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BitMEX Parent Company Collaborates With OKCoin in $150,000 Bitcoin Grant
18.6.2020
BitMEX parent company HDR Global and OKCoin are collaborating on a joint $150,000 grant for an independent Bitcoin developer
Bitcoin Mining Heats Up: High Difficulty Adjustment, Pool Consolidation, Less Concentration in China
18.6.2020
It’s been approximately 37 days since the notorious Bitcoin reward halving that took place on Monday, May 11, 2020. On June 16, the Bitcoin network saw a large upwards difficulty adjustment making it much harder to mine bitcoins and slowing down the issuance rate because block generation...
Bitcoin Whale Population Spikes to 1,882 – Highest Level in Three Years
16.6.2020
The number of so-called whales with 1,000 bitcoin or more in their wallets has climbed to 1,882 from around 1,650 in January. It is the highest the numbers have reached in nearly three years. Whales may be defined as the Bitcoin ( BTC) community’s own version of the ‘deep state’...
BitMEX Report Points to More Consolidation in Bitcoin ASIC Mining
16.6.2020
The Bitcoin mining ASIC manufacturing industry is expected to further consolidate, as is the wider mining farm operating sector
Website Compiles List of KYC-Free Exchanges, Along With Some Warnings
14.6.2020
The website Kycnot.me has compiled a list of cryptocurrency exchanges that do not require identity verification to preserve the independence of crypto
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Is Still Up 30% in 2020 After a Bumpy Week
12.6.2020
The crypto market seems more closely tied to traditional markets now, but is handily beating stocks year-to-date
Watch Q3 and Millennials Before Next Major Bitcoin Move – BitMEX CEO
12.6.2020
As bitcoin (BTC) is continuing to struggle with breaking through the USD 10,000 level, a large move “in either direction” is more likely in the second half of the year, according to Arthur Hayes, CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX. Which way it'll go depends also on millennials' decision...
Building Empires: Biggest Crypto Exchanges Push for Global Presence
12.6.2020
Crypto exchanges such as OKEx, Binance, Huobi, Kraken and Bitmex outline the key challenges they face in pushing to establish global operations
Liquidations May Loom as Altcoin Bulls Hold Despite Shorts Spiking
12.6.2020
Many altcoin bulls are holding longs in spite of yesterday’s sudden down-turn in the Bitcoin markets. However, altcoin shorts are quickly rising too
Data Appear to Contradict Bitfinex’s Dwindling Bitcoin Deposits Narrative
11.6.2020
Bitfinex’s Bitcoin deposits diminished by 135,000 BTC and data appears to contradict the exchange’s rationale for this occurrence
BitMEX Taunts Plaintiff: ‘Incorporated in Seychelles, Come At Me Bro'
10.6.2020
The plaintiff in a lawsuit against BitMEX has asked a court to preserve thousands of email records that could show the exchange was operating illegally in the United States
Data Shows Bitcoin Options Markets Are Maturing Much Faster Than Futures
10.6.2020
Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting...
Users Punish Coinbase for Outage by Withdrawing Record Amount of BTC
9.6.2020
Coinbase experienced its highest single-day net BTC withdrawal in the wake of the outage incident, with even the author of “Black Swan” quitting the exchange
CoinMarketCap Users Are Calling Out the Latest Exchange Rankings
8.6.2020
The community is taking issue with the fact that BitMEX is ranked 175th by CoinMarketCap, but other derivatives platforms are not properly ranked as well
Bitcoin’s Flash Rally to $10,400 was “Fake”, Short the Cryptocurrency, Warns Renowned Trader Bollinger
3.6.2020
Long time trader John Bollinger has warned that bitcoin’s flash rally to over $10,400 on Monday was fake, adding that losses might be on the way. “This is a Head Fake at the upper Bollinger Band for $btcusd,” tweeted Bollinger, inventor of the Bollinger Bands indicator....
Volatility: $230M in BitMEX Liquidations Hit Bulls and Bears Alike
3.6.2020
The extreme volatility of the past 24 hours has seen $230 million in both longs and shorts liquidated on BitMEX
Market Wrap: Traders ‘Whack the Beehive’ as Bitcoin Surges Then Plunges
2.6.2020
Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets
BitMEX Sees Biggest Short Squeeze in 8 Months After Bitcoin Surge
2.6.2020
A big short squeeze has taken bitcoin passed a major psychological hurdle – some think its the start of a breakout
Market Update: Bullish Bitcoin S2F Chart, 6-Digit Prices, Liquidations Prime Crypto Values
1.6.2020
The price of bitcoin and a number of cryptocurrencies have been sliding downward in value during the last 72 hours, after bitcoin touched a high of $9,700 on May 30, 2020. On Monday, June 1, the price is up 0.06% and trading for $9,578 per coin during the morning trading sessions. The market...
BitMex to Launch BCHUSD Quanto Perpetual Swap with Up to 25x Leverage
1.6.2020
Leading crypto trading platform BitMEX announced on Monday that it will launch Quanto perpetual swap for BCHUSD on June 16. Banking on the success it has had with previous quanto contract launches this year, ETHUSD (May 05) and XRPUSD (February 05), BitMex will launch BCHUSD quanto contract with...