The attack hit around 21:30 UTC and lasted for about an hour before the Bitfinex crew managed to get everything under control. While the DDoS attack didn't affect the Bitfinex API in the beginning, it ...

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the 2016 Bitfinex hack -- when hackers stole nearly 120,000 bitcoins from the exchange, worth $64 million at the time, and ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, of New York City, was sentenced on Nov. 14 in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising ...

After hackers stole $69 million from Bitfinex last year, the bitcoin exchange’s fate seemed sealed: lawsuits, bankruptcy and years of liquidation proceedings. That’s what happened to Mt. Gox, the high ...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of two individuals Tuesday over an alleged conspiracy that took place in 2016 involving the theft of $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency. Here is an ...

The price of bitcoin plunged Thursday following an announcement from the New York Attorney General’s office that it had filed a lawsuit against Bitfinex Inc., the company behind cryptocurrency ...

Bitfinex, one of the largest centralized crypto exchanges, is now a shareholder in a decentralized exchange (DEX) that doesn’t conduct know-your-customer (KYC) checks. The British Virgin Islands-based ...