#bitfinex tag - Briefly

Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist

A hacker was sentenced to five years for laundering billions in stolen Bitcoin with his wife.

The stolen Bitcoin, originally worth $71 million, increased to over $10 billion by arrest.

Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced to five years for the Bitfinex hack, emphasizing the serious consequences of cybercrime and money laundering.

Ilya Lichtenstein receives five years for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, stealing roughly $69 million worth of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin needs to break the August high of $65,200 to end its current downtrend and confirm a bullish trend.

A hacker was sentenced to five years for laundering billions in stolen Bitcoin with his wife.

The stolen Bitcoin, originally worth $71 million, increased to over $10 billion by arrest.

Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced to five years for the Bitfinex hack, emphasizing the serious consequences of cybercrime and money laundering.

Ilya Lichtenstein receives five years for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, stealing roughly $69 million worth of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin needs to break the August high of $65,200 to end its current downtrend and confirm a bullish trend.

Users can now trade perpetual futures tied to bitcoin and ether implied volatility indices on Bitfinex.

Volatility futures allow betting on the degree of price turbulence in cryptocurrencies.

Bitfinex's new futures are based on Volmex's bitcoin and ether implied volatility indices, analogous to Wall Street's VIX index.

Crypto whales are buying bitcoin at cheaper prices as its value continues to slide after the debut of U.S. spot ETFs.

Some crypto whales are actively buying bitcoin on Bitfinex, causing it to trade at a premium compared to other exchanges.