US Officials Seize $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Nearly 120,000 BTC was stolen in the hack.
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Feb 8, 2022 at 4:46 p.m. UTC
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Tether Responds to CoinDesk’s Intervention in Legal Proceedings
The stablecoin issuer maintains its reserves are "closely guarded" and give it a competitive advantage.
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Feb 4, 2022 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
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Someone Just Moved $3.55B Worth of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Bad actors would have a tough time cashing out the stolen bitcoin as most of them are blacklisted.
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Feb 1, 2022 at 7:55 a.m. UTC
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Polygon to Delegate $189M Worth of MATIC to Bitfinex for Staking
The new program may offer 41% in staking rewards on an annualized basis for a limited time.
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Jan 19, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Tells Ontario Customers to Close Accounts
Bitfinex customers in the Canadian province should withdraw all their funds on or before March 1, the exchange said.
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Jan 14, 2022 at 7:42 p.m. UTC
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Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man Who Designed It
Samson Mow reveals the fast-moving process behind a radical financial experiment.
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Dec 16, 2021 at 7:27 p.m. UTC
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El Salvador: Who Needs the IMF When You Have Bitcoin?
The IMF is a brutal bully constantly declaring its virtue. It’s about time someone pushed back.
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Nov 24, 2021 at 6:50 p.m. UTC
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CFTC Fines Tether and Bitfinex $42.5M for ‘Untrue or Misleading’ Claims
The U.S. regulator issued an order “simultaneously filing and settling charges against Tether,” the issuer of the crypto industry’s largest stablecoin.
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Oct 15, 2021 at 11:50 p.m. UTC
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An Update on the ‘Erroneously High’ Gas Fee That Temporarily Cost DeversiFi $23.7M
Forget the scammers; crypto has its heartwarming stories, too.
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Sep 28, 2021 at 7:09 p.m. UTC
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DeversiFi Says User Funds Are Safe After $23.7M Gas Fee Blunder
The decentralized exchange said Monday that a $23.7 million transaction fee was an “internal issue” and that no user funds are at risk.
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Sep 27, 2021 at 2:53 p.m. UTC
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