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The Bitcoin (BTC) price dip seen on Thursday has triggered a cascade of forced liquidation on derivatives exchanges like BitMEX and Bitfninex. U.S. stocks have also taken a beating, with the markets experiencing its worst performance since June.Bitcoin Long Bloodbath as BTC Price Falls to $10,700According to data from the crypto derivatives analytics platform Datamish, about $131 million in Bitcoin Longs on the BitMEX exchange got liquidated, following Bitcoin’s plunge to below $10,500.As...

Bitcoin derivatives exchange surprised its users today by asking them to comply with a mandatory ID verification procedure.The 6-month long process will continue until February 12th, 2021. BitMEX will start this ‘User Verification Programme’ on August 28 at 00:00 UTC.BitMEX Asks Users To ‘KYC’In a blog post published today, the prominent bitcoin and cryptocurrency futures trading platform announced a 6-month long mandatory KYC process. According to BitMEX, this will help the exchange...

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Bitcoin’s price took a turn for the best over the past couple of days as it breached the coveted $10,000 mark in today’s early hours.  Naturally, this brought a lot of excitement in the cryptocurrency community, and a definitive testament of this is the reaction of Arthur Hayes – the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, BitMEX.  “It’s A F***** Bull Market” Arthur Hayes, the CEO at BitMEX, is known for his eccentric behavior and witty comments. More than once has he...

Open interest for Bitcoin Futures on major derivatives crypto exchange BitMEX reached an all-time-high (ATH) as it crossed the $1 billion milestone. The record high happened for the first time since the crypto market crashed back in March 2020.Bitcoin Futures Open Interest on BitMEX at 4-Month HighAccording to data from crypto derivatives market data provider Skew, the open interest on Bitcoin Futures on BitMEX crossed the $1B landmark for the first time since Black Thursday. Across the...

BitMEX’s parent company, HDR Global Trading Limited, has established a new holding company structure – 100x. As BitMEX will fall under the new structure, the organization noted that it would enable the platform more freedom to develop new features and opportunities for clients.A New Structure Above BitMEXHDR Global Trading Limited is the company behind the popular Bitcoin margin trading exchange – BitMEX. HDR announced yesterday the creation of the new holding company structure 100x. This...

HDR Global Trading Limited (HDR), the operator of the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform BitMEX, announced today that financial expert Dr. David Wong has joined the company as a non-executive chairman.Joining HDR will see Dr. Wong working alongside three other board members, including co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes, co-founder Ben Delo, and co-founder and CTO Samuel Reed.30 Years Of Financial ExperiencePer the release shared with CryptoPotato, Wong is a recognized industry leader...

The popular Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX is launching a new program tailored towards its corporate customers. Called BitMEX Corporate, it will provide them with enhanced legal, auditory, and client relationship benefits.BitMEX Flatters Its Corporate CustomersIn the announcement from earlier today, BitMEX describes the corporate accounts on its platform as “the part of our customer base where the account owner is not an individual, but a company or other legal entity.” As such, they...

Arthur Hayes, the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin derivative exchanges, BitMEX, has once again slammed a cryptocurrency for being a “shitcoin.” This time it was Bitcoin Cash (BCH) that’s under his radar.BitMEX Listing BCH/USD Perpetual ContractIn an announcement from June 01st, 2020, BitMEX revealed that it’s going to launch a BCH/USD perpetual swap contract with up to 25x leverage. Today, the contract went live.“This is the fourth quanto contract to be launched on our platform and follows...

Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume reached a new monthly all-time high in May 2020, surpassing the previous record recorded in March, recent research indicates. Volumes on regulated exchanges such as CME soared as well for both futures and options trading. Crypto Derivatives Monthly Volume ATH According to the report by CryptoCompare, the monthly trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives surged by 30% in May. It hit a fresh all-time high of $602 billion, beating the previous record...