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iFinex offers Bitfinex hack victims a $150 million share buyback: Report

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In 2016, those who fell victim to the Bitfinex hack were provided iFinex share s as compensation, since the cryptocurrency exchange lacked sufficient funds to fully reimburse its users. iFinex’s parent company, iFinex, has put forward a proposal to repurchase $150 million worth of the company’s shares from those individuals who had been granted these shares as compensation for the $71 million Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack that transpired in 2016, as reported by Bloomberg. The intention to repurchase these shares was disclosed by iFinex in a letter addressed to shareholders, dated September 22. The digital asset company has offered a purchase price of $10 per share for the 15 million shares that were distributed in response to the Bitfinex hack in 2016. At the time of the Bitfinex hack, the exchange lost nearly 36% of its total user balances, all of which were in Bitcoin. However, Bitfinex was incapable of providing users with full compensation due to a shortage ...