Are swaps the lending portion of bitfinex? OP says the three main wallets are exchange, margin trading, and lending. Yet I find no "lending" area.
You can define somewhere (when signing up?) what type of user you are. Depending on this, you might not see all three types of wallets. A sure sign is on the top right corner, that box shows all wallet types and their funds.
Micro flash crash:
(come on, a 10% difference to other exchanges is nothing more than a micro one)
Interesting, I didn't think of that one. For some time I only follow the BitFinex charts, so until now I was under the impression "today, exchange rate fell from $550 to $450". No, it was only on BitFinex, because long position liquidations created a mini avalanche.
So I better start watching some other exchange rates too, when it gets wild.
I'm relieved we didn't break the $500 support globally, then.
Also, +1 on slowing/halting liquidations when the exchange rate drops too far below all other exchanges' rates. I guess the associated risk is small enough and the gain for the users and platform makes it worthwile.
Ente