launched as RealCoin in July 2014 and was rebranded as Tether in November 2014. As of January 2023, Tether was the third-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and Ethereum with a market cap of $68 billion.[40] Tether and Bitfinex funded the development of HolePunch, an encrypted, peer-to-peer communication platform and made its code open-source in December 2022. Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer of Bitfinex and Tether, said that this technology is the "Bitcoin of communications."[41]
In April 2019, New York Attorney General Letitia James launched an investigation accusing Bitfinex of using the reserves of Tether, an affiliated company, to cover up a loss of $850 million to a Panamanian payment processor known as Crypto Capital Corp.[42][43] Reggie Fowler, who is alleged to have connections with Crypto Capital, was indicted on April 30, 2019, for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business for cryptocurrency traders.[44] He is believed to have failed to return about $850 million to an unnamed client. Investigators also seized $14,000 in counterfeit currency from his office.[44] Bitfinex had been unable to obtain a normal banking relationship, according to the lawsuit, so it deposited over $1 billion with a Panamanian payment processor known as Crypto Capital Corp. No contract was ever signed with Crypto Capital.[43] James alleged that in 2018 Bitfinex knew or suspected that Crypto Capital had absconded with the money, but that their investors were never informed of the loss.[43]
Bitfinex's reported figures for 2017 were $333.5 million in gross profits, $6.8 million in expenses, $326 million in net profit, and $246 million in dividends.[45]
2020–2023: Acquisitions and investments
On October 15, 2021, it was announced that Bitfinex would pay a $1.5 million fine to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for illegal, off-exchange retail commodity transactions in digital assets with Americans.[46]
Bitfinex launched a new payment technology that would allow online merchants to receive contactless and borderless cryptocurrency payments in 2021, called Bitfinex Pay.[47]
Bitfinex, Kraken, and KuCoin began exploring ways to enter the Indian cryptocurrency market in 2021.[48]
In September 2022, Bitfinex, alongside several other leading exchanges, temporarily paused all deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum-based tokens during the Ethereum software upgrade known as the Merge.[49]
In December 2022, Bitfinex released its "Freedom Manifesto," a document that highlights the advancement of distributed, open-source software that aligns with the libertarian ideas of Austrian School economists and cypherpunks' approach to writing code.[41][50]
As of January 2023, Bitfinex plans to open an office in El Salvador. El Salvador plans to issue its "volcano" token this year, which will be issued using blockchain technology, and which will trade on Bitfinex's exchange.[51] In April 2023, Bitfinex was granted a license by El Salvador’s National Digital Asset Commission to operate in the country. This was the first license for digital service providers in El Salvador.[52] The license permits Bitfinex Securities El Salvador to facilitate tokenized assets.[53][54]
On May 24, 2023, Bitfinex announced it would invest in the Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Orionx. Bitfinex stated that it aims to expand its presence in Chile and Latin America.[55]
Bitfinex launched its peer-to-peer trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina, and Colombia in June 2023. The platform, Bitfinex P2P, gives people in these countries the ability to directly buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Tether's EURT stablecoin, Tether Gold, and Ethereum.[56]
Tether
Main article: Tether (cryptocurrency)
Tether is a cryptocurrency (a so-called stablecoin) which Tether Limited had claimed to be pegged to the US dollar. Tether is closely associated with Bitfinex, with whom, as of 2018, they shared common shareholders and management.[38]
In 2017, critics raised questions about the relationship between Bitfinex and Tether.[34][57][33]
In February 2021, Bitfinex agreed to pay $18.5 million in a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office regarding allegations over Bitfinex parent iFinex making false statements about the backing of Tether and the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars between the two companies to cover up massive losses by Bitfinex in 2017 and 2018.[58] As part of the agreement, Bitfinex will maintain its prohibition on trading activity with New Yorkers.[59]
In 2021, Bitfinex repaid their remaining loan balance to Tether in full.[60]
On August 4, 2023, the class action lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex was dismissed by Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court found that the plaintiff lacked "plausible allegations of injury" because there was no evidence showing "USDT had a diminished actual value."[61]
See also
Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency exchange
References
^ "Company Overview of iFinex Inc. (BVI)". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ a b Shekhtman, Lonnie (August 3, 2016). "Bitcoin security breaches raise questions about digital currency's future". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017.
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Bitfinex | About Us
inex | About UsTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesMoreLog inSign upEnglishTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesEnglishMoreLog inSign upWe are BitfinexYour assets, your choices, our technology.Our vision:To be the leading global advocate of freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.Our mission:Inspired by the Bitcoin ethos, we're devoted to building state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and effortlessly around the world.Our storyOur manifestoOur cultureLeadershipOur productsContact usOur storyBitfinex was one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges, founded in 2012 to deliver the finest trading experience for retail, professional and institutional customers.Our focus has always been on providing the best standards of security and high throughput in a safe and low latency environment so that traders can access our highly liquid markets. Our team is made up of visionary developers who combine imagination with practical expertise to craft solutions to market’s toughest challenges.Bitfinex lists almost 200 different tokens and 400 different spot trading pairs. It also lists over 60 perpetual futures contracts. It regularly reviews all the tokens listed on the exchange to ensure they meet our standards of governance and liquidity. Known as the Home of Digital Assets Trading, Bitfinex is the preferred trading venue for institutions and professional traders.
