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Bitfinex

Long-running crypto exchange operated by iFinex, offering spot, margin, derivatives and P2P funding with zero trading fees.

Volume (24h)$157.60MUSDT markets tracked live
Coins133with USDT pairs
Spot / Perp markets194 / 93tracked by ArbiLayer
Base fees0% / 0%maker / taker, futures

About Bitfinex

Long-running crypto exchange operated by iFinex, offering spot, margin, derivatives and P2P funding with zero trading fees.

Spot
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Base tier
USDT-M futures
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Base tier
  • Permanent zero trading fees on spot, margin, derivatives and OTC
  • LEO holders get reduced P2P lending fees (0.05% per 10,000 USDt of LEO held)

Withdrawals: crypto withdrawals free; bank wire 0.1% (min 100 USD/EUR), express 1% (min 125)

Proof of reserves

No PoR
Proof of reserves
Not published

Company

Founded
2012
Headquarters
British Virgin Islands (iFinex Inc.); regulated presence in El Salvador
Token
LEODiscounts on P2P margin funding / borrow fees; iFinex buyback-and-burn

Founders

RNRaphael NicolleFounder

Leadership

JVJean-Louis van der VeldeCEO
PAPaolo ArdoinoCTO

Products

SpotMargin tradingPerpetual derivativesP2P margin fundingOTCTokenized assetsStaking

Licences & registrations

El Salvador digital asset service provider registration (per Wikipedia)

Not available in

United States (including New York)

Incidents & regulatory history

  1. 2022US authorities seized a large portion of the BTC stolen in the 2016 hack.
  2. 2021$18.5M settlement with the New York Attorney General over Tether reserves; separate $1.5M CFTC fine for illegal retail commodity transactions.
  3. 2019New York Attorney General investigation over ~$850M lost via payment processor Crypto Capital Corp.
  4. 2016Hack of 119,756 BTC (~$72M at the time); users took a 36% haircut repaid via BFX tokens by April 2017. CFTC also fined Bitfinex $75,000 that year.
  5. 2015Hack resulted in the loss of about 1,500 BTC.

Volume, last 7 days

7 days agonow

Top markets

ArbiLayer does not track live markets on this exchange yet.
Sources · checked Oct 1, 2026
  1. bitfinex.com
  2. bitfinex.com
  3. cryptobriefing.com
  4. en.wikipedia.org
  5. bitdegree.org