日前，《币讯》报导纽约总检察长办公室指控加密货币交易所 Bitfinex 和稳定币发行商 Tether 非法挪用资金，Bitfinex 亦在当天作出回应。加密货币市场持续波动，稳定币 USDT与法币美元兑换价格亦明显偏离了一比一，昨日交易所 Kraken 的 USDT/USD 交易对收报 0.971。
Bitfinex 冷钱包转走大量比特币惹“夹带私逃”疑云
有读者表示刚刚的 26 号和 27 号从 Bitfinex 提取加密货币到其他钱包时无法提币。而有人监察到比特币区块链的大额转帐，在 26 号下午，Bitfinex 的冷钱包（地址 3D2oetdNuZUqQHPJmcMDDHYoqkyNVsFk9r ）在区块高度 573282 转移了 17,253.5 个比特币到另一个钱包（地址 3JZq4atUahhuA9rLhXLMhhTo133J9rF97j），此举被社群理解为可疑行为，进一步忧虑 Bitifnex 和 Tether 高层或会夹带私逃。后来币讯记者找到这些资金大部分在多次转移后辗转回到 Bitfinex 的热钱包（地址 1Kr6QSydW9bFQG1mXiPNNu6WpJGmUa9i1g），并且将资金发回给客户作提款之用。
Bitfinex发信怒斥指控为“错误和虚假陈述”
直到 27 号下午，Bitfinex 行政总裁 Jean Louis van der Velde 向交易所用户发电邮，更详细地回应纽约总检察长办公室的指控，并说明 Bitfinex 的法律团队正在处理事件。
Bitfinex 在信中再一次驳斥有关指控是“充满了错误信息和虚假陈述”，进一步强调相关指控中的 8.5 亿美元资金“没有失去”，而是在波兰、葡萄牙、英国和美国等司法管辖区中“被查封和保护”。并称Bitfinex 和 Tether 正在积极努力行使有关权利和进行一切补救措施以取回资金。
Bitfinex 在信中极有信心地表达，他们将以“明确、连贯和有说服力的证据”收回这些资金。届时这将证明纽约总检察长办公室的指控是错误的。他们未来将继续与全球监管机构合作，履行法律义务，但强势地表示“不会允许（有关当局人员）利用这种合作精神和善意用来威胁我们的客户”。
信件末段 Jean 表示欢迎客户持续向交易所查询有关事件进度，他们会尽可能地释除客户疑虑。最后重申Bitfinex 面对挑战时将“坚定不移、绝不逃跑”，疑似是回应外界担忧 Bitfinex 和 Tether 夹带私逃的传闻。
信件原文刊载如下：
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Dear Bitfinex trader,
By now, you may be aware of the events of the last 48 hours, but I want to personally give you an update on what has happened and how we are proceeding as a business.
On Wednesday, April 24th, the New York Attorney General’s office filed a petition and related documents in the NY State Supreme Court in Manhattan concerning Bitfinex and Tether. We believe the petition was based on understandings and materials received by the New York Attorney General’s office both from us and from other sources. Indeed, we had, until just yesterday, been co-operating fully with the New York authorities in their inquiries into and about our business. The petition and other materials were filed without notice to us or a chance to respond to them.
The materials, which do not constitute a civil or criminal complaint are, in our view, filled with inaccuracies and false assertions. In particular, we want to assure you that the allegation that we have “lost” $850 million is categorically false. We have been advised that these amounts – whether in whole or in substantial part – are, in fact, seized and safeguarded in several jurisdictions, including Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We are actively working to exercise our rights and remedies to cause those funds to be released. We are confident in our ability to make clear, coherent, and convincing arguments to recover those funds. And rest assured that we will vigorously challenge the false assertions made by the New York Attorney General’s office in their filing.
I am here to tell you that we are good actors in the digital token space, and we always act with you, the customer, as our first priority. We have always taken our legal obligations very seriously, and will continue to do so. We continue to co-operate with regulators worldwide as they seek to learn more about our business. But we will not allow that spirit of co-operation and goodwill to be used to threaten our customers.
In the days ahead, you may have questions that arise, and we encourage you to share them with me or other members of the senior management team. We will update you as and when we can and we will address as many of your concerns and questions as we can.
We have been humbled and encouraged by the support we have seen from our customers and wider community in the face of these allegations. We are here to assure you we’re as strong as ever, we are not going anywhere, and we’re unwaveringly committed to you.
Thanks and best regards,
Jean Louis van der Velde
CEO
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