Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced around 5 a.m. EDT today the startup’s hot wallets were compromised and some bitcoin were stolen. The exchange also advised its users to immediately ...

About 17,250 BTC (~$89 million) was withdrawn from Bitfinex's bitcoin cold wallet at 6:35am GMT. The bitcoin cold wallet still has a balance of 102,285 BTC (~$525.5 million) at the time of writing.

An Ethereum wallet that belongs to bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research quietly received $6 million worth of tether USDT $0.9988 from Bitfinex's hot wallet overnight, according to Nansen data. The ...

Top-three cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is pushing back against claims that call its solvency into question. The Hong Kong-based company released a blog post on October 7, 2017, that states, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Boaz Sobrado is a fintech leader and entrepreneur. Paolo Ardoino, chief executive officer of Tether Holdings Ltd., during the ...