Over the last decade, Bitfinex has worked relentlessly to educate customers about the benefits and attributes of Bitcoin and the blockchain, while providing a technically superior environment to buy, hold and sell tokens.
Our leading-edge solutions, services, and knowledge have been the foundation of our success and allowed us to execute on a bigger, more comprehensive global vision that enables us to further the true principles of Bitcoin: equality, justice, and freedom.
In our digital world, we have more tools than ever at our disposal that enable people to transact and interact freely with each other. However, many of these tools have been structured so that transactions are routed through centralised servers that store private information, and charge high prices that are unaffordable to many of the communities that need them most.
At Bitfinex our mission is to build state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and privately.
We believe that Bitcoin provides a technology and a payments solution that meets the need for a fast, efficient and private service. With no centralised servers and unnecessary intermediaries - and at near zero-cost - it enables financial inclusion and financial freedom.
We are also inspired by the Bitcoin ethos of decentralisation to develop peer-to-peer solutions that enable freedom of speech, and are proud to be a major shareholder in Holepunch, which has pioneered distributed systems.
We strongly believe that mass acceptance of crypto is most likely to occur because of its permissionless features, and its ability to create a more open and equitable world.
Bitfinex was born at the dawn of the Bitcoin revolution, and everything we do is focused on creating simple, dependable, and accessible technology that promotes freedom.Our ManifestoIn November 2022, Bitfinex launched its Freedom Manifesto, a public statement of our guiding principles and our strategy to deliver our vision of being the leading global advocate for freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.We chose El Salvador to launch our manifesto, as the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
We invite everyone to read it, comment on it and support it.
The Bitfinex Freedom Manifesto.Our VisionTo be the leading global advocate of freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.Our MissionInspired by the Bitcoin ethos, we're devoted to building state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and effortlessly around the world.Our CultureBitfinex was born at the birth of the Bitcoin revolution and we believe that peer-to-peer networks and cryptography form the basis of a freer, more open society and represent the most durable and combat-proven technologies available.We are white hat hackers and technologists contributing to the evolution of Bitcoin and crypto markets and realising the potential that this technology brings. Our people have a sense of ownership and mission that their work can impact millions of people worldwide. Our team is composed of many enthusiastic individuals who are highly motivated self-starters and are comfortable with autonomy and lifelong learning.
When we are not working we are dreaming about it. We place our egos aside and thrive within a culture that fosters everyone’s contribution from the birth of a concept to the launch of a product.
We have a proven track record of innovation that draws on the expertise of our core engineering and cryptography teams.
We have always seen integrity, and standing up for what is right, as important qualities, even if it means acting alone. We remain a small group of technology-focused developers at our core, working together to create high-calibre goods and services that advance freedom everywhere.Our investment in EducationEducation is the key to creating positive societal change.
We invest in educational initiatives around the world, to advance the understanding of Bitcoin and to foster greater financial education and inclusion.
We remain committed to building a better, more equitable future, and our goal is to provide the resources, support and environment for Bitcoin education.LeadershipBitfinex’s senior management team brings together decades of experience in technology, financial services and compliance.JL joined Bitfinex as CEO in 2013. A technologist at heart, his focus has been on developing a strict compliance system & collaborating with banking, regulatory & law enforcement to pioneer innovation within the space.JL van der VeldeChief Executive OfficerGiancarlo is the serving CFO of Bitfinex. Giancarlo has, since 2012, been instrumental in the development of Bitfinex, establishing banking relationships, attracting key personnel & re-domiciling the exchange.Giancarlo DevasiniChief Financial OfficerClaudia joined Bitfinex in 2015 and now serves as COO, overseeing the implementation of long-term, strategic business goals while ensuring effective procedures are in place. Claudia has deep expertise in blockchain and fintech along with a high-level understanding of research, development, and marketing.Claudia LagorioChief Operating OfficerPaolo joined Bitfinex early 2015 and now serves as CTO, developing & managing core parts of the Bitfinex backend. Paolo has been building valuable tools & infrastructure for financial innovation for the past 15 years.Paolo ArdoinoChief Technology OfficerPeter specialises in intelligence-led criminal and terrorist financing investigations, compliance and understanding the link between banking and virtual currency environments.Peter WarrackChief Compliance OfficerStuart is an international cryptocurrency lawyer & accountant acting for leading businesses within this dynamic space. Stu obtained his law degree from University of Toronto in 1996 & spent 8 years at EY prior to joining Bitfinex.Stuart Hoegner General CounselOur ProductsBitfinexBitfinex seeks to provide deep and reliable liquidity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. We deliver a variety of products and services, including margin trading, derivatives(1) and institutional-grade connectivity.The Affiliate ProgramUncapped commission and rewards are available to all members of the affiliate program based upon their social footprint on the platform, in accordance with the Affiliate Program TermsPublic LeaderboardA forum for traders to showcase their skills and learn from the best.APIBitfinex’s