Six years ago today, Vitalik Buterin and Dr. Gavin Wood introduced Ethereum to the world. With average daily transactions at more than one million and the second largest market cap, Ethereum has changed crypto forever. While we have a soft spot for bitcoin, we also love ETH and appreciate the role it plays in the...Read More
Earlier this year, we successfully launched our official BitMEX Partner Programme. Today, we are thrilled to announce phase two of the programme with the addition of 17 new firms into the BitMEX ecosystem. As official partners, they will offer their services to our users, and also be rewarded based on the activity they refer to...Read More
100x Ventures, the ventures arm of BitMEX and 100x Group, is pleased to announce a significant investment in Cryptense, the company behind crypto trading automation platform Kryll.io. Kryll.io is a growing, highly advanced platform that allows users to pursue automated trading strategies on a number of crypto exchanges. The investment will entail increased collaboration between...Read More
Chapter 19 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
Please note that the previously announced platform downtime originally scheduled for 29 July has been postponed to 12 August at 02:15 UTC. During this time, we will temporarily halt trading on the BitMEX platform to facilitate a major upgrade to our operating system. From this time, any order actions will be rejected. Deposits made will...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.) Every Summer Is The Fucking Same ! When crypto hits the northern hemispheric summer, people lose their bearings. Price...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
(Any views expressed in the below should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) It goes without saying that crypto markets can be volatile. Depending on your strategy, this can be more of a perk than a plague. However, no matter...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
Chapter 18 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
BitMEX is delighted to announce that the Open Source Developer Grant programme will shortly be re-opened for new applicants. BitMEX started directly supporting Bitcoin developers back in July 2019 with a US$50,000 grant to Michael Ford. Since then we renewed Michael’s grant for another two years and we have supported other open source Bitcoin developers,...Read More
Zero is a great number – especially when it comes to trading fees. Now, for the next month only, we’re pleased to extend a special offer to all BitMEX traders – ZERO taker and maker fees on all our XBTEUR contracts. This is something you won’t find anywhere else, and it’s here for a limited...Read More
Chapter 17 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...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.) The height of the northern hemispheric summer is here, and it’s vaxx-enabled party time. Don’t expect much in the...Read More
As we continue to enhance the BitMEX platform for our users, we will be facilitating a major upgrade to our operating system that will temporarily halt trading in our Testnet environment on Thursday, 15 July at 02:15 UTC, and our production (Mainnet) environment on Thursday, 29 July at 02:15 UTC. From this time in each...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
Brian Rankin has been promoted to the role of Chief Information Security Officer as we make good on our commitment to protect customers and stakeholders. In his new role, Brian will continue to build a world class team that can protect our information assets from the growing threat from a range of malicious actors. “The...Read More
It’s fair to say that our decision to implement comprehensive know-your-customer (KYC) last year was one of the most consequential decisions in our company’s history. Six months on, with the benefit of hindsight, we also think it was one of the best decisions for our long-term future. Here’s why. To put things in perspective, let’s...Read More
Chapter 16 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
We are thrilled to once again expand our BitMEX Partner Programme ecosystem with the official addition of HASH CIB into our community. HASH CIB was established in 2017 and is currently one of the largest and most impactful crypto investment firms in the industry. The company focuses primarily on asset management and venture capital. Specializing...Read More
MATIC, the native token of Polygon and a trader favourite, is coming to BitMEX in the form of a MATIC USDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 20x leverage available, the MATICUSDT Perpetual Swap contract will go live at 04:00 UTC on 7 July 2021. The contract is already available to trade on Testnet now....Read More
Chapter 15 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
Following its successful launch in February, we will be reducing margin requirements and increasing available leverage on our DOGEUSDT quanto perpetual swap to 50x at 0600 UTC tomorrow, 29 June 2021. We’ve always been committed to innovating responsibly, and for us that means putting in robust controls for all our contracts so that traders can...Read More
On 29 June 2021 at 06:00 UTC, we will reduce the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our DOGEUSDT 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...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.) One fine chill day in my senior year of university, one of my besties frantically called me in hopes...Read More
BitMEX’s Summer of Listings is far from over with the introduction of the VETUSDT Quanto Perpetual Contract. VETUSDT comes hot on the heels of the recently listed SOLUSDT Perpetual Swap, FILUSDT Perpetual Swap, and the introduction of the XBTEUR Perpetual Swap and Futures contracts. With up to 20x leverage available, the VETUSDT Perpetual Swap contract...Read More
Chapter 14 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
We’re delighted to welcome another senior new hire, this time in the form of Marc Robinson who joins us as Head of Custody. Following in the wake of a series of new hires, Marc’s appointment is an important step in delivering our ‘beyond derivatives’ expansion strategy. Marc joins BitMEX with more than 20 years experience,...Read More
Our partnership ecosystem continues to grow with our newest addition. Today we are pleased to welcome hamster-bot to the BitMEX Partner Programme. A well-known trading bot, hamster-bot is run by an experienced team of professional researchers, mathematicians, programmers and traders, and has a rich history of uninterrupted use by BitMEX users since 2018. The platform,...Read More
Chapter 13 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.* * Note:...Read More
