XBTK23 Futures Listing On 26 April 2023 at 04:00 UTC, a new XBT futures contract (Bitcoin underlying and margin) will be listed on BitMEX. The listing will expire on 26 May 2023. The new contract will be visible on the platform from 25 April at 04:00 UTC as ‘Unlisted’, 24 hours before the start of...Read More
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide an even better trading experience for our users, we will be reducing the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements and increasing the available leverage for our BCHUSD, LTCUSD, TRXUSDT, and SOLUSDT quanto swaps. This change will take place on 1 September at 04:00 UTC. The...Read More
As we continue to provide new opportunities for our traders, we will be reducing margin requirements and increasing the available leverage on our BCHUSD, LTCUSD, TRXUSDT, and SOLUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swaps to 50x on 1 September at 04:00 UTC. For the full technical details of this update, read here. Should you have any questions, please...Read More
We will increase the risk step on our XBTUSD Swap, ETHUSD Swap, and ADAU21, EOSU21, TRXU21 and XRPU21 Futures as detailed below, effective 31 August 2021 at 06:00 UTC. The XBTUSD Swap Risk Step will increase from 100 to 150 XBT The ETHUSD Swap Risk Step will increase from 75 to 100 XBT The ADAU21,...Read More
Effective 31 August 2021 at 08:00 UTC, we will remove Binance from our .BXBTEUR index. This follows Binance’s decision to suspend euro bank deposits from one of Europe’s key payments networks, resulting in a price premium on its platform relative to other index constituents. All traders should be aware that at the time of the...Read More
Introducing our newest listing – the AXSUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 20x leverage available, the AXSUSDT Perpetual Swap contract went live at 04:00 UTC on 10 August 2021 and is available to trade on BitMEX now. It’s a great time to be on BitMEX, with excellent platform performance alongside top tier liquidity and...Read More
The listings continue with the introduction of the SUSHIUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 33x leverage available, the SUSHI Perpetual Swap contract went live at 04:00 UTC on 21 July 2021 and is available to trade on BitMEX now. It’s a great time to be on BitMEX, with excellent platform performance alongside top tier...Read More
Our mission is to give our users the most relevant – and innovative – products to trade. And we’re continuing to bring new contracts in the market for users to get exposure to their favourite coins. Now, we’re taking it one step further by listing the BitMEX Basket Indices – covering both the Altcoin (.BALTMEX)...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
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
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
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
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
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
Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting to play catch up with the more mature futures market,”...Read More
Bakkt has launched two new regulated bitcoin derivatives products. Within hours of launch, Bakkt announced that over 1,000 futures contracts had been traded in Asia. The platform now offers four types of regulated bitcoin derivatives products: monthly and daily physically delivered bitcoin futures, cash settled bitcoin futures, and options on monthly bitcoin futures. Also read:...Read More