secure, high-speed APIs provide access to all features developers require for full integration with their trading platforms.UNUS SED LEOBitfinex’s native utility token, UNUS SED LEO(3), provides holders with a variety of benefits, including discounts on trading fees and P2P lending fees.Bitfinex BorrowSet your own payment terms on our peer-to-peer platform using a number of different cryptocurrencies as collateral. You can use funds on Bitfinex or withdraw and spend as you choose (2).Public LeaderboardA forum for traders to showcase their skills and learn from the best.Contact listWe welcome feedback. Reach out to us, we're just a click or an email away.PR & Marketing[email protected]Customer Supporthttps://cs.bitfinex.com/We’re always looking for like-minded people who share our passion for blockchain and cryptocurrency technology.If you are as excited about digital asset trading as we are, join us!View open positionsStart trading todaySign upLog inEnglishServicesExchangeMargin TradingDerivativesP2P TradingOTCLendingSecurities TradingStakingAPI & WebSocketsCorporate & ProfessionalSecurity & ProtectionDeposits & WithdrawalsCredit/Debit CardsProductsExchangeMobile AppLending ProBitfinex BorrowBitfinex PayBitfinex TerminalReporting AppBitfinex HoneyUNUS SED LEOCompanyAboutManifestoAffiliatesCareersAnnouncementsBitfinex AlphaBlogPressNewsletterUtilitiesMarket StatisticsOur FeesSOC2SupportHelp CenterContact UsBitfinex ChannelsBug BountyStatusLearnPaper TradingHow to Buy BitcoinHow to Buy EthereumHow to Buy LitecoinLegal & privacyPrivacyCookies PolicyCookies PreferencesExchange TermsDerivative TermsGeneral Notices & TermsBitfinex Pay TermsToken Specific TermsTrading RulebookCopyright ©️ 2013-2024 iFinex Inc. All rights reserv
Bitfinex | About Us
inex | About UsTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesMoreLog inSign upEnglishTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesEnglishMoreLog inSign upWe are BitfinexYour assets, your choices, our technology.Our vision:To be the leading global advocate of freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.Our mission:Inspired by the Bitcoin ethos, we're devoted to building state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and effortlessly around the world.Our storyOur manifestoOur cultureLeadershipOur productsContact usOur storyBitfinex was one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges, founded in 2012 to deliver the finest trading experience for retail, professional and institutional customers.Our focus has always been on providing the best standards of security and high throughput in a safe and low latency environment so that traders can access our highly liquid markets. Our team is made up of visionary developers who combine imagination with practical expertise to craft solutions to market’s toughest challenges.Bitfinex lists almost 200 different tokens and 400 different spot trading pairs. It also lists over 60 perpetual futures contracts. It regularly reviews all the tokens listed on the exchange to ensure they meet our standards of governance and liquidity. Known as the Home of Digital Assets Trading, Bitfinex is the preferred trading venue for institutions and professional traders.
Over the last decade, Bitfinex has worked relentlessly to educate customers about the benefits and attributes of Bitcoin and the blockchain, while providing a technically superior environment to buy, hold and sell tokens.
Our leading-edge solutions, services, and knowledge have been the foundation of our success and allowed us to execute on a bigger, more comprehensive global vision that enables us to further the true principles of Bitcoin: equality, justice, and freedom.
In our digital world, we have more tools than ever at our disposal that enable people to transact and interact freely with each other. However, many of these tools have been structured so that transactions are routed through centralised servers that store private information, and charge high prices that are unaffordable to many of the communities that need them most.
At Bitfinex our mission is to build state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and privately.
We believe that Bitcoin provides a technology and a payments solution that meets the need for a fast, efficient and private service. With no centralised servers and unnecessary intermediaries - and at near zero-cost - it enables financial inclusion and financial freedom.
We are also inspired by the Bitcoin ethos of decentralisation to develop peer-to-peer solutions that enable freedom of speech, and are proud to be a major shareholder in Holepunch, which has pioneered distributed systems.
We strongly believe that mass acceptance of crypto is most likely to occur because of its permissionless features, and its ability to create a more open and equitable world.
Bitfinex was born at the dawn of the Bitcoin revolution, and everything we do is focused on creating simple, dependable, and accessible technology that promotes freedom.Our ManifestoIn November 2022, Bitfinex launched its Freedom Manifesto, a public statement of our guiding principles and our strategy to deliver our vision of being the leading global advocate for freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.We chose El Salvador to launch our manifesto, as the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
We invite everyone to read it, comment on it and support it.
The Bitfinex Freedom Manifesto.Our VisionTo be the leading global advocate of freedom by accelerating a transition to a more open and fair world.Our MissionInspired by the Bitcoin ethos, we're devoted to building state-of-the-art technology that enables people to transact and interact freely and effortlessly around the world.Our CultureBitfinex was born at the birth of the Bitcoin revolution and we believe that peer-to-peer networks and cryptography form the basis of a freer, more open society and represent the most durable and combat-proven technologies available.We are white hat hackers and technologists contributing to the evolution of Bitcoin and crypto markets and realising the potential that this technology brings. Our people have a sense of ownership and mission that their work can impact millions of people worldwide. Our team is composed of many enthusiastic individuals who are highly motivated self-starters and are comfortable with autonomy and lifelong learning.
