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Title: [2016-08-12] newsbtc.com-Bitcoin Withdrawals Peak as Bitfinex Goes Live Again
Post by: Strongkored on August 12, 2016, 12:45:35 PM
Bitcoin Withdrawals Peak as Bitfinex Goes Live Again

The recent hacking incident faced by Bitfinex has made a huge impact on the digital currency platform. Many customers have started withdrawing their digital currency holdings from the platform since it re-enabled the feature.

After coming under attack, Bitfinex announced a loss of about 119,756 bitcoins amounting to about $72 million (according to the bitcoin price at the time of attack). As the company continues to investigate the incident, it re-opened the platform with limited functionalities for its users. On August 10, 2016, the platform announced the resumption of withdrawals and deposit services for BTC, ETC, ETH and USD assets.

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Title: Re: [2016-08-12] newsbtc.com-Bitcoin Withdrawals Peak as Bitfinex Goes Live Again
Post by: Kaneki on August 12, 2016, 12:59:27 PM
The current challenges faced by Bitfinex is bound to make its recovery an uphill task. Whether the company will survive through the current phase or not has become the million-dollar question.