Quote from: abercrombie on September 17, 2015, 01:37:57 PM

Quote from: pitchbend on September 17, 2015, 08:36:46 AM

Any official info about the letters some customers claim to have received from the CFTC about bitfinex? It's on the frontpage of r/bitcoin

Here's the CFTC link.

An interesting part from the announcement at Bitfinex:

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If the CFTC is offering a comprehensive and uniform solution for bitcoin exchange regulation in the U.S., then we welcome that development and would look to comply along with the rest of the exchange industry. If, however, it represents yet another layer of compliance on top of existing and emerging state and federal rules and regulations, then we believe that the industrys cost of doing business with U.S. customers will continue to increase, stifling innovation and competition in what is still a fledgling industry.

In short, no more "business" with traders from the US. There are only a few exchanges that can show a big fuck-off to Uncle Sam with the minimum of fuss