When we are not working we are dreaming about it. We place our egos aside and thrive within a culture that fosters everyone’s contribution from the birth of a concept to the launch of a product.
We have a proven track record of innovation that draws on the expertise of our core engineering and cryptography teams.
We have always seen integrity, and standing up for what is right, as important qualities, even if it means acting alone. We remain a small group of technology-focused developers at our core, working together to create high-calibre goods and services that advance freedom everywhere.Our investment in EducationEducation is the key to creating positive societal change.
We invest in educational initiatives around the world, to advance the understanding of Bitcoin and to foster greater financial education and inclusion.
We remain committed to building a better, more equitable future, and our goal is to provide the resources, support and environment for Bitcoin education.LeadershipBitfinex’s senior management team brings together decades of experience in technology, financial services and compliance.JL joined Bitfinex as CEO in 2013. A technologist at heart, his focus has been on developing a strict compliance system & collaborating with banking, regulatory & law enforcement to pioneer innovation within the space.JL van der VeldeChief Executive OfficerGiancarlo is the serving CFO of Bitfinex. Giancarlo has, since 2012, been instrumental in the development of Bitfinex, establishing banking relationships, attracting key personnel & re-domiciling the exchange.Giancarlo DevasiniChief Financial OfficerClaudia joined Bitfinex in 2015 and now serves as COO, overseeing the implementation of long-term, strategic business goals while ensuring effective procedures are in place. Claudia has deep expertise in blockchain and fintech along with a high-level understanding of research, development, and marketing.Claudia LagorioChief Operating OfficerPaolo joined Bitfinex early 2015 and now serves as CTO, developing & managing core parts of the Bitfinex backend. Paolo has been building valuable tools & infrastructure for financial innovation for the past 15 years.Paolo ArdoinoChief Technology OfficerPeter specialises in intelligence-led criminal and terrorist financing investigations, compliance and understanding the link between banking and virtual currency environments.Peter WarrackChief Compliance OfficerStuart is an international cryptocurrency lawyer & accountant acting for leading businesses within this dynamic space. Stu obtained his law degree from University of Toronto in 1996 & spent 8 years at EY prior to joining Bitfinex.Stuart Hoegner General CounselOur ProductsBitfinexBitfinex seeks to provide deep and reliable liquidity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. We deliver a variety of products and services, including margin trading, derivatives(1) and institutional-grade connectivity.The Affiliate ProgramUncapped commission and rewards are available to all members of the affiliate program based upon their social footprint on the platform, in accordance with the Affiliate Program TermsPublic LeaderboardA forum for traders to showcase their skills and learn from the best.APIBitfinex’s secure, high-speed APIs provide access to all features developers require for full integration with their trading platforms.UNUS SED LEOBitfinex’s native utility token, UNUS SED LEO(3), provides holders with a variety of benefits, including discounts on trading fees and P2P lending fees.Bitfinex BorrowSet your own payment terms on our peer-to-peer platform using a number of different cryptocurrencies as collateral. You can use funds on Bitfinex or withdraw and spend as you choose (2).Public LeaderboardA forum for traders to showcase their skills and learn from the best.Contact listWe welcome feedback. Reach out to us, we're just a click or an email away.PR & Marketing[email protected]Customer Supporthttps://cs.bitfinex.com/We’re always looking for like-minded people who share our passion for blockchain and cryptocurrency technology.If you are as excited about digital asset trading as we are, join us!View open positionsStart trading todaySign upLog inEnglishServicesExchangeMargin TradingDerivativesP2P TradingOTCLendingSecurities TradingStakingAPI & WebSocketsCorporate & ProfessionalSecurity & ProtectionDeposits & WithdrawalsCredit/Debit CardsProductsExchangeMobile AppLending ProBitfinex BorrowBitfinex PayBitfinex TerminalReporting AppBitfinex HoneyUNUS SED LEOCompanyAboutManifestoAffiliatesCareersAnnouncementsBitfinex AlphaBlogPressNewsletterUtilitiesMarket StatisticsOur FeesSOC2SupportHelp CenterContact UsBitfinex ChannelsBug BountyStatusLearnPaper TradingHow to Buy BitcoinHow to Buy EthereumHow to Buy LitecoinLegal & privacyPrivacyCookies PolicyCookies PreferencesExchange TermsDerivative TermsGeneral Notices & TermsBitfinex Pay TermsToken Specific TermsTrading RulebookCopyright ©️ 2013-2024 iFinex Inc. All rights reserv
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inex | FeaturesTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesMoreLog inSign upEnglishTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesEnglishMoreLog inSign upFeaturesWorld class trading platformPlatform featuresAdvanced featuresPlatform featuresExchangeBitfinex offers order books with top tier liquidity, allowing users to easily exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, Litecoin, Ripple, NEO and many other digital assets with minimal slippage. Bitfinex also boasts a suite of order types to help traders take advantage of every situation.Margin tradingBitfinex allows users to trade with up to 10x leverage by receiving funding from the peer to peer margin funding platform.Users can enter an order to borrow the desired amount of funding at the rate and duration of their choice, or they can simply open a position and Bitfinex will take out funding for them at the best available rate at that time.Margin