No, Bitfinex Hasn’t Actually Been Caught Astroturfing (Yet)
Bitfinex Bounty Program
From the conversation, it appears the bounty hunting group is based in India and the astroturfing campaign is coordinated in Lisbon time — quite odd given the fact that Bitfinex is headquartered in Hong Kong.
Even under the assumption that Bitfinex outsourced the task to some offshore bounty hunting group, there are still doubts about the authenticity of the images themselves.
The cryptocurrency space is no stranger to doctored images published to push a certain narrative for or against a certain company or individual. But despite these doubts, a large number of crypto users appear to be buying into the image, mostly owing to the negative news associated with Bitfinex as of late.