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...
When it comes to island-hopping crypto exchanges with relaxed know-your- customer rules, BitMEX could be just the tip of the iceberg.
Quick take: 78,156 traders have been liquidated in the last 24 hours as Bitcoin zoomed past $20k Total liquidations in the same time period have hit $1.1 Billion $956.13 Million are Bitcoin liquidations 90%+ of the liquidations were short positions Bitcoin's $20k price ceiling has broken hard with the King of Crypto continuously setting all-time high values in the last 24 hours. At...
To some who have just skimmed the headlines around the BitMEX exchange, the legal activity and allegations around the firm seem a bit overblown. It seems like just yesterday, people were happily trading on the platform. Then all of a sudden, some of the top players, Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo et. al., are in handcuffs. What happened? An...
The exchange and its co-founders are facing lawsuits in the US for compliance violations.
The exchange is facing a twin lawsuit for compliance violations in the US.
Bitcoin has been on a wild rally today surging nearly 10% in the last 24 hours. Just hours after...
The plaintiffs are now seeking account details of the BitMEX operator.
The dynamic of the cryptocurrency market keeps changing dramatically. Binance Futures is one such name in the industry whose cryptocurrency futures contracts platform from the stables of the innovative Binance crypto exchange, has continued to gain traction since its launch in September last year. Binance Takes Over Recent data showed that the once top crypto The post Binance Overtakes BitMEX As Bitcoin's Most...
Willy Woo, on-chain Bitcoin analyst and writer of “The Bitcoin Forecast,” a market intelligence newsletter, discusses how the Bitcoin markets have been changing amidst what may be a forthcoming ebbing of derivatives exchanges and a revival of the importance of spot exchanges. In this episode, he covers: what the PayPal news means when there are...
The amount of BTC on crypto exchanges has been dropping since March. Why?
Jessie Liu, partner at Skadden and the former US attorney for the District of Columbia, headed up the team that has prosecuted what some believe is the greatest number of cryptocurrency crimes worldwide — Welcome to Video, Dark Scandals, Helix, North Korea, Hamas/Al Qaeda and ISIS. In this episode, she discusses: how she came to create a Threat...
\+ CFTC Chair Gushes About ETH This week, another big institutional player invested an eye-opening sum in Bitcoin, while BTC's overall bullish trend shows no signs of slowing down. CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert praised Ethereum while dancing around whether ETH or the greater DeFi landscape should be labeled securities or commodities. We also have a roundup of the latest...
This article originally appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to your inbox, make sure you subscribe now! BitMEX has been dominating the cryptocurrency news cycle lately, for reasons that it would rather avoid. On October 1, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the exchange with facilitating...
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