After living in Singapore since the charges were announced, Arthur Hayes has surrendered to U.S. authorities in Hawaii before posting a $10 million bail. No Country for Arthur Hayes Arthur Hayes will face trial for violating the Bank Secrecy Act after not taking enough measures to prevent money launder on his exchange BitMEX. Hayes accepted to fly to Hawaii, surrender, and be immediately...
The former CEO of BitMEX has appeared in court in Honolulu and is out on $10 million bond, according to reports.The former chief executive officer of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, Arthur Hayes, has turned himself in. According to a Bloomberg report, although Hayes currently...
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BitMEX cofounder Benjamin Delo has turned himself in following charges that the exchange skirted AML laws.Reports have emerged that one of the cofounders of leading cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX, Benjamin Delo, has surrendered to authorities in the United States. Delo faces charges that he violated the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws during his time at the exchange. Delo, who...
The four founders of well-known U.S. derivatives exchange BitMEX are all wanted for violating US anti-money laundering laws. Now, two of them have surrendered to authorities. Two BitMEX Founders Apprehended Ben Delo had been staying in the UK, his native country, since the charges came up. He...
The terms of the bail allow him to go back to the United Kingdom.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the U.S. is investigating Binance to determine whether the exchange illegally facilitated trading for U.S. residents. Binance Under Investigation Binance isn't registered with the CFTC and is not authorized to allow derivatives trading by U.S. residents. The U.S. regulator views cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum as...
The expansion plans came under the new leadership of Alexander Höptner.
The third co-founder Samuel Reed was arrested earlier and is now out on bail.
Today, 100x Group, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, announced its third grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford, aka Fanquake. This latest donation is for $100,000, bringing 100x Group’s total support of Ford to $250,000 over three years. The grant was made in conjunction with an additional $18,500 being given to Ford by Australian...
As part of its Open-Source Developer Grant Program, BitMEX’s operator has granted $100,000 to Bitcoin Core Maintainer Michael Ford.The cryptocurrency exchange says a ban of users...
BitMEX said this milestone comes after it completed the month-long process of verifying its entire user base.
CryptoNinjas » BitMEX adding six new perpetual contacts: ADA, DOT, EOS, YFI, UNI, and XLM Popular...
In brief: Bitmex will list 6 new perpetual contracts in March of ADA, DOT, EOS, UNI, XLM and YFI The new contracts will be launched in batches with DOT and UNI going live on March 3rd Bitmex has fallen from being the top-ranked derivatives platform since the CFTC pursued charges against its top execs The new perpetual contracts and the Bitmex Mobile Apps,...
Compliance chief Malcolm Wright led the development of BitMEX’s data storage principles for crypto exchanges.
CryptoNinjas » BitMEX launches new Dogecoin perpetual contract BitMEX, the popular cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, today announced the launch of a...
BitMEX was the number one crypto derivatives exchange in the recent past. But now, it has lost first place in the space. Two significant events happened to the business, causing an exodus of traders from the platform. One of them was the massive sell-off in March due to the pandemic crisis.
BitMEX, the popular crypto derivatives exchange, today confirmed that its User Verification Programme has been successfully implemented. The implementation makes BitMEX one of the largest crypto derivatives exchanges with a fully verified active user base. Since December 4th, 2020, BitMEX users have been required to...
Bitcoin exchanges are the single most popular method for acquiring BTC, offering marketplaces where users can transfer fiat or digital currencies for sats. For more information on bitcoin exchanges, visit our guide. But not all exchanges are created equal — some are decentralized, some adhere to strict KYC/AML requirements and some protect...
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