# BItfinex News

Bitfinex, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, has lifted minimum equity requirements associated with its platform as per a blog post via its Medium, April 9, 2019. About Bitfinex Bitfinex has been the source of much controversy, especially during the cryptocurrency bull run of 2017 where many media claimed that a lot...

Bitfinex has announced that they will be compensating 5,000 victims of its 2016 hack as it was reported by Reuters on February 25, 2019, that US authorities have recovered some of the bitcoin that was stolen during the hack. Rightful Owners Bitfinex has scored a small victory this week now that...

On January 7, 2019, Bitfinex and Market Synergy launched a joint connectivity network that gives institutional investors access to the Bitfinex digital asset gateway. Collaboration As per the announcement from Bitfinex, the partnership is designed to help bring digital assets to investors and brokers by way of providing institutional standard...

Stablecoins have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity during the second half of 2018, with currencies such as TrueUSD, USDC, Paxos, and GUSD experiencing a 1032 percent increase in on-chain transactions took place in November vs. September 2018, Diar reported on December 10, 2018. Fiat-Backed Stablecoins Start Gaining On-Chain Traction...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have launched a joint criminal probe into Tether's involvement in artificially inflating Bitcoin's prices during the December 2017 momentous rally, Bloomberg reported on November 20, 2018. DOJ Launches Bitcoin Rigging Criminal Probe As Bitcoin plunges, the...