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Bitfinex

Index Bitfinex

Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 54 relations: Attorney General of New York, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, BitGo, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Chinese language, Commodity broker, Commodity Exchange Act, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Cryptocurrencies in Puerto Rico, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency exchange, Cryptocurrency wallet, Digital wallet, English language, EOS.IO, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Euro, Fiat money, Government of the British Virgin Islands, Japanese yen, Kraken (company), Latin America, Laura Taylor Swain, Letitia James, Litecoin, Margin (finance), Monero, NEO (cryptocurrency), Over-the-counter (finance), Palo Alto, California, Paolo Ardoino, Portuguese language, Pound sterling, Privately held company, Reggie Fowler, Ripple (payment protocol), Russian language, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Spanish language, Stablecoin, Tether (cryptocurrency), The Verge, Turkish language, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Justice, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States dollar, ... Expand index (4 more) »

  2. Bitcoin companies
  3. Bitcoin exchanges
  4. Cryptocurrency theft

Attorney General of New York

The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Bitfinex and Bitcoin are cryptocurrencies.

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Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of Bitcoin.

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BitGo

BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset trust company and security company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Bitfinex and BitGo are Bitcoin companies.

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British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Commodity broker

A commodity broker is a firm or an individual who executes orders to buy or sell commodity contracts on behalf of the clients and charges them a commission.

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Commodity Exchange Act

Commodity Exchange Act (ch. 545,, enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act enacted in 1936 by the U.S. Government, with some of its provisions amending the Grain Futures Act of 1922.

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures, swaps, and certain kinds of options.

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Cryptocurrencies in Puerto Rico

With the arrival of several figures led by Brock Pierce following the passing of hurricane Maria in 2017, cryptocurrency became an issue of media and economic interest in the Caribbean archipelago of Puerto Rico. Bitfinex and Cryptocurrencies in Puerto Rico are cryptocurrencies.

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Cryptocurrency

A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Bitfinex and cryptocurrency are cryptocurrencies.

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Cryptocurrency exchange

A cryptocurrency exchange, or a digital currency exchange (DCE), is a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money or other digital currencies. Bitfinex and cryptocurrency exchange are Bitcoin exchanges and cryptocurrencies.

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Cryptocurrency wallet

A cryptocurrency wallet is a device, physical medium, program or an online service which stores the public and/or private keys for cryptocurrency transactions. Bitfinex and cryptocurrency wallet are cryptocurrencies.

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Digital wallet

A digital wallet, also known as an e-wallet or mobile wallet, is an electronic device, online service, or software program that allows one party to make electronic transactions with another party bartering digital currency units for goods and services.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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EOS.IO

EOS.IO is a blockchain protocol based on the cryptocurrency EOS.

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Ethereum

Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Bitfinex and Ethereum are cryptocurrencies.

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Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic is a blockchain-based distributed computing platform that offers smart contract (scripting) functionality.

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Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.

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Fiat money

Fiat money is a type of currency that is not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, or backed by any other tangible asset or commodity.

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Government of the British Virgin Islands

His Majesty's Government of the Virgin Islands (usually simply referred to as the Government of the Virgin Islands) is the democratically elected government of the British Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands.

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Japanese yen

The is the official currency of Japan.

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Kraken (company)

Kraken (legally named Payward, Inc.) is a United States–based cryptocurrency exchange, founded in 2011. Bitfinex and Kraken (company) are Bitcoin companies and Bitcoin exchanges.

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Latin America

Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.

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Laura Taylor Swain

Laura Anne Taylor Swain (born November 21, 1958) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Letitia James

Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the Attorney General of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood.

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Litecoin

Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC; sign: Ł) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license.

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Margin (finance)

In finance, margin is the collateral that a holder of a financial instrument has to deposit with a counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange) to cover some or all of the credit risk the holder poses for the counterparty.

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Monero

Monero (Abbreviation: XMR) is a cryptocurrency which uses a blockchain with privacy-enhancing technologies to obfuscate transactions to achieve anonymity and fungibility.

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NEO (cryptocurrency)

Neo is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and application platform used to run smart contracts and decentralized applications.

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Over-the-counter (finance)

Over-the-counter (OTC) or off-exchange trading or pink sheet trading is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto (Spanish for) is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto.

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Paolo Ardoino

Paolo Ardoino is an Italian computer scientist.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Reggie Fowler

Reginald Dennis Fowler (born February 4, 1959) is an American former football player, businessman, and convicted fraudster.

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Ripple (payment protocol)

Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network that is open to financial institutions worldwide and was created by Ripple Labs Inc., a US-based technology company.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan (Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Stablecoin

A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency where the value of the digital asset is supposed to be pegged to a reference asset, which is either fiat money, exchange-traded commodities (such as precious metals or industrial metals), or another cryptocurrency. Bitfinex and stablecoin are cryptocurrencies.

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Tether (cryptocurrency)

Tether (often referred to by its currency codes, USD₮ and USDT, among others) is a cryptocurrency stablecoin, launched by the company Tether Limited Inc.

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The Verge

The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of the State of New York.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with a significant global presence.

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Wire transfer

Wire transfer, bank transfer, or credit transfer, is a method of electronic funds transfer from one person or entity to another.

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Zug

Zug (Standard German:, Alemannic German:; Zoug; Zugo; Zug; Tugium)Named in the 16th century.

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2016 Bitfinex hack

The Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in August 2016. Bitfinex and 2016 Bitfinex hack are cryptocurrency theft.

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See also

Bitcoin companies

Bitcoin exchanges

Cryptocurrency theft

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitfinex

Also known as IFinex.

, Wells Fargo, Wire transfer, Zug, 2016 Bitfinex hack.