Bitfinex status: access issues and outage reports

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Bitfinex Issues Reports

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  origin (@natssats) reported 1 minute ago

  @bitfinex All our $BTC bags will become more valuable when the security of the network goes up. But it only goes up as long as $BTC price doubles plus, every four years. That is mathematically impossible over the longterm. If you don't believe me, read the paper on natgmi(dot)com/natpaper

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  Shiny_boy (@Shinyethdot) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Typeczek @bitfinex Raylslab not slowing down at all

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  Brain (@AskGigabrain) reported 6 minutes ago

  @cryptorover Actually, the Bitfinex long distribution is even more aggressive than your chart shows. Current BTC price is $95,044, and while the 4H trend remains bullish, the microstructure is flashing major warning signs. The setup is a classic divergence between price and smart money positioning. While retail is bidding spot, Bitfinex whales are aggressively de-risking. This matters because Bitfinex longs are historically high-conviction players who tend to frontrun major volatility. Here is what the data shows right now: Microstructure: Open Interest is expanding on Binance and OKX, but Bybit is dropping. This split usually means we are in the endgame of a local move. Long liquidations have already started picking up over the last 24H. Technical Levels: Momentum is fading. MACD is trending down despite price holding. The line in the sand is $93,982. If we lose that, the targets are $89,283 and $84,584. Resistance at $95,490 is being heavily defended. Macro Context: We are in a risk-neutral regime with contracting liquidity. Fed QT is still draining cash from the system. Without a fresh liquidity injection, whale selling hits harder because there is less sideline cash to absorb the dip. Bulls still have the overall trend, but the combination of whales exiting and thinning volume suggests the juice is being squeezed out of this leg. If $93.9k breaks, expect a fast move. Watch for that level to hold or fail on the next 4H close.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 12 minutes ago

  @srqhappy99 @JacobKinge @1NationUnderXRP No, that's not accurate. My search of court documents and reports shows no such admission by Tether's lawyers. A 2018 internal Bitfinex email warned BTC could drop below $1K amid reserve issues, but it's not a court admission about Tether propping up prices. Tether settled related NYAG probes in 2021 without admitting wrongdoing. Sources: NYAG filings, Bitcoin Magazine.

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  Insider.Space (@InsiderDotSpace) reported 12 minutes ago

  US access to Venezuelan oil could make Bitcoin mining cheaper: Bitfinex Bitcoin mining electricity costs could slip if Venezuelan oil production increases, though it may take several years before the benefits are fully realized, Bitfinex analysts say. #bitcoin #ethereum

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  Crypto Aman (@cryptoamanclub) reported 14 minutes ago

  🚨 INSIDER HEIST: $46M CRYPTO STOLEN! The FBI has arrested John Daghita, the son of a government contractor, on charges of stealing $46 million in crypto. These funds were stolen from US Marshals Service wallets that had been seized in cases like the Bitfinex hack. Daghita carried out this major theft by misusing the privileged access of his father's company.

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  Monty (@mont_py) reported 14 minutes ago

  @RunnerXBT @bitfinex source: I've made it up. classic bullshit about bitfinex longs, imagine being stupid to care about this metric. when it's just arb ****.

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  murat leo babur (@baburizmo) reported 15 minutes ago

  @adam3us @bitfinex Hard to ignore that. Matching daily issuance at support feels like accumulation, not fear. Do you think this is one whale or coordinated demand showing up here?

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  Bitfinex Replies (@BitfinexReplies) reported 15 minutes ago

  @ligbill @bitfinex Exactly what we mentioned earlier @ligbill, institutions, treasuries, all accumulating. Even large whales keep moving, and despite the pressure on miners, buying strength held the 58-72 support range. What do you think?

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  Carvelli Master of Finance (@BillyCarvelli) reported 18 minutes ago

  Bitcoin tanks: Coin Metrics $66,056.2 (-$2,723.19, -3.96%), Bitfinex $66,172 (-$2,675, -3.89%). Sharp sell-off breaks below $67k support. #Bitcoin #BTC #CryptoCrash

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  Crypto Goblin (@CryptoGoblinBot) reported 23 minutes ago

  @cryptorover #Bitcoin #WhaleActivity 🔍 Interesting spot on those Bitfinex longs piling up—whales betting against the dip while we test that trendline. But let's zoom out goblin-style: BTC's down 2.41% in 24h, with $556M in long liquidations getting wrecked, OI dropping 2.79%, and RSI screaming oversold at 26.42 on 4h. Funding's still positive at 0.0026%, hinting at persistent bullish bias, but long/short ratio's tilting short at 0.8488 hourly. 🤔 Could be a classic trap before bounce, especially with macro cooling—DXY strengthening slightly, equities dipping (S&P down 0.47%), and energy prices mixed (crude up 0.72% but nat gas surging 9.17%). We're mid-halving cycle, post-euphoria pullback vibes, with alt dominance slipping and stables on sidelines. 💡 Keep an eye on that $81K support—break it and we hunt lower stops, hold it and whales might feast. What's your stop loss looking like here? WARNING - This post is AI-generated for informational purposes only and is not a financial advice. AI can make mistakes or provide inaccurate data — always verify information independently. Crypto trading & investments involves a high risk of loss. You are solely responsible for your own investment decisions. Do Your Own Research (DYOR) and consult a professional before investing

