The popular Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX is launching a new program tailored towards its corporate customers. Called BitMEX Corporate, it will provide them with enhanced legal, auditory, and client relationship benefits. BitMEX Flatters Its Corporate Customers In the announcement from earlier today, BitMEX describes the corporate accounts on its platform as “the part of...Read More
The number of so-called whales with 1,000 bitcoin or more in their wallets has climbed to 1,882 from around 1,650 in January. It is the highest the numbers have reached in nearly three years. Whales may be defined as the Bitcoin ( BTC) community’s own version of the ‘deep state’, with the ability to swing...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin derivative exchanges, BitMEX, has once again slammed a cryptocurrency for being a “shitcoin.” This time it was Bitcoin Cash (BCH) that’s under his radar. BitMEX Listing BCH/USD Perpetual Contract In an announcement from June 01st, 2020, BitMEX revealed that it’s going to launch a BCH/USD...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
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume reached a new monthly all-time high in May 2020, surpassing the previous record recorded in March, recent research indicates. Volumes on regulated exchanges such as CME soared as well for both futures and options trading. Crypto Derivatives Monthly Volume ATH According to the report by CryptoCompare, the monthly trading volume of...Read More
Long time trader John Bollinger has warned that bitcoin’s flash rally to over $10,400 on Monday was fake, adding that losses might be on the way. “This is a Head Fake at the upper Bollinger Band for $btcusd,” tweeted Bollinger, inventor of the Bollinger Bands indicator. A ‘head-fake’ trade happens when an asset price makes...Read More
The celebration of Bitcoin bulls for bringing the price above $10,000 was nothing but shortlived as the leading cryptocurrency collapsed to $8,500 in less than five minutes. Bitcoin Nosedives to $8,600 on BitMEX Those who have been involved in the cryptocurrency field long enough probably know that there’s rarely a dull day with Bitcoin. In...Read More
Bitcoin investors have been transferring their assets outside of specific exchanges lately, new data shows. Ultimately, the BTC balance on platforms has reached its lowest point in over a year by decreasing with more than 320,000 coins since Black Thursday. Bitcoin HODLers Mentality On The Rise During the notorious Black Thursday event in March, when...Read More
The veteran Bitcoin margin trading exchange BitMEX went down for over an hour a few days ago. While the community speculated on several plausible reasons, BitMEX published a post today explaining what happened, how they can prevent similar occurrences in the future, and assuring that all customer funds are safe. Why BitMEX Went Down The...Read More
When it comes to dealing with the BitMEX platform, a lot of users are rather dismayed. Yesterday’s sudden outage triggered a brief visual XBT/USD price drop to $0, prior to the trading engine going offline. Centralized trading platforms often struggle to keep their service accessible at all times. Another bad day at the Office for...Read More
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a great number of BTC withdrawn from cryptocurrency trading platforms and after the third BTC halving, the trend has picked up once again. Data from Glassnode’s Bitcoin Exchange Net-Flow statistics show that close to 24,000 BTC has been withdrawn since May 11. Additionally, statistics from Bituniverse’s exchange reserve data indicate...Read More
According to a new study, the total trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives has increased dramatically by over 300%. At the same time, BitMEX’s leadership position in the field has been challenged by Huobi, OKEx, and Binance. Derivatives On The Rise And amid the most apprehensive days of uncertainty prompted by the eventual aftermath of the...Read More
Bitcoin futures contracts allow traders to speculate on the price of Bitcoin without necessarily have to own it. They are a derivative product that gained serious popularity in the past years. Traders are always looking for information that would give them an edge in the market. Arguably, the most valuable data is that which offers...Read More
HDR Global Trading Limited, the owner of leading derivatives platform and crypto exchange, BitMEX, has announced its support in the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic through a COVID-19 Response Fund that is worth millions. As of Monday morning, April 20, the number of confirmed cases of the pandemic across the world has reached...Read More
The development funding state of Bitcoin Core is at a healthy level, according to a report compiled by BitMEX Research. They came to this conclusion by examining the leading organizations and individuals funding open-source Bitcoin and Lightning development. A Healthy Funding State of Open-Source BTC Development The BitMEX research team based the report on publicly...Read More
The last few days have been quite terrible as the cryptocurrency market shreds every single gain it has amassed since the start of the year. Bitcoin even slumped to as low as $3,700 for an hour for the first time in 12 months. The price crash left traders in dismay, with many scratching their heads...Read More