fundingThe Bitfinex margin funding market provides a secure way to earn interest on fiat and digital assets by providing funding to traders wanting to trade with leverage. Users can offer funding across a wide range of currencies & assets, at the rate and duration of their choice.What's more, users can use the Auto-Renew feature to renew offers automatically upon expiry.DerivativesUsers wishing to mitigate the risks associated with the volatility of Digital Tokens may trade Derivative Products on the Derivatives Site. Perpetual contracts are already available and further Derivative Products are under development.Derivative Products can be traded using a Derivative Wallet credited with USDt0, a Digital Token which can be obtained by converting USDt, as explained in more details on our Knowledge Base.Advanced order typesWe know that entering multiple orders repeatedly is not efficient and can be very tedious. To streamline this task, we created the Scaled Orders tool for our users. It’s an algorithmic order type designed to enable traders to focus more on strategy instead of spending the time manually entering orders. The tool enables our customers to automatically create multiple limit orders across a user-determined price range.At the same time, traders still have control as they can set the diversity and the distribution of the orders. Check out our Support page for further details and a tutorial on Scaled Orders.Paper TradingBitfinex’s Paper Trading feature allows traders to test trading strategies in a simulated market environment without the needs to deposit real funds. It works on sub-accounts, which emulate the master account’s trading functionalities.Learn how to create Paper Trading accountsBitfinex HoneyCreating custom order types and event-driven automated trading strategies is no longer the preserve of specialist algorithmic trading firms. We have made these strategies accessible to our customers through the Bitfinex Honey integration. What’s more, our latest development has made it easier to use, even without any coding knowledge or developer know-how.Learn more about Bitfinex HoneyAdvanced featuresHome to some of the world’s most sophisticated cryptocurrency trading features, Bitfinex is aware of the varying needs of different customers on its platform. Therefore, we devoted extra effort to developing distinctive features to cater for the various requirements of our customers. For professional traders and institutional customers, we have developed a suite of advanced features to meet the very highest standards.Professional connectivityPartnering with Market Synergy, corporate accounts and professional traders can take advantage of the fastest trading speed through institutional-grade connectivity and co-location services. These connectivity services come with direct access to our digital asset gateway.Read more about our featuresAdvanced chart featuresBitfinex facilitates a graphical trading experience with advanced charting functionality that allows traders to visualise orders, positions and price alerts, tap to modify order properties, and annotate to their trading strategy.View our demoCorporate accountsBitfinex has a bespoke offering expertly tailored to meet the specific needs of professional and institutional traders including sub-accounts, expedited verification, and dedicated customer support.Read more about our featuresAPIThe Bitfinex REST and Websocket APIs are designed to facilitate access to all features of the Bitfinex platform, allowing full integration with traders’ own products and platforms.View our APIEnhanced Reporting FrameworkBitfinex’s enhanced reporting framework would benefit both traders and developers. We added more features and capabilities to our reporting tools to create comprehensive reports that will make it even easier to measure trading performances.Read more about our reporting tools Bitfinex TerminalDevelop algorithmic trading strategies, view historical price action and enhance your market research with Bitfinex Terminal. View Bitfinex's entire price action data set, accessible for free through Dazaar, for a limited time only.Download Dazaar and access Bitfinex TerminalRead more about Bitfinex TerminalStart trading todaySign upLog inEnglishServicesExchangeMargin TradingDerivativesP2P TradingOTCLendingSecurities TradingStakingAPI & WebSocketsCorporate & ProfessionalSecurity & ProtectionDeposits & WithdrawalsCredit/Debit CardsProductsExchangeMobile AppLending ProBitfinex BorrowBitfinex PayBitfinex TerminalReporting AppBitfinex HoneyUNUS SED LEOCompanyAboutManifestoAffiliatesCareersAnnouncementsBitfinex AlphaBlogPressNewsletterUtilitiesMarket StatisticsOur FeesSOC2SupportHelp CenterContact UsBitfinex ChannelsBug BountyStatusLearnPaper TradingHow to Buy BitcoinHow to Buy EthereumHow to Buy LitecoinLegal & privacyPrivacyCookies PolicyCookies PreferencesExchange TermsDerivative TermsGeneral Notices & TermsBitfinex Pay TermsToken Specific TermsTrading RulebookCopyright ©️ 2013-2024 iFinex Inc. All rights reservBitfinex | Features
inex | FeaturesTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesMoreLog inSign upEnglishTradersLendersAboutUNUS Sed LeoSecuritiesAffiliatesEnglishMoreLog inSign upFeaturesWorld class trading platformPlatform featuresAdvanced featuresPlatform featuresExchangeBitfinex offers order books with top tier liquidity, allowing users to easily exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, Litecoin, Ripple, NEO and many other digital assets with minimal slippage. Bitfinex also boasts a suite of order types to help traders take advantage of every situation.Margin tradingBitfinex allows users to trade with up to 10x leverage by receiving funding from the peer to peer margin funding platform.Users can enter an order to borrow the desired amount of funding at the rate and duration of their choice, or they can simply open a position and Bitfinex will take out funding for them at the best available rate at that time.Margin