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Bitfinex
50 Rank
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226
Trading pairs
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BTC/USD
Top pair
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79 871 776 USD
24hr Volume
Trading pairs
Bitfinex exchange overview
The popular Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange is owned by iFinex Inc., which is headquartered in Hong Kong. It was established in December 2012 as a P2P marketplace for trading bitcoin. Now the exchange positions itself as a fully functional system for spot trading in the majority of liquid cryptocurrencies. Bitfinex often gets linked to Tether because they have common shareholders. In 2019, the company issued its own token called UNUS SED LEO. It could be used on both platforms — Bitfinex and Ethfinex. The exchange offers traders various order types for convenient execution of any transactions:
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Market order;
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Limit order;
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Stop order;
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Stop-limit order;
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Trailing stop order;
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Fill or Kill order;
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Immediate or Cancel order;
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Reduce only order;
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Scaled order;
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Reciprocal cancellation order;
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Post-only limit order;
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Hidden order.
There is also margin trading: users can enter an order to borrow a certain sum at reasonable interest and terms. Liquidity providers have an opportunity to earn on the provision of funds to traders who need leverage: they can offer financing at convenient terms and rates.
Bitfinex advantages
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Over-the-counter trading (OTC), margin with 3.3x leverage.
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An extensive set of orders of various types.
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Opportunity for liquidity providers to earn money.
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User-friendly and customisable interface, advanced graphic tools.
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Native token UNUS SED LEO (LEO), which helps save up to 25% on commissions.
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Direct purchase of BTC, USDT, ETH, and ERC20 tokens is available with bank cards.
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Three-level referral program: up to 38% of commission from attracted referrals.
Interesting facts about Bitfinex
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The legal entity is registered in the Virgin Islands (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean).
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In May 2015, 1500 BTC (worth $400 thousand) were stolen from the exchange.
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In August 2016, the exchange was robbed of 119,700 BTC (worth $72 million).
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In August 2017, Ethfinex, a subsidiary decentralized exchange, was established; in October 2019, it was reorganized into DeversiFi.
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In March 2018, a toolkit Honey Framework was added to the exchange.
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In February 2019, a subsidiary decentralized exchange Eosfinex was launched.
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In May 2019, the native LEO token was issued. At first, it was based on Ethereum, and later the EOS blockchain was also added.
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In September 2019, the company relaunched the platform for IEO called Bitfinex Token Sales (formerly Tokinex).
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In December 2019, the tool from Chainalysis for tracking suspicious transactions was integrated. The support for the Lightning Network protocol was also added.