As of 24 April 2024, a new Pre-Launch futures contract for Renzo (REZ) is available to trade on BitMEX. REZUSDTK24 started trading here at 06:00 UTC. The new listing is margined in Tether (USDT) and offers up to 2x leverage – allowing users to long or short REZ before it’s listed on spot exchanges. For...Read More
(Any views expressed below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) WE INTERRUPT REGULAR BULL MARKET PROGRAMMING FOR THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE: You’re fucking up! How, you ask? Some of you think you...Read More
Crypto markets don’t wait. A matter of milliseconds can determine whether you make money or lose it – and here at BitMEX, we want you to profit. Which is why customisable Hotkeys are now live on BitMEX, for you to place orders, cancel resting orders, and more with just one click. Plus: Want to scalp...Read More
Tomorrow, a new perpetual contract listing – TONUSD – featuring Toncoin – will be available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 20x leverage. Trading for TONUSD will start at 04:00 UTC on 23 April 2024. You will be able to trade the new contract here. For the lowdown on the latest listings, read on....Read More
A new perpetual contract listing – MERLUSD – featuring Merlin Chain – is now available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading for MERLUSD will started here at 12:00 UTC on 19 April 2024. For the lowdown on the latest listings, read on. If you haven’t signed up for a BitMEX account...Read More
Go big or go home. This year marks 8 years since BitMEX earned its name as the inventor of the 100x leverage perpetual swap. So we’re upping our leverage game – and considerably so. Why are we doing such a thing? Our 100x leverage was created to give every trader, regardless of their available capital,...Read More
A new perpetual contract – XAUtUSD – featuring XAUt (Tether Gold), will be available to trade on BitMEX tomorrow, with up to 25x leverage. Trading for XAUtUSD will start at 04:00 UTC on 18 April 2024. You will be able to trade the new contract here. For the lowdown on the latest listings, read on....Read More
Two new perpetual contract listings – SAGAUSDT and TNSRUSDT – are now available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading for both contracts started at 12:00 UTC on 10 April 2024. Trade SAGAUSDT here or view the contract specs here. Trade TNSRUSDT here or view the contract specs here. For the lowdown...Read More
(Any views expressed below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Ping…Ping…Ping… That is the sound of my phone alerting me to overnight snowfall at the various Hokkaido ski resorts I monitor....Read More
We will list a new pre-IEO futures contract for SAGA on BitMEX. SAGAUSDTJ24 will be margined in Tether (USDT) and offers up to 2x leverage so you can long or short SAGA before it’s listing on spot exchanges. Trading for SAGAUSDTJ24 is expected to commence at 12:00 UTC on 5 April 2024. For details on...Read More
A new listing – MEWUSDT – featuring MEW, the cat in a dog’s world token will be available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading is expected to commence at 04:00 UTC on 4 Apr 2024. For the lowdown on the latest listing, read on. If you haven’t signed up for a...Read More
Note: Anything expressed below is not considered financial advice – they are only suggestions for users to learn more about trading strategies. Users are always encouraged to do as much research as possible before executing any trades. The content below is not intended to express any guaranteed return, and BitMEX does not take responsibility should...Read More
WUSDT – featuring W, the Wormhole token is now available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading started on 3 April 2024 shortly after 13:00 UTC. For the lowdown on the latest listing, read on. You can trade the WUSDT futures contract here, or refer to the full contract specs here. If...Read More
Abstract: We take a look back to 8th September 2014, the day Satoshi’s GMX email account was hacked. We talk about how the hack may have been conducted and what the hacker or hackers may have seen. We also disclose some emails between the hacker and Gregory Maxwell, for the first time. On 9th September...Read More
A new listing – ENAUSDT – featuring ENA, the governance token of Ethena will soon be available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading is expected to commence on 2 April 2024 shortly after 12:00 UTC, once spot markets have opened. Read on for the lowdown on the latest listing. If you...Read More
On 19 March 2024, we announced that we are upgrading our trading technology and noted important changes to our API and Cross Margining system. As mentioned, we have started gradually moving all trading accounts to the new system. We expect this process to take approximately 3 weeks and will announce once the migration is completed. ...Read More
