The Latest Breaking News from Bitfinex

What happened: An Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) whale sent $25,798,487 worth of Ethereum off Bitfinex. The ETH address associated with this transaction has been identified as: 0x4b3c47afe3cfb0f10c18ce19981bb5a1450632ec

What happened: An Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) whale sent $36,944,067 worth of Ethereum off Bitfinex. The ETH address associated with this transaction has been identified as: 0x4b3c47afe3cfb0f10c18ce19981bb5a1450632ec

What happened: An anonymous cryptocurrency wallet holding $71,052,821 of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) just transferred their funds onto Bitfinex. The bitcoin wallet address tied to this transfer has been identified as: 1EkYRCRcUYECUCenMWMWb8R6Yc3XuqAEx2

On Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein for an alleged conspiracy to launder 120,000 BTC stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016.

The Department of Justice announced the largest financial seizure in its history Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — A Washington judge halted a decision to grant bail to two people charged with trying to launder billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange.

The price of Bitcoin dipped in early trading on Wednesday, after the US Justice Department announced it had arrested two people and seized Bitcoin worth $3.6 billion that was stolen from the exchange Bitfinex in 2016. The investigation is being closely watched by players in the cryptocurrency sector as to…

Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein are accused of attempting to launder 119,754 Bitcoins after a hacker attacked the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016

Unus Sed Leo (LEO) skyrocketed by 54% Tuesday night as federal authorities seized a hoard of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) connected to a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange.

The U.S. Department of Justice seized $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen during 2016's hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex in the largest financial seizure ever executed by the department.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. seized about $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen during a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange — the largest financial seizure ever — and arrested two people, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.