One of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex could enter into partnerships with the British Bank HSBC, according to The Block.

Users of the platform offer dollar deposits to the private account of the company Global Trading Solution, LLC. In this case the Bank-the destination is the us subsidiary of HSBC Bank N. A.

It is noteworthy that the deposits in Japanese yen (JYP), British pound (GBP) and Euro (EUR) is currently suspended, however, according to the analytical resource, Bitfinex plans to resolve the situation within a week.

Representatives declined to comment on expected cooperation with HSBC.

“Bitfinex never commented on current or future business partnerships, and is not going to abandon this principle now,” said Director of public relations Kasper Rasmussen.

Note that this week in the media appeared information about the financial problems of the Puerto Rican Bank, Noble Bank, presumably the service account Bitfinex and Tether Ltd. In The Block confident that their cause was the departure of the Issuer stablon USDT, which supposedly was the main customer.

In April last year, the American Bank Wells Fargo without explanation, suspended the servicing of accounts of customers Tether. Then the operator Bitfinex and Tether Ltd has submitted to the Bank in California Federal court, however, then the exchange withdrew a lawsuit.

At the moment, the nature of the relationship Bitfinex and HSBC remains uncertain. Also, do not exclude that the Bank is not aware of the activities of the exchange through a private account Global Trading Solution.

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