High volatility hit the cryptocurrency market with sharp declines from across the map. Bitcoin’s price dropped to a daily low of $5,600 in a matter of minutes. During this period, BitMEX had noted long liquidations worth almost $500 million in an hour. BitMEX Liquidation Chart Off The Roof Bitcoin’s price recorded a massive dump from...Read More
There’s no other way to put it: Bitcoin has fallen off a cliff. The cryptocurrency, over the past few hours, has plunged from a comfy price above $7,700 (which now seems extremely high) to as low as $5,600 in the span of a few 15-minute candles. This crash, which caught many traders aback, liquidated some...Read More
The recent volatility in the global markets and the cryptocurrency markets has raised most trading volumes. Bitcoin options, for instance, reached a new all-time high yesterday. The futures market also saw a massive jump in the volume, as Binance Futures breaks its all-time high record. Bitcoin Options Volume Soars The past several days have been...Read More
The competition in the field of Bitcoin margin trading exchanges continues to rise. Despite that, though, the 2014- established BitMEX exchange is recording an impressive year so far. It shows a healthy average daily volume and a notable Bitcoin wallet balance rise in the past few months. BitMEX Numbers In 2020 The popular monitoring resource,...Read More
While Bitcoin remains up in 2019, outperforming effectively all other assets except for altcoins and Tesla, market participants have been scared by the recent reversal. In fact, one popular cryptocurrency trader, who called the bearish reversal quite well over the past few days, has warned that the macro BTC bottom might not have been established...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price increase in 2020, so does the interest in futures trading. A few days ago, for instance, CME recorded one of its best trading days with over $1 billion in daily volume. Other significant names in Bitcoin Futures trading, including BitMEX and Binance, are also noting impressive volumes lately. CME Bitcoin Futures Volume...Read More
XRP’s sudden flash crash on Bitmex has users furious. | Image: shutterstock.com Entire accounts were wiped out as XRP/USD on the Bitmex exchange tanked. Bitmex is not compensating traders whose stops were not executed. The Crypto Twitter community chimes in on the shocking development. Bitmex is once again grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons....Read More
The largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, BitMEX, is launching a new perpetual swap contract pair to its platform. Starting tomorrow, users will be able to trade Ripple (XRP) token against the USD, with leverage. XRP/USD Perpetual Swap Now On BitMEX The most popular Bitcoin margin trading exchange confirmed the news regarding XRP’s addition. The company will...Read More
So far, 2020 has been a remarkably positive year for Bitcoin. Not only has the price of Bitcoin increased by 30%, but the Global Bitcoin Futures market open interest has noted a massive 60% growth as well. In the meantime, BitMEX and OKEx are still the most widely-used Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, with over 50%...Read More
Blockchain research and intelligence service TokenAnalyst.io has some more bullish news for Bitcoin heading into February. BitMEX, the world’s largest Bitcoin derivatives market, has seen it fortunes turn on a dime from December to January. In December, the massive Bitcoin futures platform saw its cold wallet balance decline by approximately 1,000 BTC ($9.3 million USD...Read More
During yesterday’s turbulent price movements, most cryptocurrency exchanges recorded notable 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain flows. The Chinese-based Huobi stands above all in terms of inflow with $157M and only $78M out. Huobi’s Impressive 24H Inflows The popular monitoring resource, TokenAnalyst, examined the 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain inflows and outflows of eight of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges....Read More
Following the BitMEX Insurance Fund’s continued growth throughout the year, data provider, CryptoQuant, took a deeper look at the derivatives specialist’s on-chain data. Insurance Fund Now Holds 0.18% Of All Bitcoin Over the past 12 months the BitMEX Insurance Fund grew to almost 33.5k BTC, representing a 62% increase from the 20.77k BTC it held...Read More
The last five years have been a test phase for bitcoin derivatives, which began tentatively when Bitmex eased into life in 2014. Now, as the cryptoconomy prepares to enter a new decade, derivatives products will play a pivotal role in price discovery. 2020 will be a big year for bitcoin and for the futures markets...Read More
Over the past two years, BitMEX, a prominent Bitcoin derivatives platform, has gained much traction within the cryptocurrency trading community; in 2017, most BTC traders kept to trading on spot exchanges, meaning without leverage, though the tides have changed in the past two years as investors seek more profits.Related Reading: BitMEX Research Predicts Bitcoin Trading...Read More
