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Title: [2016-08-03] Hong Kong bitcoin exchange says it was hacked, trading suspended
Post by: CrimBit on August 03, 2016, 01:44:32 AM
Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Bitfinex said late on Tuesday it has suspended trading on its exchange after it discovered a security breach, according to a company statement on its website.

Bitfinex is one of the largest exchanges for trading digital currencies bitcoin, ether, and litecoin. It has offices in Europe and the United States and is known in the digital currency community for having a platform that has deep liquidity in the US dollar/bitcoin currency pair.

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1998497/hong-kong-bitcoin-exchange-says-it-was-hacked-trading-suspended