(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.) As winter in the Northern Hemisphere draws to a close, I must depart my winter wonderland of deep fluffy...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
Chapter 16 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...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.) World War 3 has already begun, whether the mainstream media and political elite wish to acknowledge it or not...Read More
Chapter 15 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...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
Chapter 14 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...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
Chapter 13 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
Our new quarterly ETH Yield Swap contract – ETHYLDH23 – is now live, and started trading at 04:00 UTC on 9 February 2023.You can start trading ETHYLDH23 here, or learn more about the product here. If you haven’t yet created a BitMEX account, you can do so here. ETHYLDH23 Contract Specs Symbol: ETHYLDH23 Expiry date...Read More
Abstract: Recently usage of “Ordinals”, a system where one can embed image data into the Bitcoin blockchain has increased. In this brief piece, based on blockchain data, we analyse the growth of the Ordinals system. Up until 7 February 2023, we have identified over 13,000 of these transactions, which take up 526MB of Bitcoin blockspace....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.) There are many activities we modern humans engage in so that we can be more present. Mental clarity and...Read More
Chapter 12 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which...Read More
Chapter 11 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which...Read More
Chapter 10 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...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.) Stick a fork in it, ‘cause we’re done with inflation in Pax Americana. Hip hip hooray! /s US CPI...Read More
Chapter 9 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
The highly anticipated Flare airdrop has begun. In addition to our already live futures contract (FLRUSDTH23), BitMEX users will be able to trade FLR with up to 50x leverage via two new listings – FLRUSD and FLRUSDT – from 04:00 UTC tomorrow. If you haven’t yet signed up for a BitMEX account, you can do...Read More
Our new monthly Bitcoin futures contract – XBTG23 – is now live, and began trading at 04:00 UTC on 10 January 2023. You can start trading XBTG23 here, or read on to learn more. If you haven’t yet created a BitMEX account, you can do so here. Our Current Bitcoin Futures Contracts For the listing...Read More
Chapter 8 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...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.) This will be the last essay in my “White Boy” series. I am done talking about Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)...Read More
A new fee structure is on the way, bringing with it more BMEX Token rewards and better incentives for makers. What’s more, there are three ways you can reduce your fees, one of which is by staking your BMEX Tokens. For the full breakdown on our fee changes, and what they mean for you, read...Read More
Chapter 7 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
Chapter 6 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
As we celebrate the holiday season and edge closer to 2023, we’d like to take the opportunity to reflect on our achievements – the big and the little, the storms we’ve weathered, and look forward to the year ahead. To set the scene, in 2021, we became one of crypto’s largest fully-verified exchanges and expanded...Read More
Chapter 5 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
BitMEX users will be able to get exposure to the anticipated Flare token from tomorrow. About the FLARE Token The Flare token (known formerly as the Spark token), has the ticker FLR. It is the native asset of the Flare network, a blockchain project that aims to bring smart contract functionality to crypto assets, issued...Read More
In the wake of the FTX meltdown, BitMEX is keen to educate and inform the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community about Proof of Liability & Reserve (PoRL) systems. As part of this, BitMEX will be awarding 50 BMEX tokens to the first 50 depositors who conduct the BitMEX Proof of Liability (PoL) process, thus proving that...Read More
Chapter 4 of the book Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. The book was written before the bankruptcy of FTX and therefore does not include coverage of this event. However, the book does provide useful commentary in the run up to the failure of FTX, which provides...Read More
