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BitMEX Collaborates With Human Rights Foundation

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Jun 3, 2021
2 min

BitMEX Collaborates With Human Rights Foundation

BitMEX, the cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform, has collaborated with a non-profit Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to provide a $150,000 grant to Korean-based Bitcoin scaling researcher Calvin Kim. It has been reported that the grant provides a second instance of support in which BitMEX has backed Kim’s research, with the exchange donating $30,000 to Kim in August 2020. However, for his current research, Kim plans to implement Utreexo into Bitcoin deploymen

BitMEX To Address Growing Carbon Footprint Of PoW Currencies

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May 24, 2021
1 min

BitMEX To Address Growing Carbon Footprint Of PoW Currencies

BitMEX, the crypto derivatives trading platform, has said that it will address the growing carbon footprint of Proof-of-Work (PoW) currencies like Bitcoin (BTC). It has been reported that the exchange said that while there are ostensibly “wildly divergent views and accuracy of information” regarding the climate risks posed by some cryptocurrencies, BitMEX feels it has a “responsibility to take positive action.” BitMex, the derivatives trading platform, has responded to allega

BitMEX Owner Pleads Not Guilty on Money Laundering Charges

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Mar 17, 2021
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BitMEX Owner Pleads Not Guilty on Money Laundering Charges

BitMEX Co-Owner pleaded not guilty after surrendering himself to U.S. authorities in New York on charges of violation of banking laws, failure to establish an anti-money laundering program, negligence in fulfilling the requirements to register to a Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Benjamin Delo along with fellow BitMEX executives Arthur Hayes, Samuel Reed, and BitMEX’s first employee, Greg Dwyer have been charged. BitMEX was co-founded by Delo with Arthur Hayes and Samue

BitMEX Research Identifies Suspected Double-Spend Transaction At 0.00062063 BTC

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Jan 22, 2021
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BitMEX Research Identifies Suspected Double-Spend Transaction At 0.00062063 BTC

BitMEX Research has identified a suspected double-spend transaction valued at 0.00062063 BTC or around $21 and it doesn’t appear to be an instance of that popular replace-by-fee wallet hacks. It has been reported that BitMEX’s ForkMonitor noted that “multiple blocks were produced at height 666833.” For anyone interested, here are the details we have for the transactions in question. Winning transaction (In block 666833):https://t.co/LCHaR2P2vF Losing conflicting transaction

BitMEX Operator Hires Malcolm Wright As Its Chief Compliance Officer

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Oct 13, 2020
2 min

BitMEX Operator Hires Malcolm Wright As Its Chief Compliance Officer

The operator of BitMEX, 100x Group, has hired a seasoned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) specialist, Malcolm Wright, as its Chief Compliance Officer. On October 12, it has been reported in an announcement that the 100x emphasized Wright’s profile as the current chairman of the Advisory Council and AML Working Group at Global Digital Finance, and as a speaker covering key topics that include the Financial Action Task Force’s Recommendations for Virtual Asset Service Providers. How

BitMEX To Launch User Verification Program To Create A More Trusted And Secure Trading Environment

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Aug 14, 2020
2 min

BitMEX To Launch User Verification Program To Create A More Trusted And Secure Trading Environment

BitMEX, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has planned to launch a user verification program to create a more trusted and secure trading environment, requiring all customers to complete ID checks within the next six months. It has been reported that they are offering a trading competition that’s only available to verified customers but as a sweetener. However, while BitMEX was founded in 2014 and has grown to become one of the largest derivatives exchanges in the world,

BitMEX Launching New Program For Its Corporate Clients

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Jun 29, 2020
2 min

BitMEX Launching New Program For Its Corporate Clients

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX is launching a new program with benefits for its corporate clients including enhanced security service, and accounting. On June 22 BitMex made an announcement that the exchange is launching a new program for corporate customers, BitMEX Corporate. Did you know that BitMEX offers exclusive benefits and features for corporate accounts, including access to dedicated relationship managers? Click here for more information on BitMEX Corpo

BitMEX Parent Company Accepting Applications For Open Source Developer Grants

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May 23, 2020
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BitMEX Parent Company Accepting Applications For Open Source Developer Grants

BTC Derives Exchange BitMEX’s parent company, HDR Global Trading Limited has started accepting grant applications from open source developers. The initiative follows $650,000 in developer grants that BitMEX has issued to Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The open-source development grants is open to applications from developers contributing to: Bitcoin Java NodeJS Kubernetes The application form indicates that HDR is open to

Bitcoin Price Falls 14% From Around $9,450 To $8,101 In Less Than 15 Minutes

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May 11, 2020
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Bitcoin Price Falls 14% From Around $9,450 To $8,101 In Less Than 15 Minutes

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) falls 14% from around $9,450 to $8,101 in less than 15 minutes due to a sudden crash on May 10 (yesterday), as this appears to have shaken out over-excited margin traders, who wanted near $10,000 on heavy margin. It has been reported that according to Cryptometer, the market data aggregator, over $295 million worth liquidations occurred on BitMEX alone, 98% of which were long positions. However, by contrast, liquidated shorts totaled $5.7 million. I

BitMEX CEO Expects Paul Tudor Jones To Bring More Investors To The Crypto Market By Investing In Bit

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May 10, 2020
2 min

BitMEX CEO Expects Paul Tudor Jones To Bring More Investors To The Crypto Market By Investing In Bit

Arthur Hayes, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, expects that Paul Tudor Jones, a legendary hedge fund investor, will bring more big investors to the crypto market by investing in Bitcoin, as Jones activated massive excitement in crypto markets on May 8 (yesterday) by revealing that Bitcoin is part of his portfolio. It has been reported that Hayes says that Jones has just removed career risk from investing in cryptos like Bitcoin. On May 7, he tweeted: “Expect a lot o

