Bitfinex Resumes Fiat Deposits
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Bitfinex has disclosed a “distributed
banking solution” that it says will be a “resilient” solution to its
much-chronicled banking woes.
Announced on Tuesday, the new system will allow KYC-verified users to
instantly begin initiating fiat deposits across USD, GBP, JPY, and EUR,
that had been paused for nearly a week.
Under the new system, eligible users should initiate a fiat deposit
through their exchange accounts, that involves specifying the exact
amount and currency they plan to deposit. Within 48 hours, the
cryptocurrency exchange can send the user a deposit notification
approving the transfer and providing the bank details specific to that
individual transaction.
Alleging that this new system can allow the exchange’s operations to be a lot of “durable,” the company said:
“We believe this system to be
significantly more durable in the face of sustained attacks by our
competition and their supporters. Ongoing campaigns against us will only
result in our company becoming stronger and better.”
Bitfinex — that reportedly shares a management team with Tether, issuer
of the controversial USDT stablecoin — didn't reveal the bank(s) with
whom it's operating, nor did it explain the nature of those banking
relationships.
However, screenshots purportedly from Bitfinex accounts show a message
that sternly warns traders not to reveal banking info to anyone outside
of their financial institutions, as doing so might “damage…the entire
digital token ecosystem.”
The message says:
“This banking information is being
provided to you for purposes of contributing good faith funding to your
account on Bitfinex….This banking information is commercially sensitive
and confidential. You should be very careful with this information. You
are asked to keep this information to yourself and to not share it
except with your financial institution. Divulging this information could
damage not just yourself and Bitfinex, but the entire digital token
ecosystem. Accordingly, you are cautioned that there may be serious
negative effects associated with this information becoming public.”
As CCN reported , Bitfinex has long struggled to find a stable banking
partner, ever since Wells Fargo stop access to its services last March.
The exchange is claimed to possess bounced around to a variety of banks
within the months that followed, before seemingly finding a willing
partner in Puerto Rico’s Noble Bank. However, Noble Bank recently filed
for bankruptcy, about the same time that Bitfinex and Tether withdrew
their reserves from the institution.
Following its departure from Noble Bank, Bitfinex is claimed to have
concisely held funds at banking giant HSBC, though that relationship was
reportedly severed so quickly that it’s not clear whether HSBC was
aware that it was holding Bitfinex funds once the account was opened.
According to CoinMarketCap, Bitfinex often ranks as one of the world’s
largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Its market share has climbed in recent
days amid market volatility connected with the loss of Tether’s USD
peg. Over the past 24 hours, the platform has seen nearly $544 million
in volume, that is second only to Binance. In the past month, the
company has processed over $13.5 billion price of trades, creating it
the fourth preferred cryptocurrency exchange.
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