As I have been Goxed, Cloudstripmined straight through the bottom of my pockets, I tell you : if it looks like crook business, smells like and behaves like, just run away as fr as you can.
Do you think a Bitfinex scandal would affect prices? If so, how much?
Do not think so. There are only $600 m USDT. It is much smaller than the Bitcoin market cap.