fundingThe Bitfinex margin funding market provides a secure way to earn interest on fiat and digital assets by providing funding to traders wanting to trade with leverage. Users can offer funding across a wide range of currencies & assets, at the rate and duration of their choice.What's more, users can use the Auto-Renew feature to renew offers automatically upon expiry.DerivativesUsers wishing to mitigate the risks associated with the volatility of Digital Tokens may trade Derivative Products on the Derivatives Site. Perpetual contracts are already available and further Derivative Products are under development.Derivative Products can be traded using a Derivative Wallet credited with USDt0, a Digital Token which can be obtained by converting USDt, as explained in more details on our Knowledge Base.Advanced order typesWe know that entering multiple orders repeatedly is not efficient and can be very tedious. To streamline this task, we created the Scaled Orders tool for our users. It’s an algorithmic order type designed to enable traders to focus more on strategy instead of spending the time manually entering orders. The tool enables our customers to automatically create multiple limit orders across a user-determined price range.At the same time, traders still have control as they can set the diversity and the distribution of the orders. Check out our Support page for further details and a tutorial on Scaled Orders.Paper TradingBitfinex’s Paper Trading feature allows traders to test trading strategies in a simulated market environment without the needs to deposit real funds. It works on sub-accounts, which emulate the master account’s trading functionalities.Learn how to create Paper Trading accountsBitfinex HoneyCreating custom order types and event-driven automated trading strategies is no longer the preserve of specialist algorithmic trading firms. We have made these strategies accessible to our customers through the Bitfinex Honey integration. What’s more, our latest development has made it easier to use, even without any coding knowledge or developer know-how.Learn more about Bitfinex HoneyAdvanced featuresHome to some of the world’s most sophisticated cryptocurrency trading features, Bitfinex is aware of the varying needs of different customers on its platform. Therefore, we devoted extra effort to developing distinctive features to cater for the various requirements of our customers. For professional traders and institutional customers, we have developed a suite of advanced features to meet the very highest standards.Professional connectivityPartnering with Market Synergy, corporate accounts and professional traders can take advantage of the fastest trading speed through institutional-grade connectivity and co-location services. These connectivity services come with direct access to our digital asset gateway.Read more about our featuresAdvanced chart featuresBitfinex facilitates a graphical trading experience with advanced charting functionality that allows traders to visualise orders, positions and price alerts, tap to modify order properties, and annotate to their trading strategy.View our demoCorporate accountsBitfinex has a bespoke offering expertly tailored to meet the specific needs of professional and institutional traders including sub-accounts, expedited verification, and dedicated customer support.Read more about our featuresAPIThe Bitfinex REST and Websocket APIs are designed to facilitate access to all features of the Bitfinex platform, allowing full integration with traders’ own products and platforms.View our APIEnhanced Reporting FrameworkBitfinex’s enhanced reporting framework would benefit both traders and developers. We added more features and capabilities to our reporting tools to create comprehensive reports that will make it even easier to measure trading performances.Read more about our reporting tools Bitfinex TerminalDevelop algorithmic trading strategies, view historical price action and enhance your market research with Bitfinex Terminal. View Bitfinex's entire price action data set, accessible for free through Dazaar, for a limited time only.Download Dazaar and access Bitfinex TerminalRead more about Bitfinex TerminalStart trading todaySign upLog inEnglishServicesExchangeMargin TradingDerivativesP2P TradingOTCLendingSecurities TradingStakingAPI & WebSocketsCorporate & ProfessionalSecurity & ProtectionDeposits & WithdrawalsCredit/Debit CardsProductsExchangeMobile AppLending ProBitfinex BorrowBitfinex PayBitfinex TerminalReporting AppBitfinex HoneyUNUS SED LEOCompanyAboutManifestoAffiliatesCareersAnnouncementsBitfinex AlphaBlogPressNewsletterUtilitiesMarket StatisticsOur FeesSOC2SupportHelp CenterContact UsBitfinex ChannelsBug BountyStatusLearnPaper TradingHow to Buy BitcoinHow to Buy EthereumHow to Buy LitecoinLegal & privacyPrivacyCookies PolicyCookies PreferencesExchange TermsDerivative TermsGeneral Notices & TermsBitfinex Pay TermsToken Specific TermsTrading RulebookCopyright ©️ 2013-2024 iFinex Inc. 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1.12012: Early history
1.22015–2016: New partnership and security breach
1.32016 hack
1.42017–2018: Banking changes
1.52019: Launch of Tether investigation
1.62020–2023: Acquisitions and investments
2Tether
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Cryptocurrency exchange
Bitfinex, Inc.Type of businessPrivateAvailable inEnglish, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, PortugueseFounded2012; 12 years ago (2012)Area served52 countriesProductsCryptocurrencies
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, OmiseGO, Monero, NEO, EOS
Fiat Currencies
USD, EUR, JPY, GBPServicesCryptocurrency exchange, P2P Margin trading, P2P Margin lending, OTCURLwww.bitfinex.com
Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands.[1][2] Bitfinex was founded in 2012. It was originally a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, and later added support for other cryptocurrencies.
Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading. It offers high-volume trading and both spot and derivatives products, including exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding (P2P lending), over-the-counter markets, and derivatives trading.[3]
History
2012: Early history
Bitfinex was founded in December 2012 as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange offering digital asset trading services to users worldwide. Bitfinex initially started as a P2P margin lending platform for Bitcoin and later added support for more cryptocurrencies. It was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading.[4]
Raphael Nicolle, an IT technician from Paris, launched Bitfinex following a previous project called Bitcoinica. He continued to work as a developer for the platform until the beginning of 2017.[4]
Bitfinex was designed to offer high-volume trading and both spot and derivatives products, including exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding (P2P lending), over-the-counter markets, and derivatives trading.[5]
2015–2016: New partnership and security breach
In 2015, Bitfinex partnered with Palo Alto company BitGo to offer highly-secured "wallets" that allow people to store their digital currencies online. BitGo has insurance against Bitcoin theft.[6]
In May 2015, the exchange was hacked, which resulted in the loss of 1,500 Bitcoins or about $400,000 USD of their customers' assets.[7][8]
In June 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered Bitfinex to pay a $75,000 fine for offering illegal off-exchanged financed commodity transactions. The order also found that Bitfinex violated the Commodity Exchange Act by not registering as a Futures Commission Merchant.[9]
2016 hack
Main article: 2016 Bitfinex hack
In August 2016, Bitfinex announced it had suffered a major security breach.[10] Immediately thereafter, Bitcoin's trading price plunged by 20%.[11] After learning of the breach, Bitfinex halted all Bitcoin withdrawals and trading.[2] In that hack, the second-biggest breach of a Bitcoin exchange platform, 119,756 units of Bitcoin,[11] worth about $72 million at the time, were stolen. The Bitcoin was taken from users' segregated wallets and Bitfinex said it was tracking down the perpetrators of the hack.[12] Exchange customers, even those whose accounts were not broken into, had their account balance reduced by 36% and received BFX tokens in proportion to their losses.[13] All users who kept their BFX tokens were reimbursed in full within eight months of the hack, in April 2017.[14] The exchange's access to U.S. dollar payments and withdrawals was then curtailed. The hack happened even though Bitfinex was securing the funds with BitGo, which uses multiple-signature security.[15]
The United States Department of Justice recovered the stolen Bitcoin,[16] and a New York couple, Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather R. Morgan, was federally charged in February 2022 with conspiring to launder the Bitcoin, which was then worth $3.6 billion.[17][18] According to Justice officials, Lichtenstein and Morgan are charged with conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to defraud the United States.[18] On 10 February 2022, it was reported that Heather Morgan was detained in Manhattan on 8 February 2022 with her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein.[19] Lichtenstein and Morgan appeared for a plea hearing on 3 August 2023 in Washington, according to court records.[20][21] They were charged in the case with a document known as an information, which is a type of charging document that federal prosecutors typically use when defendants have agreed to plead guilty.[22]
Since Lichtenstein and Morgan's arrests, the government seized another $475 million tied to the attack.[23]
In August 2023, Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to launder stolen cryptocurrency in Washington, D.C. His wife, Heather Morgan, also pleaded guilty to two charges, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States government. The value of the stolen Bitcoin ended up being worth $4.5 billion.[23][24][25]
Lichtenstein also admitted to being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 cyberattack on Bitfinex.[23]
Referring to the 2016 hack, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said, "This was also the largest single financial seizure recorded by the federal government."[26]
Separately, Bitfinex worked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to recover about $315,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies stolen in the 2016 breach. The funds will be redistributed to holders of Bitfinex's Recovery Right Tokens, digital coins issued to people who suffered financial losses due to the hack.[27]
There was concern their customers' money had been lost in several incidents, but the missing funds were not lost but seized and safeguarded. During this same period, Bitfinex found that obtaining banking services was more and more difficult.[28][29][30] Research suggests that price manipulation of bitcoin on Bitfinex accounted for about half of bitcoin's price increase in late 2017.[31]
iFinex issued the cryptocurrency Unus Sed Leo in 2019. Once the U.S. announced that most of the stolen funds were recovered, Leo's value surged more than 50%. Bitfinex promised to repurchase and burn outstanding LEO tokens within 18 months of the funds’ recovery.[32]
2017–2018: Banking changes
In April 2017, Bitfinex announced it was experiencing delays in processing USD withdrawals after Wells Fargo cut off[33] its wire transfers. Shortly after the Wells Fargo cutoff, Bitfinex stated all international wires had been cut off by its Taiwanese bank. Since then, Bitfinex has moved between a series of banks in other countries without disclosing to customers where the money is kept.[34][33][35]
Noble Bank International of San Juan, Puerto Rico reportedly handled some dollar banking for the exchange in 2017 or 2018.[36] The banking relationship was reportedly terminated in September 2018 as Noble Bank encountered financial difficulties.[37]
In March 2018, British Virgin Islands-based Bitfinex confirmed the exchange’s plans to relocate its primary server infrastructure to Zug, Switzerland.
