Chapter 17 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
(Any views expressed in the 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.) The height of the northern hemispheric summer is here, and it’s vaxx-enabled party time. Don’t expect much in the...Read More
As we continue to enhance the BitMEX platform for our users, we will be facilitating a major upgrade to our operating system that will temporarily halt trading in our Testnet environment on Thursday, 15 July at 02:15 UTC, and our production (Mainnet) environment on Thursday, 29 July at 02:15 UTC. From this time in each...Read More
Another week, another listing on BitMEX. This time, we’re introducing the AAVEUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 33x leverage available, the AAVEUSDT Perpetual Swap contract will go live at 04:00 UTC on 14 July 2021. The contract is already available to trade on Testnet now. It’s a great time to be on BitMEX, with...Read More
Brian Rankin has been promoted to the role of Chief Information Security Officer as we make good on our commitment to protect customers and stakeholders. In his new role, Brian will continue to build a world class team that can protect our information assets from the growing threat from a range of malicious actors. “The...Read More
It’s fair to say that our decision to implement comprehensive know-your-customer (KYC) last year was one of the most consequential decisions in our company’s history. Six months on, with the benefit of hindsight, we also think it was one of the best decisions for our long-term future. Here’s why. To put things in perspective, let’s...Read More
Chapter 16 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
We are thrilled to once again expand our BitMEX Partner Programme ecosystem with the official addition of HASH CIB into our community. HASH CIB was established in 2017 and is currently one of the largest and most impactful crypto investment firms in the industry. The company focuses primarily on asset management and venture capital. Specializing...Read More
MATIC, the native token of Polygon and a trader favourite, is coming to BitMEX in the form of a MATIC USDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 20x leverage available, the MATICUSDT Perpetual Swap contract will go live at 04:00 UTC on 7 July 2021. The contract is already available to trade on Testnet now....Read More
Chapter 15 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
Following its successful launch in February, we will be reducing margin requirements and increasing available leverage on our DOGEUSDT quanto perpetual swap to 50x at 0600 UTC tomorrow, 29 June 2021. We’ve always been committed to innovating responsibly, and for us that means putting in robust controls for all our contracts so that traders can...Read More
On 29 June 2021 at 06:00 UTC, we will reduce the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our DOGEUSDT quanto swap. The current Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our products can be found here. These changes are a part of our ongoing efforts to bring our users an...Read More
(Any views expressed in the 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.) One fine chill day in my senior year of university, one of my besties frantically called me in hopes...Read More
BitMEX’s Summer of Listings is far from over with the introduction of the VETUSDT Quanto Perpetual Contract. VETUSDT comes hot on the heels of the recently listed SOLUSDT Perpetual Swap, FILUSDT Perpetual Swap, and the introduction of the XBTEUR Perpetual Swap and Futures contracts. With up to 20x leverage available, the VETUSDT Perpetual Swap contract...Read More
Chapter 14 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
We’re delighted to welcome another senior new hire, this time in the form of Marc Robinson who joins us as Head of Custody. Following in the wake of a series of new hires, Marc’s appointment is an important step in delivering our ‘beyond derivatives’ expansion strategy. Marc joins BitMEX with more than 20 years experience,...Read More
Our partnership ecosystem continues to grow with our newest addition. Today we are pleased to welcome hamster-bot to the BitMEX Partner Programme. A well-known trading bot, hamster-bot is run by an experienced team of professional researchers, mathematicians, programmers and traders, and has a rich history of uninterrupted use by BitMEX users since 2018. The platform,...Read More
Chapter 13 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
(Any views expressed in the 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.) The majority of my essays in 2021 have focused on the fundamental building blocks of my bullish opinion on...Read More
Another week, another partner to add to our robust and burgeoning BitMEX ecosystem. Today we are excited to welcome Wunderbit Trading to our Partner Programme. Regulated and licensed in Estonia, the Wunderbit platform not only allows its users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies in a simple, safe, and secure way, but they also provide tools...Read More
Chapter 12 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of information security for a platform like BitMEX. Traders trust us because of our track record on security – we have never lost a single Satoshi through intrusion or hacking. But security is never a static process and in order to continue to set the bar as high as...Read More
One Dogecoin protagonist / EV car innovator / space enthusiast recently laid down the gauntlet in saying he plans to send Doge to the Moon. We’ve nothing against Dog Money, we felt it was only right to help bitcoin get there first. We’re immensely proud to be supporting leading space robotics company Astrobotic Technology, Inc....Read More
On 16 June 2021 at 08:00 UTC, we will list new quarterly Futures on BitMEX. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 15 June at 08:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. As previously announced, we will not be listing a new LINKUSDT Quanto Futures contract upon its...Read More
On 25 June 2021 12:00:05 UTC BitMEX will update its index weights. From today, the hypothetical values of the indices with the new weights will be published as the “NEXT” index family (Eg .BXBT_NEXT). As of 25 June 2021 at 12:00:05 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded due to Index Protection Rules, BitMEX...Read More
We’re now well into our Summer of Listings with two new contracts (SOLUSDT and FILUSDT) already announced over the last two weeks. We’re delighted to be bringing something special to BitMEX by listing two new products not currently available on any other major platform: XBTEUR Perpetual Swap and Futures Contracts. From 16 June 2021, BitMEX...Read More
Today we are excited to announce the growth of our ecosystem through our collaboration with Napoleon Group. Napoleon Group has been a pioneer in crypto investments since 2017, and combines quantitative asset management and blockchain expertise to offer new and innovative ways to invest in digital assets, while complying with the highest regulatory standards to...Read More
With the recent launch of the SOLUSDT Perpetual Swap, the BitMEX Summer of Listings continues with the addition of Filecoin (FIL). The FILUSDT Perpetual Swap contract with up to 33x leverage goes live at 04:00 UTC on 9 June 2021 and is visible on Testnet now. We are unveiling a total of 10 new products...Read More
100x Group is the holding structure behind BitMEX, one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms in the world. The story of BitMEX is the story of crypto itself – the optimistic, visionary beginning, the explosion in popularity, the challenges, and ultimately, evolution as crypto is increasingly adopted by institutions and individuals alike. We’re seeking the...Read More
Chapter 11 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. The Blocksize...Read More
