Take a look at this picture:


The Bitfinex cold wallet balance has decreased from roughly 160k BTC to roughly 130k BTC in a very short
time frame. I guess the withdrawal delays are probably related to this surge in withdrawals.

@TheQuin
The "conspiracy theories" have already made it into the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/bitcoin-bitfinex-tether.html

Meanwhile the Tether transparency page has been down for more than 48 hours:
https://wallet.tether.to/transparency

On the other hand, Bitfinex finally has activated fiat deposits and withdrawals with a few caveats.
They may be banking under a different entity, which seems somehow related to cex.io, but nevertheless
this looks like a flicker of hope.