In May 2018, Bitfinex emailed some of its users asking for some tax details, which the company indicated it would share with the government of the British Virgin Islands, which might, in turn, pass it on to the governments of the users' countries of residence.[citation needed]
Phil Potter, Chief Strategy Officer of Bitfinex, left the exchange on June 22, 2018.[38]
On October 15, 2018, Bitfinex said that a few days earlier it temporarily paused fiat deposits for certain customers amid processing complications. On October 7, the company also said that "Bitfinex is not insolvent."[39]
2019: Launch of Tether investigation
Tether is a cryptocurrency stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. It is owned by iFinex, which also owns Bitfinex. It was launched as RealCoin in July 2014 and was rebranded as Tether in November 2014. As of January 2023, Tether was the third-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and Ethereum with a market cap of $68 billion.[40] Tether and Bitfinex funded the development of HolePunch, an encrypted, peer-to-peer communication platform and made its code open-source in December 2022. Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer of Bitfinex and Tether, said that this technology is the "Bitcoin of communications."[41]
In April 2019, New York Attorney General Letitia James launched an investigation accusing Bitfinex of using the reserves of Tether, an affiliated company, to cover up a loss of $850 million to a Panamanian payment processor known as Crypto Capital Corp.[42][43] Reggie Fowler, who is alleged to have connections with Crypto Capital, was indicted on April 30, 2019, for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business for cryptocurrency traders.[44] He is believed to have failed to return about $850 million to an unnamed client. Investigators also seized $14,000 in counterfeit currency from his office.[44] Bitfinex had been unable to obtain a normal banking relationship, according to the lawsuit, so it deposited over $1 billion with a Panamanian payment processor known as Crypto Capital Corp. No contract was ever signed with Crypto Capital.[43] James alleged that in 2018 Bitfinex knew or suspected that Crypto Capital had absconded with the money, but that their investors were never informed of the loss.[43]
Bitfinex's reported figures for 2017 were $333.5 million in gross profits, $6.8 million in expenses, $326 million in net profit, and $246 million in dividends.[45]
2020–2023: Acquisitions and investments
On October 15, 2021, it was announced that Bitfinex would pay a $1.5 million fine to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for illegal, off-exchange retail commodity transactions in digital assets with Americans.[46]
Bitfinex launched a new payment technology that would allow online merchants to receive contactless and borderless cryptocurrency payments in 2021, called Bitfinex Pay.[47]
Bitfinex, Kraken, and KuCoin began exploring ways to enter the Indian cryptocurrency market in 2021.[48]
In September 2022, Bitfinex, alongside several other leading exchanges, temporarily paused all deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum-based tokens during the Ethereum software upgrade known as the Merge.[49]
In December 2022, Bitfinex released its "Freedom Manifesto," a document that highlights the advancement of distributed, open-source software that aligns with the libertarian ideas of Austrian School economists and cypherpunks' approach to writing code.[41][50]
As of January 2023, Bitfinex plans to open an office in El Salvador. El Salvador plans to issue its "volcano" token this year, which will be issued using blockchain technology, and which will trade on Bitfinex's exchange.[51] In April 2023, Bitfinex was granted a license by El Salvador’s National Digital Asset Commission to operate in the country. This was the first license for digital service providers in El Salvador.[52] The license permits Bitfinex Securities El Salvador to facilitate tokenized assets.[53][54]
On May 24, 2023, Bitfinex announced it would invest in the Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Orionx. Bitfinex stated that it aims to expand its presence in Chile and Latin America.[55]
Bitfinex launched its peer-to-peer trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina, and Colombia in June 2023. The platform, Bitfinex P2P, gives people in these countries the ability to directly buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Tether's EURT stablecoin, Tether Gold, and Ethereum.[56]
Tether
Main article: Tether (cryptocurrency)
Tether is a cryptocurrency (a so-called stablecoin) which Tether Limited had claimed to be pegged to the US dollar. Tether is closely associated with Bitfinex, with whom, as of 2018, they shared common shareholders and management.[38]
In 2017, critics raised questions about the relationship between Bitfinex and Tether.[34][57][33]
In February 2021, Bitfinex agreed to pay $18.5 million in a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office regarding allegations over Bitfinex parent iFinex making false statements about the backing of Tether and the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars between the two companies to cover up massive losses by Bitfinex in 2017 and 2018.[58] As part of the agreement, Bitfinex will maintain its prohibition on trading activity with New Yorkers.[59]
In 2021, Bitfinex repaid their remaining loan balance to Tether in full.[60]
On August 4, 2023, the class action lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex was dismissed by Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court found that the plaintiff lacked "plausible allegations of injury" because there was no evidence showing "USDT had a diminished actual value."[61]
See also
Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency exchange
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