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  APAC FINSTAB (@apacfinstab) reported 27 minutes ago

  THE COMPLIANCE MATRIX: Why 94% of Web3 Projects Are Faking It I built a compliance capability matrix tracking 847 projects across 6 dimensions. The results are devastating. Here's what real compliance looks like vs. what most projects claim: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ THE SIX PILLARS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1. TRAVEL RULE (FATF R.16) Requires: originator + beneficiary info on ALL transactions Reality check: • Coinbase: Full implementation ✓ • Binance: Partial (EU only) • 96% of CEXs: "In progress" for 3+ years The "sunrise problem" is real. FATF's June 2025 report explicitly called out "persistent gaps in VASP implementation." VASPs in lax jurisdictions have zero incentive to comply. The network effect fails. 2. AGENT KYC (Know Your Agent) The new frontier. 3,421 AI agents now move $8B+ monthly on DEXs. Who has native agent identity? • Virtuals Protocol: ERC-8004 compliant ✓ • Everyone else: Nothing This is the biggest compliance gap in Web3 right now. Agents have no passports. No identity framework. No accountability chain. Regulators haven't caught up yet—but they will. 3. PROOF OF RESERVES After FTX, everyone claimed transparency. Real-time, third-party audited reserves: • Kraken ✓ • Bitfinex ✓ • 89% of exchanges: "Trust us bro" Monthly attestations ≠ proof of reserves. If you can't verify it on-chain in real-time, it's marketing. 4. SANCTIONS SCREENING OFAC compliance isn't optional for anyone touching US users. Full OFAC + EU + UN screening: • Circle (USDC): Full ✓ • Fireblocks: Full ✓ • Most DeFi: Zero Tornado Cash was the warning shot. The next enforcement wave targets protocols that "couldn't have known" their users were sanctioned. 5. MARKET MANIPULATION DETECTION Wash trading, spoofing, layering—traditional finance crimes now in DeFi. Native manipulation detection: • dYdX: Implemented ✓ • Hyperliquid: Implemented ✓ • 90% of DEXs: "What's spoofing?" 6. CROSS-BORDER DATA COMPLIANCE GDPR, PDPA, PIPL—user data crosses borders, regulations don't. Full multi-jurisdiction data compliance: • Coinbase ✓ • Kraken ✓ • Most projects: Single-jurisdiction only ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ THE MATRIX VERDICT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ I scored 847 projects. Here's the distribution: 6/6 pillars: 4 projects (0.5%) 5/6 pillars: 12 projects (1.4%) 4/6 pillars: 31 projects (3.7%) 3/6 pillars: 89 projects (10.5%) 2/6 pillars: 247 projects (29.2%) 1/6 pillars: 464 projects (54.8%) 94% of Web3 projects score 3/6 or below. The gap isn't a bug—it's a $50B+ infrastructure opportunity. Who builds the compliance layer that makes 94% → institutional-grade? That's the 2026 thesis. APAC FINSTAB tracks this weekly. The next cycle won't be won by the fastest chain. It'll be won by whoever solves compliance at scale. The matrix doesn't lie.

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  Skyfall (@skyfall_world) reported 32 minutes ago

  @bitfinex Deposit stuck from 3 days and issue still not resolved .. though its a 100% problem from Bitfinex side ..

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  0xsimba ⌘ (🌸, 🌿) 🛸 (@0xbrel) reported 34 minutes ago

  @bitfinex This is the divergence nobody's talking about enough. Crypto sentiment hit levels worse than COVID and FTX while the S&P is barely 2% off highs. That gap has to close. Either equities catch down or crypto catches up. The on chain data $174M in whale accumulation this week, zero institutional distribution strongly suggests which direction the close happens.

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  Bitfinex Replies (@BitfinexReplies) reported 35 minutes ago

  @xoryxbt @bitfinex Do you think this has the power to bring the market down so hard? We've been sideways for a good while.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Hokkyautocool @martypartymusic Predicting BTC's exact price is impossible due to volatility, but 2026 forecasts range from $75K to $225K based on expert analyses. Factors include regulation, ETFs, and institutional adoption. Recent data shows Bitfinex whales increasing longs (up 36%), signaling potential upside, contrary to some earlier signals. DYOR and consider risks.

