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
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
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
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
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
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
WorldCoin is soon available for trading on BitMEX via a new listing – WLDUSD, with up to 50x leverage, making this new contract one of the highest max position sizes in the industry. WLDUSD will begin trading on BitMEX on 25 July 2023 at 04:00 UTC. What is WorldCoin? The Worldcoin token (WLD) is the...Read More
Detailed in this update, you’ll also find a breakdown of the upcoming operations and changes surrounding BitMEX Hong Kong, and what these will mean for our users. You’ll also find a FAQ at the bottom, created to answer any other questions that might arise. For context, the introduction of BitMEX Hong Kong was prompted by...Read More
The SUI token is the Sui platform’s native asset. Sui is a smart contract platform maintained by a permissionless set of validators which offers scalability and unprecedented low-latency for common use cases, ranging from gaming to retail payment at physical points of sale. Starting today, 3 May 2023, BitMEX traders will be able to long...Read More
PEPE Coin, as the name suggests, is inspired by the popular meme character, Pepe the Frog. It is a deflationary memecoin launched on the Ethereum blockchain. The coin has gained some popularity among meme enthusiasts and has a strong community following. Starting tomorrow, 3 May 2023 at 04:00 UTC, BitMEX traders will be able to long...Read More
On Tuesday, 9 May 2023 at 12:00 UTC, we will delist 4 perpetual swap contracts. Please see the list below. The contracts will be settled early at 12:00 UTC on 9 May 2023 ( “Tsettle”), according to the standard practice described in our Exchange Guide. Contract to be delisted Settlement Price APTUSDT .BAPTT30M CROUSDT .BCROT30M...Read More
This week we have joined Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST), an industry-driven Travel Rule compliance solution for global virtual asset service providers (VASPs). In addition to the existing implementation of VerifyVASP and Notabene’s Sunrise Plan, TRUST is BitMEX’s latest initiative to further expand its Travel Rule capabilities, with the aim to enable compliance globally...Read More
Earlier this week, we enabled our new profit and loss (PnL) realisation feature – allowing cross-margining users to automatically realise their PnL for open positions, with the same margin currency, every 10 minutes. You can read about it here. Based on feedback from you, our traders, we have made additional improvements to the Open Position...Read More
Wednesday 5 April, will mark a milestone for BitMEX, when BMEX Tokens begin trading on Gate.io – the first exchange outside of BitMEX, to list our token. From 05:00 UTC, Gate.io traders will be able to buy and sell BMEX – via a BMEX/USDT spot pair – on their Spot Exchange. BitMEX users will continue...Read More
On 11 April at 04:00 UTC, we will enable our new profit and loss (PnL) realisation feature – allowing our cross-margining users to automatically realise their PnL for open positions, with the same margin currency, every 10 minutes. Put simply, this means cross-margining users will be able to free up capital from their winning positions,...Read More
On Thursday 23 March 2023, our trading engine was suspended from 12:55 UTC to 13:20 UTC, with orders executed in cancel only mode during this time. This suspension was triggered by our audit process detecting a possible inconsistency in the exchange state and halting the exchange as a precautionary measure. At BitMEX our positions and...Read More
In addition to our already live futures contract (ARBUSDTM23), BitMEX users will soon be able to trade ARB with up to 50x leverage via two new listings – ARBUSD and ARBUSDT. If you haven’t yet signed up for a BitMEX account, you can do so here. ARBUSD Quanto Contract Specs As with all quanto contracts,...Read More
This blog presents an overview of our report, entitled ‘Crypto Outlook – Fundamentals vs. Sentiment: Three Scenarios to Watch in 2023’. You’ll find the full report here. In 2022, we noted that change comes quickly in the crypto industry, with this dynamism forcing a constant reassessment of assumptions. Last year proved this, and 2023 –...Read More
Arbitrum, the biggest player in Ethereum’s layer-two scaling landscape, is about to airdrop its new Arbitrum token (ARB). From today at 03:00 UTC, users will be able to gain exposure to the highly anticipated Arbitrum token – via our new USDT-margined ARB linear futures listing.It’s an addition that means users can now long or short...Read More
On Monday 13 March 2023, our trading engine was suspended from 13:58 UTC to 14:18 UTC. This suspension was triggered by a shortfall in on-chain funds of 50,000 USDT, on the Tron network, due to a duplicated customer withdrawal at 13:57 UTC. As communicated during the downtime via our Status page and social media channels,...Read More
A quick note that we now support Dogecoin (DOGE), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC), thereby taking the number of cryptocurrencies users can convert, deposit, and withdraw on BitMEX to over 30. For the 101 on these new listings, and what this means for our users, read on. More coins and tokens – such as...Read More
From 12 March at 04:00 UTC, traders will be able to long or short USDC via our USDTUSDC perpetual swap. This new perpetual listing will give you the opportunity to trade and speculate on the price of USD Coin. Will or won’t the peg hold… The best thing about trading these USDC listings on BitMEX?...Read More
On 14 March 2023 at 04:00 UTC, we will be listing new quarterly futures on BitMEX. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 13 March at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. Please see the table below for the listing and settlement dates of current and upcoming...Read More
On 31 March 2023 at 12:00:05 UTC, we will update our index weights. And 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 31 March 2023 at 12:00:05 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded – and due to Index...Read More
“Equity can be defined as giving everyone what they need to be successful. In other words, it’s not giving everyone the exact same thing. If we give everyone the exact same thing, expecting that will make people equal, it assumes that everyone started out in the same place – and this can be vastly inaccurate...Read More
Get ready, as from 27 February at 04:00 UTC, traders will be able to long or short the GMX token via two new listings – GMXUSD and GMXUSDT. These new perpetual listings will give you the opportunity to trade and speculate on the price of the GMX token – which has seen great volatility recently....Read More
Onramper, a fiat-to-crypto gateway aggregator, is now integrated with BitMEX. It’s an integration that means users now have an even faster, more seamless, and secure way to buy crypto with fiat. By partnering with Onramper, BitMEX now supports the widest possible amount of fiat currencies, payment methods, and cryptocurrencies – all via one single API....Read More
The long-awaited Blur token airdrop has finally begun. And that’s not all. From tomorrow at 04:00 UTC, users will be able to long or short the Blur token with up to 50x leverage via two new listings: BLURUSD and BLURUSDT. The introduction of BLURUSD and BLURUSDT allows users to trade and speculate on the governance...Read More