BitMEX Launches A New Ether-Based Futures Contract On Its Trading Platform

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Apr 25, 2020
2 min

BitMEX Launches A New Ether-Based Futures Contract On Its Trading Platform

BitMEX, the cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a new Ether-based futures contract on its trading platform. BitMEX to Launch Bitcoin-Settled Futures Tracking Ether Price Against Dollar #ethereum #crypto https://t.co/CGWm5ZcpMY — Ethereum Insider (@InsiderEthereum) April 24, 2020 On April 24, it has been reported in an announcement that the new derivative contract will feature a fixed Bitcoin multiplier, which will be unaffected by the Ether price in US dollars. However, Bi

BitMEX Joins Philanthropic Efforts With Dedicated $2.5M Fund To Fight COVID-19

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Apr 20, 2020
1 min

BitMEX Joins Philanthropic Efforts With Dedicated $2.5M Fund To Fight COVID-19

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX joins philanthropic efforts to fight the COVID-19 global health crisis. On April 20, the exchange’s operator, HDR Global Trading, launched a dedicated COVID-19 Response Fund and announced its contribution of a total $2.5 million in grants to four recipients: Gates Philanthropy Partners Nuclear Threat Initiative (Biosecurity Program) OpenMined Our World in Data As part of our commitment to grantmaking and to support the global effort to respo

OKEx Becomes Top Bitcoin Futures Trading Platform

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Mar 14, 2020
2 min

OKEx Becomes Top Bitcoin Futures Trading Platform

OKEx, the cryptocurrency exchange, became the top Bitcoin futures trading platform, and also just recently overtook competitor BitMEX, as the exchange completed short maintenance on March 12 at a time of great volatility in the cryptocurrency market. OKEx becomes the top crypto exchange for Bitcoin futures trading following maintenance https://t.co/wX6pQHlHni — cryptotothemoon (@cryptotothemoo1) March 14, 2020 It has been reported that OKEx announced that the platform would

UK Financial Watchdog Retracts Official Warning About Kraken After Confusing The Exchange With Onlin

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Mar 6, 2020
2 min

UK Financial Watchdog Retracts Official Warning About Kraken After Confusing The Exchange With Onlin

A UK financial watchdog hastily retracted an official warning about Kraken after apparently confusing the exchange with online scammers, but a similar warning about BitMEX remains active. UK Financial Watchdog Retracts Kraken Warning, but BitMEX Caution Stays Up https://t.co/miXPBzAp7s pic.twitter.com/epUJ78HhK0 — cryptopapa (@realcryptopapa) March 5, 2020 On March 3, it has been reported by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who published a notice on its

Researchers Suggest Privacy And Scalability Of Lightning Network Lower Than Expected

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Jan 13, 2020
2 min

Researchers Suggest Privacy And Scalability Of Lightning Network Lower Than Expected

Researchers from BitMEX, the cryptocurrency exchange, have suggested that the privacy and scalability benefits of Bitcoin’s (BTC) implementation of the Lightning Network are less than expected. Privacy and Scalability of Lightning Network Lower Than Expected #Bitcoin #Research https://t.co/ZpsRzCNt6a — CRYPTOGARTEN (@cryptogarten) January 13, 2020 On January 11, it has been reported by BitMEX that the researchers’ efforts to determine the growth of the Lightning Network by t

BitMEX Holds 0.18% Of All Bitcoins In Circulation

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Dec 29, 2019
2 min

BitMEX Holds 0.18% Of All Bitcoins In Circulation

BitMEX, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, now holds 0.18% of all Bitcoins (BTC) in circulation, by daily trading volume to date. CoinTelegraph: "BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange now holds 0.18% of all mined Bitcoins https://t.co/eIHGj6lDrw" #news $news #crypto $crypto #cryptonews #cryptocurrency #cryptocurrencynews — Crypto Business (@cryptobusiness1) December 28, 2019 On December 26, it has been reported that James Lopp, the CTO of Casa, the New York-based crypto c

Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Completed As First Block Detected Invalid

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Nov 17, 2019
1 min

Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Completed As First Block Detected Invalid

The planned hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash network has been completed. On Nov. 15 BitMEX Research highlighted in a tweet that the first block considered invalid by the older client version: ForkMonitor has detected an invalid block on Bitcoin Cash & the hardfork as occurred. Old versions of Bitcoin ABC, including 0.19.0, will either remain stuck or follow a different chainhttps://t.co/U9hbK4peip pic.twitter.com/2R10OexZZD — BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) November 15, 2019

BitMEX May Have Leaked All of Their Users’ Emails

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Nov 2, 2019
2 min

BitMEX May Have Leaked All of Their Users’ Emails

BitMEX, the crypto derivatives exchange, has accidentally leaked user emails by forgetting to use blind copy (bcc) on a mass email. The incident was acknowledged by BitMEX in an official statement published on November 1. The editorial team of the Cointelegraph in Japan has independently revealed that a staff member was the recipient of the BitMEX newsletter in question. On November 1, Jake Chervinsky, the crypto-focused Lawyer, has posted in a tweet that BitMEX’s accidental

Crypto Ranking Website CoinGecko Launches Derivatives Section

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Oct 30, 2019
2 min

Crypto Ranking Website CoinGecko Launches Derivatives Section

CoinGecko has announced that it is launching its own cryptocurrency derivatives section. The derivatives section will offer additional statistics so users can track more than 100 derivatives products that are offered by over 20 derivatives exchanges. CoinGecko’s offering is the first of its kind According to CoinGecko, this offering is the first to provide “free, unimpeded access to vital aggregated crypto derivatives data”, such as price, interest, funding rates, trading vol

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