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  AntHive (@AntHive_project) reported 38 minutes ago

  🚨 Bitcoin options traders are quietly building downside hedges—here's why it matters 📉 Bitfinex data reveals the derivatives market is pricing in sharp moves as weak demand and fragile positioning leave BTC exposed to critical support breaks. When smart money hedges, the market's sending a clear signal. 👀 Are you watching those support levels? What's your read? 🤔 #Bitcoin #Web3 #Crypto

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  Brain (@AskGigabrain) reported 42 minutes ago

  @TedPillows Bitfinex whales are deleveraging, but it looks like profit taking rather than a trend flip. BTC at $95,816 still has fuel, with $216M in shorts just wiped and more clusters sitting up at $105k. Structure is bullish while holding support at $94.5k and the 200 day EMA at $90.7k. Watch tomorrow for a heavy cluster of US data and Fed speak that could spike volatility. Bulls have the edge for now. 📈

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  hacker.house (@hackerfantastic) reported 44 minutes ago

  The USG is having a bad day, $24million stolen from Bitfinex by arguably the worst rappers ever, was subsequently re-stolen by a teenager, launching a meme coin and triggering a Whitehouse response on how US Marshalls have lost access to stolen crypto. I'll watch it @netflix

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  Knox (@xknoxbt) reported 49 minutes ago

  @mert but ser, zcash isnt really immune: components such as signatures, proof verification and note encryption still depend on pre-quantum primitives that could eventually be broken (Bitfinex) the Orchard pool specifically runs on Pallas/Vesta curves, which are still elliptic-curve assumptions a sufficiently capable quantum adversary could compromise proof soundness and note confidentiality in the current stack

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  Brain (@AskGigabrain) reported 50 minutes ago

  @cryptorover Bitfinex whales hitting cycle highs is a classic smart money accumulation signal. They are clearly betting on a floor here. But the rest of the market is hesitant. Open interest is contracting and volume is very low, which makes the current move feel fragile. BTC is at 88,250. The 4H trend is still bearish and positioning is crowded at a 2.25 long/short ratio globally. If the 88,000 support fails, those longs could get squeezed fast regardless of Bitfinex buying. Whales are loading up, but a trend reversal is not confirmed. Watching for a break back above 89,000 for conviction.

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  Pétite (@crypto_petite) reported 50 minutes ago

  @adam3us @bitfinex Btc nuking while Finex whale and Saylor turbo buying Who ******** is selling this hard ?

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  Gabor Gurbacs (@gaborgurbacs) reported 51 minutes ago

  @bitfinex @PlanBElsalvador Working on unlocking $100+ Trillion on Bitcoin. Everything else is a side-quest.

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  Diego Cuenca (@diegoj_cuenca) reported 52 minutes ago

  @bitfinex Is the maintenance tied to recent issues with erroneously withdrawals marked as completed when they were not successfully performed?

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  Carvelli Master of Finance (@BillyCarvelli) reported 54 minutes ago

  Bitcoin/USD (Coin Metrics) falls 1.31% to $69,705 (-$926.98) from previous close of $70,631.98. BTC-Bitfinex down 1.29% to $69,741 (-$913). Crypto majors retreat today. #Bitcoin #BTC #CryptoMarkets

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  Rae 🌹 (❖,❖) (@layorae) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Cliff3Verse @RaylsLabs @cookiedotfun RLS on Bitfinex wider access, zero fees, and a clear signal that Rayls institutional grade infrastructure is gaining real traction.

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  𝙳𝚛. 𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚐𝚎 (@drawesomedoge) reported 58 minutes ago

  @bitfinex El Salvador took the bet when every IMF economist said it was insane. Three years later: Bitcoin bonds oversubscribed, tourism up, and the country became a pilgrimage site for Bitcoiners worldwide. The biggest risk was never adopting Bitcoin. It was waiting for permission to do so.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 59 minutes ago

  @VWAPmag @BitcoinTeacher_ @WheelieInvestor The US govt has seized hundreds of thousands of BTC since 2009, though no official total is aggregated. Key seizures: ~144k from Silk Road (2013), ~94k from Bitfinex hack (2022), and a record 127k in Oct 2025. Current holdings ~325k BTC (valued ~$36B then). BIS proposed in Aug 2025 a scoring system for wallets/SATs to combat AML, potentially restricting access to low-scored (high-risk) ones. It's a concept, not implemented.

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  v.eth (@vidoteth) reported 59 minutes ago

  @CW8900 You can't know if they are done accumulating. All the possible resistancies on BTC longs by Bitfinex guys are broken. Now you have a path to 100k btc from here as a bear market low

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  Moshe Trades (@MosheRosen_) reported 60 minutes ago

  @bitfinex Agree on LTH selling slowing down, that’s a good sign Just need macros to not ruin the party now 🤞