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| Type of business | Private |
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| Available in | English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Area served | 52 countries |
| Products | Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, OmiseGO, Monero, NEO, EOS USD, EUR, JPY, GBP |
| Services | Cryptocurrency exchange, P2P Margin trading, P2P Margin lending, OTC |
| URL | www |
Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands.[1][2] Bitfinex was founded in 2012. It was originally a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, and later added support for other cryptocurrencies.
Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading. It offers high-volume trading and both spot and derivatives products, including exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding (P2P lending), over-the-counter markets, and derivatives trading.[3]
Bitfinex is the world's second-largest exchange by number of bitcoins held in its digital wallet, and is estimated to have about 403,000 bitcoins.[4]
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