The Latest Breaking News from Bitfinex

Ilya Lichtenstein stole around 120,000 Bitcoin - now worth $7.6 billion

A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — has been sentenced to five years in prison

Bitfinex has agreed to explore integration with Komainu Connect to provide institutional customers with a safe and secure channel to trade their digital assets, highlighting the exchange's commitment to compliance and efficient crypto solutions.

Robinhood has grown its Bitcoin holdings significantly in the last six months, placing it just behind Bitfinex and Binance in single cold wallets with the largest known BTC.

The U.S. has once again moved Silk Road Bitcoin, just weeks after it transferred over $900 million of Bitcoin seized from the massive Bitfinex hack in 2016.

El Salvador isn't allowing a week-long Bitcoin slump to discourage its Bitcoin treasury goals as it did, as proven by on-chain data, purchase one BTC daily in the past 11 days.

Roman Sterlingov, which the DOJ accused of operating Bitcoin Fog, has been found guilty of money laundering and other related charges following his 2021 arrest in a case that has raised concerns about law enforcement's conviction methods.

The Wall Street Journal has reportedly been sued for defamation over its February 2023 article wherein several paragraphs featuring Tether shareholder Christopher Harborne and his company AML Global, have since been removed.

The U.S. government, on the day Bitcoin hit $60,000 for the first time in over two years, transferred more than $900 million worth of Bitcoin it seized from the Bitfinex exploit in 2016, blockchain intelligence data revealed.

The stablecoin issuer has endured prolonged scrutiny regarding its backing of USDT, a stablecoin that currently boasts an extensive market capitalization exceeding $95 billion, firmly establishing it as the predominant stablecoin in global circulation.

The SIT has identified some suspect transactions in local banks. It suspects that some bitcoins were encashed with the help of a jeweller. However, they need evidence of bitcoin transactions to verify whether these suspect transactions are linked to the alleged bitcoin scam.