Our Customer Service team has responded to a number of questions recently on our withdrawal process, not least in light of temporary freezes on some other exchanges. Trading safely and securely on a platform performing exceptionally well is one thing, but users want to know that they can withdraw funds seamlessly too. Our process remains...Read More
It’s very important to us to list the assets that command liquidity and matter most to our users – even if that means a slight change of plans. Outside of the list of Altcoin Perpetual Swaps previously announced, we will also launch a TRXUSDT perpetual swap contract with up to 33x leverage at 04:00 UTC...Read More
Abstract: In this piece 100x Group grantee Jeremy Rubin describes a smart contract that can be used to verifiably commit to losing coins if Taproot does not activate by a certain date. Jeremy explains a novel and interesting methodology of using smart contracts on Bitcoin, in order to conduct these “bets”. However, in our view,...Read More
We’ve always risen above the competition when it comes to margin requirements for trades both large and small. But we’ve never stopped looking at how to improve, so we’ve decided to increase risk limits on our popular XBT futures contracts (XBTH21, XBTM21, and XBTU21) from 50 to 75 XBT to provide users with even more...Read More
On 26 March 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 26 March 2021 at 12:00:05 UTC, assuming no constituent exchanges have been excluded due to Index Protection Rules, BitMEX...Read More
On 12 March 2021 at 08:00 UTC, we will list new quarterly futures on the BitMEX platform. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 11 March at 08:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. As previously announced, we will not be listing new ADAUSDT, BNBUSDT, DOTUSDT, EOSUSDT, XTZUSDT,...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.) I used to be an amateur bodybuilder. Sometimes friends who haven’t seen me since university remark at how skinny...Read More
It’s our pleasure to announce the appointment of Stephan Lutz as Chief Financial Officer of 100x Group, the holding structure for the BitMEX platform. Stephan, who will take up his role in May 2021, will direct our financial growth, expansion, and profitability, reporting to 100x Group CEO Alex Höptner. Stephan brings considerable experience to the...Read More
One of our biggest responsibilities is making sure we provide markets for products that command liquidity and reflect the preferences of our user base. This sometimes requires us to allow some contracts to ‘sunset’ – in other words, allowed to expire and not be renewed. With this in mind, the ADAUSDT, BNBUSDT, DOTUSDT, EOSUSDT, XTZUSDT,...Read More
100x Group is delighted to announce our continued financial support to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford (AKA fanquake). We’re proud to announce a third grant to Michael, of US$100,000, bringing our total financial support to US$250,000 over three years. This grant was provided in conjunction with Independent Reserve, who will be providing Michael with an...Read More
Trading volume on BitMEX eclipsed the equivalent of USD$1 trillion over the past 365 days as we recorded two of the highest trading by volume months in our history in January and February 2021. This milestone follows the completion of our User Verification Programme in December, making the BitMEX platform the largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange...Read More
BitMEX Testnet is a great environment to test trading strategies without using real funds. As part of regular housekeeping and to align with contracts listed on the BitMEX platform, we will delist and settle the XBTJPY and XBTKRW contracts on Testnet on 26 February 2021 at 12:00 UTC. For those who are interested in how...Read More
You asked and we’re answering. We’re introducing six new Altcoin/USDT quanto perpetual contracts to the BitMEX platform in March as we expand our product offering and list perpetual swaps for our users’ favourite coins. These will be: Cardano (ADA) Polkadot (DOT) EOS yearn.finance (YFI) Uniswap (UNI) Stellar Lumens (XLM) The contracts will be launched in...Read More
While XBT soars to all-time highs and volumes spike, we’ve observed excellent trading performance from the BitMEX platform. A big part of the success so far is thanks to the hard work of our engineering team – they’ve pulled long days, nights, and weekends over the past months to ensure the platform runs smoothly when...Read More
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, GameStop!!!! Stonks for the long run. My hiatus from the equity markets ended when I too became sucked into the meme stock vortex. Seeing a meme stock like GME log a ten bagger in a few trading sessions will get any hardened market operator on their feet. I could not resist...Read More
Key Market Insights Spot and Derivatives Volumes Double to All-Time Monthly Highs – New Daily Volume Records Set on the 11th of Jan. Derivatives volumes increased 101% in January to an all-time monthly high of $2.89tn. Meanwhile, total spot volumes increased by 97% to $2.34tn. Across January, volume from the 15 largest Top-Tier exchanges increased...Read More
