BREAKING: Bitfinex immediately halting verifications for new US customers, and will discontinue all services to US customers in 90 days.
https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/216
This is really unfortunate. The U.S. government could be doing a much better job at adapting to the changing times. I wonder if the SEC was threatening Bitfinex behind the scenes.
Edit: Bitfinex also halting trading of EOS and Santiment to US customers on August 16. If you are in the US and hold either of those, you should consider selling them immediately or moving them to another exchange.
Any reason to worry that Bittrex or other exchanges might do the same? Are they exempt from stuff like this since they don't offer USD withdrawals? What about Coinbase?