EOS Tokens Bitfinex Support Reply (US Customers READ THIS)!

I owned 776 EOS pre-ICO tokens until this morning.

They were bought very early on when they were first offered for sale. My account at Bitfinex was opened specifically to purchase them. A few weeks ago however, due to US government pressure, the exchange was forced to no longer support US customers. I was not sure what would happen to people like me who already owned the tokens on the exchange however.

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Therefore, I emailed the support team. Here's their reply that I just received today:

Thank you for contacting us and apologies for not following up sooner - the sudden increase in new users and inquiries has kept us very busy.

Unfortunately all US residents will be unable to use our services at all. So please make sure to move out all of your funds before the deadline. USD withdrawal is not available for the time being. You can move out your funds in a way that you see fit.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,

Ziyue
Bitfinex.com
support@bitfinex.com

Based on his reply, I highly recommend people who were in my situation to sell their EOS pre-ICO tokens. Edit: You don't have to sell them. Just move your tokens off Bitfinex.

There are ways around this of course by using a VPN and opening another account with them. I'm not willing to risk it at this point though. I know a lot of people are in the same situation as I was, and I do not want them to lose money. This issue had been brought up in Discord and on Steemit.chat in the past, but no one had a clear answer.

Now we have the clear answer straight from the exchange's support!

Just in case you did not see the original announcement by the exchange, I'll include the primary message content here:

Furthermore, over the next 90 days, we will be discontinuing services to our existing U.S. individual customers. We will be communicating further with affected users on timing and specifics. Our intention is to reduce disruption as much as possible for our U.S. customers.

The August 16th deadline has already passed, but I was still allowed to convert my EOS to BTC today to gain more Steem Power.

It is possible that I could have left my EOS tokens there. With the above support reply along with the original announcement, I was not comfortable leaving an account open with the exchange. Perhaps I'll buy some EOS in another way soon. For now though I am happy to have 629 more Steem Power!