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
The Lot Size change for the XBTUSD Swap and XBT Futures we announced last week will be released on Testnet on 31 May 2021 at 04:30 UTC, prior to going into production at 04:30 UTC on 8 June 2021. We ask that traders take the opportunity to adjust their positions, strategies, and systems before and...Read More
Today, we mark the first anniversary of our partnership with the Shadowserver Foundation, the leading non-profit provider of cybersecurity data and services. We are a strong advocate of internet security and we are proud to continue to support Shadowserver in its efforts to stop cybercrime. For 15 years, Shadowserver has protected internet users from malicious activity...Read More
Our mission is to provide markets for the products that command liquidity and matter the most to our users. That’s why we’re listing 10 new products on BitMEX this summer, starting with a community favourite – Solana (SOL). The SOLUSDT Perpetual Swap contract with up to 33x leverage goes live at 04:00 UTC on 1...Read More
Today we are excited to announce the addition of Stacked into the growing BitMEX Partner Programme. Stacked is a smart automated crypto investing platform and portfolio management tool that allows users to instantly access vetted trading strategies and investment portfolios.Stacked tech helps to simplify the automated crypto trading process with a clean user interface and...Read More
It’s our duty to provide markets that command liquidity for our users – and at times, that means we need to allow some contracts to expire and not be renewed. We call this ‘sunsetting’, and in the coming Q3 Futures listing, we will sunset the LINKUSDT Quanto Futures after its regular June expiry at 12:00...Read More
As the perpetual swap turns five, we’re introducing five exciting reward programs for our new and existing users. Over the next 10 days, we’re giving away more than a quarter of a million US dollars to celebrate the fifth anniversary of BitMEX’s invention of the Perpetual Swap. Details below, but here’s the TL;DR version –...Read More
There has been huge scrutiny on cryptocurrencies and energy consumption recently – with wildly divergent views and accuracy of information. We don’t pretend to have the answers but we know that it’s our responsibility to take some positive action. Credit to SBF for doing the maths on this, and we have no shame in copy...Read More
Today, we announced that we are changing the Lot Size, or minimum trading unit, on our popular XBTUSD Swap and XBT futures (XBTM21 and XBTU21) from 1 contract to 100 contracts, effective 04:30 UTC on 8 June 2021. We expect a 10-second pause in trading starting at 04:30 UTC on 8 June 2021 to apply...Read More
We are making it easier and more intuitive to trade on BitMEX by changing the Lot Size, or minimum trading unit, on our popular XBTUSD Swap and XBT futures (XBTM21 and XBTU21) from 1 contract to 100 contracts, effective 04:30 UTC on 8 June 2021. We ask that traders adjust their positions, strategies, and...Read More
We’re not saying that our engineering team relies solely on Crypto Twitter for guidance on prioritising platform development work, but it’s been impossible to ignore the ‘BitMEX Order Submission Error’ meme that has been posted pretty much every time we’ve put our heads above the parapet over the last few years. Being the first to...Read More
Today we are excited to welcome Coinigy into the BitMEX Partners Programme. A veteran of the crypto industry, Coinigy has thrived through several market cycles and remained a true leader in their category. Since 2014, they have operated the ultimate cryptocurrency portfolio management suite which has come to be trusted by hundreds of thousands of...Read More
We’re driven to provide markets for products that command liquidity and matter the most for our users, so, we’re launching the BNBUSDT Perpetual Swap contract with up to 50x leverage at 04:00 UTC on 20 May 2021. The BNBUSDT Swap adds to our ever-growing product offering. Just this year, we’ve added 7 Altcoin Perps, including...Read More
Five years ago, BitMEX introduced the perpetual swap to the world, changing crypto trading forever. Today, we’re celebrating this milestone by updating our margin requirements and increasing available leverage on our ETHUSD Swap to 100x. We’ve always been committed to innovating responsibly, and for us that means putting in robust controls for all our contracts...Read More
On 14 May 2021 at 06:00 UTC, we reduced the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our ETHUSD 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 even...Read More
Today, we’re delighted to announce that Lawrence Linker has been appointed to run the BitMEX Academy. Acting as “Provost”, Lawrence will lead the development of Academy content and convene a team to help deliver it. He was previously Chief of Staff to the BitMEX CEO and, prior to joining us, founded his own Singapore-based MBA...Read More
Our roster of partners is growing fast, and this is one our users will definitely want to take advantage of. Tardis.dev, a provider of the most comprehensive and granular cryptocurrency market data products in the industry, has officially joined the BitMEX Partners Programme. Accurate, complete, historical market data are a trader’s best friend and are...Read More
Never underestimate the power of a great partnership. We’re proud to announce that 3Commas, a leading automated trading platform, has joined the BitMEX Partners Programme. As part of the partnership celebration, the BitMEX and 3Commas teams are excited to unveil exclusive privileges for users. Effective today: Current BitMEX users who create a new 3Commas account...Read More
Today, we’re proud to announce that we are officially launching the BitMEX Partner Programme to more intently focus on expanding the robust network of firms within our ecosystem. Through the programme, we’ll connect our users with trusted tools that will enhance their trading experience while rewarding partners themselves with incentives based on the activity they...Read More
We’re always looking to unlock more value for traders. Today, we’re pleased to announce an increase in the risk limits on our ETHUSD swap – a small but mighty change that will make it even more capital efficient to maintain positions of 50 XBT or more on the product. The increase in the ETHUSD swap...Read More
Maintaining a fair and orderly trading environment for our users is very important to us, and we’re always thinking about how we can improve further. As part of this effort we’ve decided to make two technical but important updates to the Impact Notional and % Fair Basis update methodology, which are two factors related to...Read More
A message from Alexander Höptner, CEO of 100x Group The story of BitMEX closely mirrors the story of crypto itself – the optimistic, visionary beginning, the explosion in popularity, the challenges, and ultimately, transformation as crypto becomes part of the fabric of our daily lives. BitMEX was established in 2014 to bring something from the...Read More
At 04:20 UTC on 20 April 2021, we reduced the threshold used to detect spam orders from 0.01 XBT to 0.0001 XBT. After this change, accounts with too many open orders with a value less than this threshold will be considered a Spam Account. For more information on how such accounts are affected, please see...Read More
UPDATE: At 04:45 UTC on 20 April 2021, Binance was reintroduced to the BitMEX indices. Effective 20 April 2021 at 02:00 UTC, BitMEX will temporarily remove Binance from its indices in response to Binance’s scheduled downtime, which was announced earlier today. Scheduled downtime on Binance is expected to last for 2 hours and will affect...Read More
We’ve been steadily enhancing our compliance programme as the crypto derivatives sector evolves. The latest step comes in the form of a new partnership with Kharon, a research and data analytics company, to strengthen our customer due diligence process and enhance screening for OFAC-sanctioned entities and other related parties. In doing so, we are making...Read More
We’re continuously enhancing our trading engine to maintain the BitMEX platform’s excellent performance. As part of our latest initiative to facilitate a major upgrade to our system architecture, we will temporarily halt trading in our Testnet environment on Thursday, 1 April at 02:15 UTC, and our production (Mainnet) environment on Thursday, 8 April at 02:15...Read More
