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Bitcoin’s Next Decade Will Be Shaped by Derivatives
31.12.2019
The last five years have been a test phase for bitcoin derivatives, which began tentatively when Bitmex eased into life in 2014. Now, as the cryptoconomy prepares to enter a new decade, derivatives products will play a pivotal role in price discovery. 2020 will be a big year for bitcoin and for...
BitMEX Ends Year With Additional 13K BTC in Its Insurance Fund, Up 61%
31.12.2019
BitMEX Insurance Fund now holds nearly 0.2% of all BTC in circulation, but what’s it for?
BitMEX Cryptocurrency Exchange Holds 0.18% of All Bitcoins in Circulation
27.12.2019
The world’s largest crytpocurrency exchange BitMEX now holds 0.18% of all mined bitcoins
BitMEX: Crypto IEO ‘Poor Performance’ Sees Investors Lose up to 98%
23.12.2019
IEO investors face up to potential near total losses, with most crypto tokens hemorrhaging value versus launch price
Ride ‘Em, Cowboy: Bitmain’s Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin
12.12.2019
Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge": doubling down on risk, not offsetting it
Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX Enables Native SegWit Support
12.12.2019
Crypto exchange BitMEX now supports withdrawals to native SegWit (Bech32) addresses
Bitcoin Exchange BitMEX Faces $300M Investor Lawsuit Over Lost Equity
12.12.2019
A BitMEX seed investor has sued the exchange for $300 million over an alleged failed equity payout
BitMEX and Arthur Hayes Now Have USD 300 Million Problem
12.12.2019
Arthur Hayes. Major crypto exchange BitMEX and its co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes just got into another problem.
The company and its CEO are now being sued for USD 300 million by Frank Amato, a former JPMorgan Chase commodity derivatives trader, and RGB Coin Ltd., who claim to have been the first...
Scalability Enhancements Kept Bitcoin Decentralized: BitMex Research
30.11.2019
Bitcoin scalability improvements implemented in its node software over the years have played a key role in maintaining decentralization
This Transparent Trader Among the Best on BitMEX, Handles USD 1B Daily
13.11.2019
Source: iStock/da-kuk
Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm and parent company of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, finds that anonymity can be sacrificed for a marketing opportunity.
The firm decided to have its trading performance posted on BitMEX exchange's leader board under...
BTC Miners: No More Basement Rigs, Greater Profits to Come
7.11.2019
As Bitcoin firms add to their arsenal, it seems there’s no stopping the BTC mining industry. But is it still profitable in 2019?
BitMEX Email Data Leak Fallout Is Serious, Many Users Already Affected
6.11.2019
BitMEX’s recent email leak could have more far-reaching consequences than previously imagined
BitMEX Says Quality Check ‘Failure’ Led to Email Privacy Breach
4.11.2019
The crypto-derivatives exchange says poor internal checks caused most of the exchange's clients to be exposed to privacy risks
Malicious Groups Collated Leaked Crypto Trader Data - BitMEX
4.11.2019
After major cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX accidentally leaked users' emails last week, they've noticed unidentified groups who tried collecting users' email addresses with the intent to compromise them.
"As it became clear that several groups were working to collate BitMEX email addresses...
BitMEX on User Info Leak: No Data Was Disclosed Beyond Emails
4.11.2019
BitMEX reassures that no other data except emails has been disclosed in a mass email leak on Nov. 1
BitMEX Chaos, Cold Wallet Calamity, Germany Hates Crypto: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 28–Nov. 3
3.11.2019
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, BitMEX has a week to forget after two blunders, an exchange has lost the password to a cold wallet, and Germany really doesn’t like crypto
Lawyer Asks Whether KYC Is Worth Exposing Users to Hacking and ID Theft
2.11.2019
Lawyer Jake Chervinsky asks the public if identity verification is worth exposing the public to data leaks
Hackers Take Over BitMEX Twitter, but Customer Funds Reportedly Safe
1.11.2019
Email leak: BitMEX says customer funds safe, as trolls take over company Twitter
Crypto Traders Rush to Revamp Their Security After Bitmex Dox
1.11.2019
The world’s largest crypto derivatives exchange Bitmex has accidentally doxed tens of thousands of its users. An email newsletter concerning forthcoming updates to Bitmex indices CC’d a large proportion of the company’s mailing list, exposing the addresses of its users to...
BitMEX Exchange Exposes User Base In Email Mishap
1.11.2019
A general email update exposed addresses of possibly up to 22,000 users Friday morning