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ForkLog 13 19.04.2022

Bitfinex halts trading after major outage

A fault at the Biftinex exchange led to a halt in trading. The platform's team said the issue around 14:30 MSK.

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ForkLog 19 15.02.2022

Heather Morgan, linked to Bitfinex-hacked assets, released on $3 million bond

The District of Columbia court released Heather Morgan on a $3 million bond, accused of laundering assets stolen from the Bitfinex bitcoin exchange. Her husband and co-defendant, Ilya Lichtenstein, remains in custody, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 16 12.02.2022

Netflix announces series about those involved in Bitfinex-stolen assets

Netflix will show a documentary series about the accused in laundering assets stolen from the Bitfinex exchange, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan.

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ForkLog 16 09.02.2022

Suspects tied to Bitfinex stolen assets remain jailed on $8 million bail

Accused of conspiring to launder 119,754 BTC stolen from Bitfinex, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan could post an $8 million bail only upon a ruling by a Washington court. The order issued by a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York that had granted them that right has expired.

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ForkLog 18 09.02.2022

Those linked to Bitfinex-stolen assets traced after AlphaBay closure

The 2017 closure of the dark web AlphaBay allowed authorities to access records of transfers of Bitfinex-stolen assets to accounts on other services, enabling links to the arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan.

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ForkLog 16 08.02.2022

U.S. authorities confiscated $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex

U.S. authorities announced the arrest of individuals involved in the Bitfinex hack in 2016.

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ForkLog 9 01.02.2022

Over 90,000 BTC moved from Bitfinex hack

On Tuesday, 1 February, the coins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange were moved. The Whale Alert service recorded more than 20 transactions.

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ForkLog 15 16.01.2022

Bitfinex to close Ontario residents’ accounts

In March 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex will close the accounts of residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. Access for these users on the platform has already been restricted as early as January, according to the company.

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ForkLog 12 21.11.2021

El Salvador to issue $1 billion Bitcoin bonds on the Liquid Network

The government of El Salvador has struck a deal with Blockstream and iFinex (the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether) to issue $1 billion in Bitcoin bonds on the Liquid Network.

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ForkLog 10 14.11.2021

Indian hacker claims responsibility for Bitfinex and BTC-e attacks

A resident of the Indian state of Karnataka, Srikrishna Ramesh, told police of his involvement in the hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and BTC-e, and the BitClub Network fraudulent mining pool.

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ForkLog 20 15.10.2021

CFTC orders Bitfinex and Tether to pay civil penalties totaling $42.5 million

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) settled claims against Tether and Bitfinex, ordering civil penalties totaling $42.5 million. The regulator reported this on its site.

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ForkLog 8 30.09.2021

Bitfinex resumes trading after outage

The Bitfinex cryptocurrency platform temporarily halted trading due to issues. Details were not provided.

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