Policy and compliance geeks have circled June 2021 in their calendars as one of the most important dates this year for the crypto space – the date by which the global anti-money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, the FATF, expects both countries and the crypto industry to implement the so-called ‘travel rule’. The rule is...Read More
Last week, we explained how our strengthened index protection controls can give BitMEX users an edge versus those who trade on exchanges with less sophisticated safeguards. Here’s a real-world benefit of one of those safeguards – the Index Protection Parameter – kicking in during trading for .BXRP and .BXRPXBT indices on Monday, 1 February. A...Read More
In retrospect, it was inevitable. As the surge in interest in Dogecoin continues, we are launching a DOGEUSDT perpetual swap contract with up to 20x leverage this Friday. The BitMEX platform offers top-tier liquidity, security, and platform performance to traders. Recent enhancements to our platform rules will result in an even better DOGEUSDT trading experience....Read More
We think that our responsibility to provide a fair and orderly trading environment should be inclusive of user protections for so-called ‘fat finger’ input errors. Though rare, these types of mistakes have the potential to create sudden drastic price movements that disadvantage other users. With this in mind, we will be introducing the Fat Finger...Read More
Abstract: In this piece, 100x Group grantee Calvin Kim explores several claims about the benefits of Utreexo and the extent these advantages have been realised. Calvin explains the significant progress which has been made in the latest implementation of Utreexo, however there is plenty of additional work to do before ordinary users will be using...Read More
Our mission at 100x Group, the holding structure for the BitMEX platform, centres on transforming the modern digital financial system into an inclusive ecosystem that embraces virtual assets. In another step forward toward that goal, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Wai Kin (WK) Chim as an Independent Non-Executive Board Director of...Read More
Ben Radclyffe, 100x Group Commercial Director What we’ve seen in the traditional financial markets this week, and especially over the last 24 hours, should raise alarms for every investor. Significant moments like these often prompt a reckoning, and sometimes reform. The 1987 market crash saw the middlemen who controlled access to the market simply stop...Read More
Abstract In this report we discuss a new proposed mining pool, expected to censor certain transactions. This may result in a detectable diversion from the typical revenue maximisation transaction selection policy, which forms the basis of our analysis. Using the Bitcoin Core command “getblocktemplate”, we generated Bitcoin candidate blocks without doing any hashing, conducting this...Read More
Note: This piece was written by Vivien Khoo, Chief Operating Officer at 100x Group, the holding structure for the BitMEX platform. It originally appeared in the 2020 annual report for Global Digital Finance, the leading industry body championing the adoption of digital finance. We recently joined the Global Digital Finance Patron Board. — Vivien Khoo,...Read More
If building and scaling a world-class crypto derivatives exchange is like assembling an aeroplane in flight, then strengthening exchange parameters would be the vital work of the pilot, ensuring the ride is as smooth as possible. Over the years, we’ve developed BitMEX from the ground up, using our unique Fair Price Marking System to ensure...Read More
At BitMEX we believe that Bitcoin, and crypto in general, is not something that should be reserved for insiders. Bitcoin is open source, accessible, and controlled by no one. The ecosystem in which we have thrived is still in its nascent stages, and access to reliable information and insight is more important than ever before. ...Read More
We are pleased to announce that 100x Group, the holding structure for the BitMEX platform, has joined Global Digital Finance (GDF), the leading industry body championing the adoption of digital finance. As a GDF patron board member, we’ll work closely with our peers to advocate for a more inclusive, empowering, and better regulated digital financial...Read More
As part of our long-term partnership with Chainalysis, we are deepening our integration with this leading blockchain intelligence provider to bolster our ability to identify, investigate, and stop illicit transactions. By layering Chainalysis’ highly regarded KYT (Know Your Transaction) screening capabilities over our existing processes, we are broadening our compliance capabilities to continue to ensure...Read More
The BitMEX platform performed exceptionally well with zero overloads during the surge in trading throughout yesterday as XBTUSD hit an all time high (ATH) of US$40,567. This is a result of the extensive work our dedicated engineering team has completed over the past year to significantly scale the platform through zero-downtime releases and other behind-the-scenes...Read More
