# BItfinex News

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...

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitfinex announced its updated fee structure for high frequency/size fiat withdrawals, through a blog post published November 11, 2018. Notably, regular withdrawals are unaffected by this change. A Step Backward? One of the characteristics that make cryptocurrencies tower over the conventional medium of exchanges is...

Noble Bank International, the Puerto Rican financial services firm whose clients were some of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency world, is looking for a buyer as it's no longer profitable. The report from Bloomberg cited an unnamed source October 2, 2018. Seeking a Sale Puerto Rico-based Noble Bank International...