bitfinex

Bitfinex just announced that their site is under a denial-of-service-attack. This is the day that Litecoin broke out of all possible all time high prices and skyrocketed to over $300: At the same time, the incoming flow of new users…

Tether, a "USD equivalent" cryptocurrency used by many exchanges and issued by tether_to (company very closely related to the Bitfinex exchange) got hacked on November 21st 2017. Supposedly hacked, that is. There was a lot of negative…

Tether, being frequently questioned regarding their transparency and lack of audit, have proudly published a link to something called "Final Tether Consulting report" by Friedman LLP: Friedman LLP has provided an important…

Tether, Bitfinex, Ethfinex - basically sister projects by one group - are going to offer tokenized USD dollars on the Ethereum network. This will facilitate better trading of Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies in USD pairs, assuming that the…

Bitfinex is the second largest Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency exchange with over $800 million daily trading volume. However, it's a tricky exchange too - we mentioned it in the "top Bitcoin hack" list recently in relation to their August 2016 hack…

Ever since its' inception, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been accompanied by hacks and occasional theft. In a way, certain shadiness is bound to be present given the anonymous and highly technical nature of cryptocurrencies. That is…