Bitfinex restarts the platform in a controlled manner

 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced the beginning of a restart of the platform in a controlled and secure manner. Users can login to their accounts to check balances, given the distributed losses.

Bitfinex restarted the platform, but the functions of trade cryptocurrency Deposit and withdrawal cryptocurrency assets are not yet available. The connection of these services will occur in the next few days. 

 "Currently the website is only accessible for reading as we continue the process to enable full functionality."

Users of the exchange will have to update their passwords to log into accounts. Those customers Bitfinex, which used two-factor password-less authentication method will need to register again. Was also revoked all API keys. Create new API keys will be available within the next two days.

Currently Bitfinex clients can log in and check the status of their accounts closed positions and the marginal losses incurred as a result of hacker attacks and distributed among users. Generalized loss percentage will be 36,067%, said the representative of Bitfinex Zane Tackett.

The balance sheet loss taken into account with tokens BFX, the starting price is set at $1. In the coming weeks, it plans to launch trading of the token.

"Trade tokens BFX can be denied to users from the USA", — is specified in the message exchange. Previously, Mr. Tackett emphasized that "tokens BFX will remain subject to payment as long as the losses are not recovered from the side of Bitfinex or until the creditor will not exchange them at their request and with the consent Bitfinex for shares of the company iFinex Inc.

As specified in the official statement Bitfinex at first to be connected to services of withdrawal, Deposit and stock trading. A function of margin trading for all clients, except us users, will be connected in last turn. A precise timetable for the return exchange to full functionality still to be fixed.

2 Aug BitFinex announced massive attack, which was stolen 119 756 BTC (about 0.75% of the total turnover of bitcoins in the world). The exchange announced the suspension of all operations and involved investigation by law enforcement agencies.