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
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
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
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
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
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
Another week, another partner to add to our robust and burgeoning BitMEX ecosystem. Today we are excited to welcome Wunderbit Trading to our Partner Programme. Regulated and licensed in Estonia, the Wunderbit platform not only allows its users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies in a simple, safe, and secure way, but they also provide tools...Read More
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of information security for a platform like BitMEX. Traders trust us because of our track record on security – we have never lost a single Satoshi through intrusion or hacking. But security is never a static process and in order to continue to set the bar as high as...Read More
On 16 June 2021 at 08:00 UTC, we will list new quarterly Futures on BitMEX. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 15 June at 08:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. As previously announced, we will not be listing a new LINKUSDT Quanto Futures contract upon its...Read More
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
