CFTC ordered Bitfinex to pay civil monetary penalty
The U.S. CFTC ordered Bitfinex to pay a $75,000 civil monetary penalty over financed retail commodity transactions and registration-related findings.
取引所dossier
Bitfinex
Major centralized cryptocurrency exchange launched in 2012 and operated within the iFinex group. Bitfinex remains active after a long event-backed history that includes U.S. commodity-regulatory actions, the 2016 exchange hack, recovery-token handling, and later seizure and recovery proceedings connected to stolen bitcoin.
CEXactive
別名: Bitfinex Exchange, iFinex, iFinex Inc., bitfinex.com
基本情報
期間
2012–—
Origin
British Virgin Islands
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-26
Timeline
Bitfinex suffered major bitcoin theft
Bitfinex suffered a major security breach in August 2016. Public reporting and DOJ materials describe roughly 119,754 bitcoin stolen from the exchange.
U.S. authorities seized bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack
The U.S. Department of Justice announced arrests and the seizure of more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, calling it the department's largest financial seizure at the time.