Bitfinex

Bitfinex, operated by iFinex Inc., is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2012 and headquartered in the British Virgin Islands. The platform serves professional traders and institutional clients with a suite of services including spot trading, margin trading, over-the-counter markets, peer-to-peer financing, lending, staking, and derivatives. It offers over 350 markets, including more than 250 spot pairs and over 60 perpetual contracts, with the platform reporting 99.9% uptime.

The firm operates Bitfinex Securities, a platform for tokenized equities and debt instruments, which holds a digital securities licence issued by the Government of El Salvador. This positions Bitfinex among the relatively small number of digital asset firms pursuing regulated issuance of tokenised financial instruments. In 2022, Bitfinex agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) related to allegations of unlawful off-exchange commodity transactions, resulting in a civil monetary penalty.

Technical operations span cryptocurrency exchange technology, digital asset security, low-latency trading systems, and blockchain platforms. The exchange has been in continuous operation for over 12 years and processes billions in trading volume. Core company values cited by Bitfinex include integrity, resilience, and independence, with an emphasis on maintaining trusted relationships with institutional counterparties.