2. First off, anyone at bitfinex should be able to use bitfinex. As others have mentioned, we are all interested in an asset, but we don't have inside information into bitcoin. That being said, we don't allow any employees to game the system by front running orders, etc. As someone mentioned, we have long term positions, which may need to be adjusted, but we all trade on our own accounts, and they are monitored by the whole management team as a check and balance system. As far as my swaps, I have exactly the same information as the rest of you, I don't tinker with the production data, as I am working on integrating the new system which is not live yet.