In a Friday announcement, Bitfinex said it would be immediately closing the accounts for Ontario-based customers who have no balances on the platform. In addition, it planned to restrict access to those who do not have open positions in the exchange’s peer-to-peer financing market or open margin positions.
Bitfinex'te bakiyesi veya açık pozisyonu olan ve Toronto ve ülkenin başkenti Ottawa'nın da dahil olduğu Ontario'da yaşayan yaklaşık 15 milyon kişiden biri olan kullanıcılar, 1 Mart'tan itibaren "artık hiçbir hizmete erişemeyecekler". Borsa, tavsiyede bulundu. müşterilerin geçerlilik tarihinden önce para çekmeleri.
Though Bitfinex did not mention the Ontario Securities Commission, or OSC, the region’s financial watchdog has been responsible for cracking down on crypto exchanges operating in the area, including OKEx, Bybit, KuCoin and Polo Digital Assets. In December, the OSC issued a notice that Binance was not authorized “to offer trading in derivatives or securities to persons or companies located in the province” after the crypto exchange reportedly told its users it would be able to continue offering services in the region. Binance reportedly said there was a miscommunication on the issue.
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Bitfinex has also been the target of U.S. regulators. In October, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fined the crypto exchange and its sister company Tether $42.5 million, with Bitfinex allegedly facilitating “illegal, off-exchange retail commodity transactions in digital assets with U.S persons.” The Office of the New York Attorney General previously ordered the two firms to pay $18.5 million in damages and submit to periodically reporting on their reserves.
Kripto borsası Bitfinex, Kanada'nın Ontario eyaletinde bulunan kullanıcıların 1 Mart'tan itibaren hizmetlerinin çoğuna artık erişemeyeceğini duyurdu.
Kaynak: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitfinex-advises-ontario- Based-users-to-close-accounts-before-march-1