BTC-e just tweeted a link to a post, saying that they were able to access their wallet and they will let us know how many coins are available. Pretty awesome considering they've been seized by the FBI. They also said that Mayzus Financial Services Ltd, apparently the company behind btc-e is under arrest.
Here's the tweet:
https://twitter.com/btcecom/status/893214554187902976
- btcecom
The link brings to a page in Russian, here's the link to the translation with Google Translator for you:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fbitcointalk.org%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D2063529.0&sandbox=1
This is the translated message they wrote in the forum:
Current information:
1. We were able to access our databases and wallets,
at the moment we are evaluating data and balances on koin,
this information will be made public by the end of next week.
2. We confirm that the main streams of the threads have been sent to
the service through Mayzus Financial Services Ltd
and at the moment they are arrested.
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Let's hope that they'll be able to return the funds to the owner, that could be amazing for their credibility and for the credibility of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Also let's hope that they'll be able to resume the website.
Another question will be: do traders will trust btc-e again after what happened? I personally don't think that the other exchanges are much safer than btc-e.com, it only happened that btc-e was the destination of the MtGox hack. The point I'm making here is, keep your money in a safe paper wallet and move into a trading account only what you're going to trade, then back to your paper wallet.
Let me know what do you think about btc-e.
Federico Ulfo
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