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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
BREAKING: BitMEX May Have Just Leaked All of Their Users’ Emails
1.11.2019
Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX has compromised users’ privacy and security by forgetting to use blind copy (b/cc) on a mass email
BitMEX Updates BTC Price Indices to Remove ‘Insufficient Trade Volume’
1.11.2019
BitMEX plans to significantly adjust the weights of the indices used for its crypto derivatives contracts
CME Head Tim McCourt Explains How Bitcoin Options Work
30.10.2019
Today the CME released the specs for its upcoming Bitcoin options trading product, which begs the question: How does options trading work?
Bakkt Announces Bitcoin Options After Record-Breaking Futures Volumes
24.10.2019
On October 23, Bakkt’s physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts touched an all-time high with 640 BTC ($4.8 million) swapped on the exchange. Coincidentally, the futures action started after BTC prices plummeted to $7,365 across global exchanges. After the record-setting day, Bakkt...
BTC and Quantitative Easing: What’s the Correlation to Crypto?
26.9.2019
Unconventional monetary policy is rife within the U.S. right now, and a step toward quantitative easing seems inevitable; BitMEX CEO Aurther Hayes believes this will send Bitcoin sky high, but will it?
Appetite for Bitcoin Futures Is Growing
25.9.2019
After all the fanfare, fevered anticipation, and breathless media coverage, Bakkt’s launch of bitcoin futures on Monday was a damp squib. Despite the rollout of physically delivered BTC futures going without a hitch, volumes were low, while the less said about bitcoin’s price in...
BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Says Traders Could Lose Weekends, Lunch Breaks
20.9.2019
According to BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, digital finance will change the order of the financial industry as trading happens 24/7
'Get Ready for Bitcoin $20K,’ Says BitMEX CEO as Fed Panic-Prints $53B
18.9.2019
Bitcoin price heading to $20k on fiat weakness, says BitMEX CEO
BitMEX Operator HDR Global Hires Former BNP Paribas Exec
11.9.2019
BitMEX parent firm HDR Global hires former BNP Paribas’ General Counsel Derek Gobel as the group’s new general counsel
Report: BitMEX Crypto Exchange COO Steps Down
9.9.2019
The COO of major cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has resigned, sources say
BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Accuses Binance of Plagiarism; CZ Apologizes
4.9.2019
BitMEX blames Binance for forging their documents, a while ago through a tweet that came out as appalling for the later. In the tweet, they congratulated Binance for their Testnet futures and spoke that they’re happy to see the enthusiasm that their documents brought to their executives. Here’s...
BitMEX ‘Congratulates’ Binance on Plagiarizing Its Futures Platform Doc
4.9.2019
“Shame on us,” the Binance CEO responded, promising to fix the documentation text immediately
Crypto Advertisement Still Unwelcome, How Is the Industry Coping?
28.8.2019
Why Google, Facebook and Twitter hold on to bans on crypto advertising, but the severity of it could be changing now
The Changing Face of Cryptocurrency Trading in 2019
27.8.2019
The cryptocurrency exchange landscape has evolved significantly in 2019. The number, quality and diversity of exchanges has multiplied, giving traders an unprecedented number of venues to choose from. This smorgasbord of options risks leaving traders overwhelmed, however, as exchanges jockey...
Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX Futures Market
26.8.2019
CoinFlex closed a $10 million funding round backed by Polychain Capital and Bitcoin.com chairman Roger Ver, among others