Crypto exchange Bitfinex is allegedly planning to issue a native exchange token, a post from Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong to Chinese social media platform Weibo revealed on April 30. Zhao, who also runs a bitcoin (BTC) over-the-counter trading desk, has claimed that the exchange’s alleged token plans are still evolving. His post thus warned the public against any schemes allowing users to use a native bitfinex token as a voting stake, noting that: “Bitfinex does have a currency plan, but the details are undecided. At present, any attempt to use the name of Bitfinex to host a vote, saying that …

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Top stories this week Bitfinex Allegedly Covers $850 Million Loss With Tether Funds The New York attorney general’s office alleged this week that crypto exchange Bitfinex lost $850 million and subsequently used funds from affiliated stablecoin operator Tether to secretly cover the shortfall. The attorney general’s office has obtained a court filing that alleged that Bitfinex’s operator, Tether Limited and its associated entities were in violation of New York law with activities that may have defrauded New York-based crypto investors. Bitfinex has already publicly renounced the accusations, repeating in a blog post that both its platform and Tether are financially …

In what seems to be one of the greatest crypto scandals 2019 has seen so far, the United States Attorney General in New York accused Bitfinex of using Tether’s cash reserves to cover a rumored $850 million funding gap with reserves meant for backing the stablecoin. Both companies share the same owner. Now, the crypto exchange and the stablecoin have found themselves in hot water. At least $90 million worth of assets had left the Bitifinex wallets once the accusations were aired, while tether’s USDT peg remains almost unshaken. Does the New York regulator have the legal rights to prosecute …

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex stated that the recent allegations by the New York Attorney General (NYAG) about the exchange’s insolvency are “filled with inaccuracies and false assertions.” The exchange made the claim in a letter seen by Cointelegraph, emailed to Bitfinex users today, April 27. The letter was signed by the exchange’s CEO, Jean Louis van der Velde. The letter specifies that the materials brought against the exchange do not constitute a civil or criminal complaint and declares: “In particular, we want to assure you that the allegation that we have ‘lost’ $850 million is categorically false.” The exchange further explains …

Two shareholders of major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex said that they are not distressed by the allegations made about the exchange’s insolvency by the New York Attorney General. The news was reported by cryptocurrency news outlet Coindesk on April 26. In January last year, Zhao Dong, a shareholder of the exchange, claimed on microblogging platform Weibo that the balance of Bitfinex and tether (USDT) reserves was over $3 billion, over the current USDT circulating supply. The balances were reportedly shown to Dong by Giancarlo Devasini, chief financial officer of Tether and Bitfinex. Dong concluded at the time: “This debunks all rumors …

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has withdrawn funds worth almost $90 million from its cold wallet, blockchain data reported by cryptocurrency news outlet The Block confirmed on April 26. Bitfinex, which has the same owner as USD stablecoin Tether (USDT), has not publicly explained the reason for the withdrawals, which come as both companies face a fresh debacle over potentially missing funds. Over roughly the past 12 hours, Bitfinex has moved large amounts of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) from its wallets to unknown addresses, along with smaller amounts of other coins such as makerdao (MKR), online transaction monitoring resource Whale Alert …

Stablecoin operator Tether has responded to allegations that its funds were used to cover an $850 million loss at the crypto exchange Bitfinex — using a statement on April 26 to claim court filings by the New York Attorney General’s office are “riddled with false assertions.” The state’s top prosecutor, Letitia James, has accused Tether, Bitfinex and associated entities of violating New York law through activities that may have defrauded crypto investors in the state. According to the court filings, the exchange took hundreds of millions of dollars from Tether’s reserves to conceal losses from investors and hide its inability …

The New York Attorney General’s office has alleged that crypto exchange Bitfinex lost $850 million and subsequently used funds from affiliated stablecoin operator Tether to secretly cover the shortfall, according to an announcement published on April 25. Attorney General Letitia James revealed that her office obtained a court filing alleging that iFinex Inc. — the operator of Bitfinex — Tether Limited, and their associated entities were in violation of New York law in connection with activities that may have defrauded New York-based crypto investors. James stated: “Our investigation has determined that the operators of the ‘Bitfinex’ trading platform, who also …

A cryptocurrency exchange says it is prioritizing the privacy of its users — eliminating the “tedious” registration steps imposed by other websites. BitConvert argues that some rival platforms ask for too many personal details when they are bringing new users on board and says this can make consumers uncomfortable when they are in pursuit of absolute anonymity. The company also claims such excessive registration procedures actively undermine the purpose of coins that were designed to deliver privacy. According to BitConvert, its users have the ability to “instantly exchange coins” without being required to register an account with the website. At …

Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange based out of Hong Kong, announced that it had removed the minimum equity for its users in a Medium post published on April 9. Per the announcement, the company reconsidered its requirement — which had been set at $10,000 — due to demand from traders. The exchange’s CEO, Jean-Louis van der Velde, is quoted in the post as stating: “We simply could not ignore the increasing level of requests for access to trade on Bitfinex from a wider cohort than our traditional customer base. For the last six months we have been working hard to ready …