Tagged: bitmex

January 5, 2022 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto derivatives exchange that expects to launch a spot market later this year, says it has added 50,000 new users following the launch of the BMEX token on December 21, 2021. BitMEX is using the airdrop to incentivize new users following a challenging… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto exchange in the derivatives market that is planning to soon add a spot market, has hired a new Chief Commercial Officer – Rupertus Rothenhaeuser. BitMEX has been in a rebuilding mode following the exit of its founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset exchange BitMEX has announced its native token, BMEX. The tokens commence its airdrop on 1 February 2022 with the token becoming tradeable on BitMEX upon the launch of its Spot exchange in early Q2 2022. BitMEX is a crypto derivatives – futures marketplace… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 12:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global crypto trading platform BitMEX. which was hit earlier this year with a $100 milllion penalty pertaining to CFTC action claiming illegal trading, AML violations and other charges, has announced the launch of BitMEX EARN. This interest-bearing product “offers the highest annual percentage rate (APR)… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Last May, Bitmex published a commitment to become a carbon-neutral crypto exchange. As many people know, crypto transactions can utilize a lot of energy due to the need for computing power. At that time, Bitmex said carbon offsetting was its path to mitigating its carbon… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto is “changing,” and BitMEX is “changing with it” according to Alexander Höptner, the CEO at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange. In a blog post dated August 10, 2021, the team at BitMEX revealed that they’ve reached a “resolution” with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced a consent order against BitMEX and its affiliated entities. The order stems from a CFTC action filed on October 1, 2020, against BitMEX and its three individual founders, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed. The CFTC’s… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto exchange known for active trading and derivatives, has noted in a blog post that Chainalsyis has removed it from its “High Risk Assesment” qualification. In the fall of 2020, Chainalsysis labeled Bitmex a High-Risk exchange following the announcement that the US Department… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a major cryptocurrency derivatives exchange whose senior management including its ex- CEO Arthur Hayes are facing criminal charges including large-scale money laundering, notes that they are pleased to announce that their Open Source Developer Grant program will… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of digital currency derivatives exchange BitMEX, is reportedly holding discussions which would involve his surrender to US authorities as early as next month (April 2021). As reported in October of last year, Hayes and several other senior managers at the… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Phil Liu is Chief Legal Officer and co-founder of Arca – a regulatory compliant digital asset investment platform that is building financial products utilizing blockchain. Arca is the first firm to offer a registered fund with shares issued as a digital security. The Fund… Read More

October 16, 2020 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKEx, a top 20 crypto exchange, is under investigation by Chinese authorities according to a report. OKEx provides both spot and crypto derivatives trading. It has been widely reported that the price of Bitcoin tanked as word leaked out and OKEx suspended all withdrawals. The… Read More

October 16, 2020 @ 2:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently spoke to Meltem Demirors, the Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares, a digital asset treasury management firm that manages over $1 billion in assets. Demirors talked about how financial markets reacted after US President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. She also discussed… Read More

October 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the US Department of Justice published a white paper, crafted by the Cyber-Digital Task Force, that outlines its approach to enforcement when it comes to digital assets (or cryptoassets). US Attorney General William Barr issued the following statement on the framework: “Cryptocurrency is… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 6:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Joel Edgerton, COO at bitFlyer, a crypto-asset exchange that’s licensed to operate in Japan, the United States, and Europe, recently shared his views about the court case and charges brought against the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a leading digital asset derivatives exchange. Edgerton also shared… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, BitMEX (Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange), a top crypto/crypto-derivatives exchange that is operated by HDR Global Trading Limited, a Republic of Seychelles incorporated entity, was hit with a civil enforcement action emanating from the Commodity Futures Trading Future Commission (CFTC). Simultaneously, a criminal lawsuit by… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a top cryptocurrency exchange that is big in the crypto derivatives sector, is the target of an enforcement action filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the CFTC, a civil enforcement action has been filed in the U.S. District Court for… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a leading crypto derivatives exchange, has taken a look at the relatively short seven-year history of decentralized exchanges (DEXes) – which includes the first major iteration of the technology, Counterparty. BitMEX noted that it considers these early attempts to have… Read More

September 18, 2020 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The research division at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) confirms that they’ve installed the Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite system, which offers a way to download and verify Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain through satellite, without requiring an Internet connection. The BitMEX team said they were able to set up… Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency spot volumes surged during August 2020, with the top tier exchanges dominating the volatile digital asset markets, according to a report from the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX). The leading digital currency derivatives trading platform noted that in August 2020, the trading volumes on top-tier… Read More