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btc-e.com - a Bitcoin exchange whose funds were partially seized, along with its domain name, by US authorities is now back online at https://btc-e.nz (https://btc-e.nz), reportedly offering users to withdraw half of the funds they had and also crediting its users with tokens for the missing funds.

I really miss btc e chatbot =)) many troller in there make me happy everyday

I haven't seen a official statement being release by BTC-e, can you please post a link otherwise saying that they are officially back? I know that they supposedly give its customer based update at the end of the month regarding the withdrawals or token that they will issue as well. I hope that they can really give back the funds lost during the seizure of US authorities because not all of the funds are tainted as "laundered" money and I believed that most of the money there are legally owned by a individual who works very hard every day trading to profit but all of a suddenly gone just like because it was seized. If this is true then this news will be very big, however, I can't find any as of this time.

just login btc-e.nz . the old domain of btc-e. check their twitter. then it's force u change your password. and u can login and see all balance before. and btc-e add bitcoin cash for u too

This is their thread and you can find whats the latest updates regarding on the site https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2135397.0 .. For now im lazy enough to translate it to english and i find out the link on their twitter page. Seems legit as of now but they should really make updates on english language too.

Do not just believe it. Because it may be fraudulent to plunder us again. It is best to first get acquainted before taking action. Do we get fucked and let us go back again? Learn to make mistakes first before making a decision so that they will not be repeated again

Half is better than zero, many people have lost hopes of them coming back but looks like users of btc-e got lucky to get atleast half of the amount they thought they have lost.

Good news..

I just checked their twitter account and its look like they are back as promised. This is a very welcoming news for everyone who has still funds in that exchange so that they can get their funds out of it. Here is a snippet from their website:

Security settings update and account balance check
31.08.17 13:08 from admin

Because of the seizure of the data, there is a high risk that it has been compromised. That is why in order to protect your funds, you need to refresh the security settings, so please do the following:

1. Your password will be reset mandatorily, you will have to generate a new password when you log in, or use a new password provided by us using a special option.

2. Change 2fa, delete an old key and create a new one.

3. Check the list of white IPs and delete inactive or irrelevant IPs.

I do hope that this news will spread out. I checked the thread and its listed on Russian so maybe we need someone to translate it if hadn't done so. They really fulfilled their promised that they will be back at Sept 1. Congrats to the team, although its gonna be a uphill battle against the Feds. But for sure you will get a lot of support from here.

Pretty good news!
Hopefully they will enable withdrawals soon

oh my god. best news ever! I though I lost all money just like mt.gox but how to withdraw. sorry for long time off and doesn't check news

This is really amazing news for all of those who got their bitcoin stucked there for months. Don't know how they will be able to resume all of their operation in normal way like before but this shows that they are trying their best to come back. Hope all of their users will be able to withdraw all they have in btc-e.

Great news. It's nice to see someone get back on the scene. I hope that all users will get back their coins.

To celebrate btc-e achievement I think we should all collectively give up hamburgers in our diets and replace it with borsche cabbage soup stuff.

Same with cars, sell that bullshit tesla and get a nice reliable tractor

People are happy because it looks like they are being given back their coins to a certain extent, and that's definitely good news. However, I am also of believe that people should be thinking wisely before returning to this exchange with full confidence - literally nothing guarantees people here that BTC-E will keep running. With this I am mainly referring to the US authorities that will put everything in practice to shut down their relaunched platform as well. There are simply too many serious allegations against this exchange to let it pass. Another thing is that there is still the $110M fine that they have to settle...

Be careful. It could be a phishing attempt. I need to investigate it further before trusting it.

Update: it's a real BTC-E site.

If it's a phishing attempt, it's incredibly elaborate. It would mean that every account they are using to communicate and their old, un-seized domains are compromised. It would mean everything is compromised. That would mean there is no possible chance of any recovery anyway, and that the admins have disappeared.

In that case, there is no need to phish, since there will be no refunds. The only logical conclusion at that point is that the site is a honeypot run by the US government, INTERPOL, etc.

Everything about this reeks of being legit, down to their recognizable broken English.

There is always someone that wants to spread FUD

Me? It's basic security. Just like you don't provide your credit card information to payyypal.ck.

Obviously phishing BTC-E passwords is of no value now. But many people use the same passwords on all sites and getting emails people have used on an exchange is incredibly valuable. And if that exchanges' assets may be distributed in the future, much more.

Moreover, I said "could".

After careful research, if it's a phishing attempt it's obvious as a previous member said it's really elaborate, however a simple email hack would answer the question. I will not research anymore but I do not see the risk anywhere near as I did when I posted before. I would try first with fake login information or wait for feedback (if there's still none). Update: there's feedback. It's the real BTC-E site.

After all these years, I still haven't learned not to give advice...

I just checked the other thread and people are seeing the balances in their accounts. It's obvious it's a real BTC-E site.

After many promises to open and return the money in the account. And they have done, btc number in my account is still enough. I'm not sure I would dare to trust them. But this is good news. At least we do not lose completely.

Except it's full of idiots who logon, too lazy read the FAQ or the new updates at the top of the page, so you end up with the same questions in the troll box over and over ever 5min. all day long.

It was always a suspicious exchange you sre right getting half of the funds is better than getting nothing. This exchange was just like hashocean everyone knew there is something suspicious in it but they still continued investing. Btc-e was not giving free btc or anything related to cloud mining but have the least price in the market just to save $100-200 many people lost thousands.

Do you shill for the US government or some other exchange?

shouldnt withdrawal start today?
If so, was anybody able to successfully withdraw something? (I would like to wait for reports before I try myself)

it's there, log in /refund

https://btc-e.nz/refund

Very surprising. They are only offering a 55% refund though, which is quite a low amount. But at least that is better than nothing because that was what i thought was most likely to happen with customer funds. Kudos to them for at least attempting to reimburse everyone.

I've heard some people complain about phishing emails, please only follow their official twitter account and go by whatever it says there(or their bitcointalk forum handle). Because if you click on a phishing link and the hacker gets your account details they can withdraw all your funds as there is no verification in place.

BTW, anyone got their withdrawal? Is the majority holding onto their claim to claim their balance in full or are they claiming now?

Nobody has received their refunds, if you read notices it will be 72hrs.  Mostly Americans taking their 55% and running judging from the chatter in the troll box, the main reason seems to be that they don't want to have to verify their accounts after the 15th. the people that had mainly fiat balances are holding out until the 15th.