When Ben, Sam and I came together in 2014 to launch BitMEX, we endeavoured to create a derivatives trading platform worthy of the future potential of the cryptocurrency capital markets. We set about building a fair, transparent, efficient and highly secure platform. We’ve come a long way since those early days, and are immensely proud...Read More
Since HDR’s inception just over five years ago, the company has grown and developed dramatically, and through the BitMEX platform, we’re well recognised as a fast-growing and pioneering financial technology company. With an eye for the long-term growth, development and success of the company, we are always looking to attract brilliant people to join our...Read More
We are launching a BCHUSD quanto perpetual swap contract with up to 25x leverage on 16 June 2020 at 04:00 UTC. This is the fourth quanto contract to be launched on our platform and follows the successful introduction of the ETHUSD quanto futures contract on 05 May 2020 and the XRPUSD swap contract on 05...Read More
On 5 May 2020 at 02:00:00 UTC, we will reduce the Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our XBT Series and ETH Series products as part of an ongoing trial period – this includes the ETHUSDM20 Quanto Futures contract launching on 5 May 2020 at 04:00 UTC. Base Initial Margin requirements will be unchanged. The current...Read More
We are launching an ETHUSD quanto futures contract with up to 50x leverage on 5 May 2020 at 04:00 UTC. The first contract (ETHUSDM20) will expire in June. This new product will be the only one of its kind available in the market, and represents significant new trading opportunities on BitMEX. ETHUSD quanto futures have...Read More
From 17:00 to 19:30 UTC on 21 April 2020, BitMEX deployed the next-generation version of its Feeds architecture. This system is internally known as the “Publisher”. It is responsible for receiving the firehose of raw data from the trading engine, parsing it from our internal IPC format to JSON, splitting it into subscriptions, and publishing...Read More
We are always looking at ways we can improve communications with our growing user-base, to ensure all users have access to the most up-to-date information and official announcements from BitMEX, as quickly and easily as possible. This is why we are pleased to launch the official BitMEX Telegram channel: https://t.me/BitMEX_Announcements. This English language channel provides...Read More
Today, we are happy to announce a new feature rolling out for BitMEX users: Addresses! As part of an ongoing effort to improve tools and options, we are introducing a feature that enables users to input and save wallet addresses for quick retrieval during withdrawals. Simply head to bitmex.com/app/addresses to enter and save a wallet...Read More
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Radclyffe as Commercial Director of HDR Global Trading Limited, operator of the BitMEX cryptocurrency-products trading platform. This is a significant new role which sees Ben taking responsibility for Financial Products, and Business & Client Development. He will report directly to Arthur Hayes, CEO. The future of...Read More
We’ve had a number of questions from our traders over the past week about the role and performance of the Insurance Fund on 12 and 13 March. In this update, we explain more about how the Fund works, and what it’s used for. We also address questions including how we calculate an appropriate size for...Read More
Last Friday, 13 March, the BitMEX platform was subject to two distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks at 02:16 UTC and 12:56 UTC. These attacks delayed or prevented requests going to and from the BitMEX platform, causing direct disruption to our users. Following these incidents, we have been working around the clock to gather the facts and...Read More