Crypto options are a great way to unlock alternative trading strategies, maximise profits in uncertain market conditions, and be used to manage risk. If you’re looking to learn the basics of trading crypto options including what they are, the different types, and how they work, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s dive in. What...Read More
The first part of this series covered how trading crypto Options can be a way to hedge your perpetual contract position. The second part of the series then moved onto a strategy diving deeper into using crypto options to generate yield with cash and carry trades. This time around, we share another crypto options strategy...Read More
On 29 March 2024 at 04:00:00 UTC, we will update our index weights at BitMEX. From today, the hypothetical values of indices with their new weights will be published as the “NEXT” index family (e.g. .BXBT_NEXT). As of 29 March 2024 at 04:00:00 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded – and due to...Read More
On 30 April 2024, we are restricting access to users who are residents of Hong Kong S.A.R. – Hong Kong residents seeking to register on BitMEX HK will not be permitted to register or trade. Hong Kong residents will continue to be unable to register or trade on BitMEX’s global platform. In addition, we would...Read More
ENA, the upcoming governance token of Ethena, is listing on BitMEX via a new Pre-Launch futures listing – ENAUSDTJ24. ENAUSDTJ24 is Tether-margined and offers up to 2x leverage. Trading is expected to start on 21 March 2024 at 09:00 UTC. For a deeper look at our new Ethena listing, read on.If you haven’t signed up...Read More
A new listing – SLERFUSDT – featuring SLERF, a sloth-themed memecoin on Solana, is now live on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading started here on 19 March at 04:00 UTC. For the lowdown on the latest listing, read on. If you haven’t signed up for a BitMEX account yet, we’re currently offering up...Read More
We are upgrading our trading technology to improve the speed and stability of our exchange. As an initial step, we have already started moving pilot users’ accounts to the upgraded system. BitMEX will gradually move all users’ trading accounts to the new system from 25 March 2024 onwards. We expect this process to take approximately...Read More
As of 20 March at 04:00 UTC, XRP (Ripple) and ATOM (Cosmos) are live on BitMEX spot, allowing users to deposit, convert, and trade the tokens on BitMEX. Trading for XRP went live here and trading for ATOM went live here. To know more about the new listings and what it means for our users,...Read More
On 19 March 2024 at 04:00 UTC, we have updated the Base Maintenance Margin requirements for all XBT Inverse Futures contracts on our platform. These changes will apply to new positions, new orders, and any leverage or Risk Limit changes, applied to existing positions or existing orders. The current Margin requirements for our products can...Read More
In October 2023, we announced a significant improvement in our wallet infrastructure, introducing newly issued wallet addresses for all users. As a result, the size of all transactions on BitMEX was reduced substantially, improving the use of block space for all users of Bitcoin. The impact? We now offer BitMEX users significantly lower Bitcoin network...Read More
A new listing – BOMEUSDT – featuring BOME, the next trending Solana memecoin, is now available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage. Trading for BOMEUSDT started here on 18 March at 04:00 UTC. For the lowdown on the latest listing, read on. If you haven’t signed up for a BitMEX account yet,...Read More
One of the simplest and most profitable crypto arbitrage strategies is to earn the basis between spot and futures contracts – also known as basis trading. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to basis trade with crypto futures and spot, using Bitcoin and BitMEX futures contracts. Back to Basics Before diving into the basics...Read More
ETHFI, the native token of ether.fi, a liquid restaking protocol, is now available to trade on BitMEX via a new Pre-Launch futures listing – ETHFIUSDTH24. Ether.fi is a Binance Launchpool project and is expected to begin trading on 18 March 2024. ETHFIUSDTH24 is Tether-margined and offers up to 2x leverage – marking the first-ever Pre-Launch...Read More
A new listing – AEVOUSDT – featuring AEVO, a decentralized derivatives exchange, and Binance Launchpool project, will be available to trade on BitMEX, with up to 10x leverage tomorrow. Trading is expected to commence shortly after 12:00 UTC once spot markets have opened on 13 March 2024. For the lowdown on the latest listing, read...Read More
