Bitfinex

Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Bitfinex was founded in 2012. It was originally a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange, and later added support for other cryptocurrencies. Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading. Bitfinex is the world's second-largest exchange by number of bitcoins held in its digital wallet, and is estimated to have about 403,000 bitcoins. It has 1.6 million users.

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Website.name: Bitfinex, Inc.
Website.company_type: Private
Website.logo: Bitfinex Logo light.svg
Website.services: Cryptocurrency exchange, P2P Margin trading, P2P Margin lending, OTC
Website.products: Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, OmiseGO, Monero, NEO, EOS Fiat currencies USD, EUR, JPY, GBP
Website.area_served: 52 countries
Website.language: English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese

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Official website: www.bitfinex.com

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inception: 2012-00-00
trading fee: 0.1
review score: 3.1/5 (Average)
social media followers: 933303
Stack Exchange tag: bitcoin.stackexchange.com/tags/bitfinex

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History
2012: Early history
2015–2016: New partnership and security breach
2016 hack
2017–2018: Banking changes
2019: Launch of Tether investigation
2020–2025: Acquisitions and investments
Tether
See also
References
External links

== History == === 2012: Early history === Bitfinex was founded in December 2012 as a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange offering digital asset trading services to users worldwide. Bitfinex initially started as a P2P margin lending platform for bitcoin and later added support for more cryptocurrencies. It was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading.