Nothing to worry about, but it seems like it will be a good idea to verify your user account OR at least don't keep a lot of money there (we all know that by now anyway) The reason for all this is that Bitfinex is to a almost too large degree is trying to comply to government demands of information regarding ID etc, because of theft..I mean, taxation.
Thing is, US citizens have been banned from Bitfinex since this summer, and I suppose some americans are using proxys etc to trade on Bitfinex to work around. So Bitfinex is trying to safeguard with mails like this one, trying to make sure no one is trading illegally on their platform.
You are receiving this message because you are an unverified user of the www.bitfinex.com platform.
We thank you for your business and remind you that all customers must respect and follow the rules of the exchange, all of which we commend to your attention: https://www.bitfinex.com/legal/terms. In particular, individuals resident in the United States are not permitted to be customers of the exchange or use our services. Furthermore, United States residents are prohibited from accessing our services using any virtual private network, proxy service, or any other third party service, network, or product with the effect of disguising their IP address or location.
It is a breach of our terms of service to give false information at signup or in response to questions from us, whether as part of our compliance and due diligence procedures or otherwise. Penalties for breaching our terms of service may include referral to law enforcement or other authorities and terminating your access to any and all of our services.
We are monitoring the platform and will continue to take action to enforce our terms of service.
Thank you,
The Bitfinex Team
