A message from Alex Höptner, CEO of BitMEX I’ve long believed that BitMEX would need to shift its commercial strategy as the market evolved. Last week, to give even more value to customers, we restructured our fees, lowering the BitMEX Taker Fee from 7.5bps (0.075%) to 5bps (0.05%) on all products. We also adjusted the...Read More
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide an even better trading experience for our users, we will be reducing the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements and increasing the available leverage for our BCHUSD, LTCUSD, TRXUSDT, and SOLUSDT quanto swaps. This change will take place on 1 September at 04:00 UTC. The...Read More
As we continue to provide new opportunities for our traders, we will be reducing margin requirements and increasing the available leverage on our BCHUSD, LTCUSD, TRXUSDT, and SOLUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swaps to 50x on 1 September at 04:00 UTC. For the full technical details of this update, read here. Should you have any questions, please...Read More
On 15 September 2021 at 04:00 UTC, we will list new quarterly Futures on BitMEX. The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 14 September at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. Contracts will be live in Testnet on 3 September along with contract specifications. To provide a...Read More
We will increase the risk step on our XBTUSD Swap, ETHUSD Swap, and ADAU21, EOSU21, TRXU21 and XRPU21 Futures as detailed below, effective 31 August 2021 at 06:00 UTC. The XBTUSD Swap Risk Step will increase from 100 to 150 XBT The ETHUSD Swap Risk Step will increase from 75 to 100 XBT The ADAU21,...Read More
Effective 31 August 2021 at 08:00 UTC, we will remove Binance from our .BXBTEUR index. This follows Binance’s decision to suspend euro bank deposits from one of Europe’s key payments networks, resulting in a price premium on its platform relative to other index constituents. All traders should be aware that at the time of the...Read More
Introducing our newest listing – the AXSUSDT Quanto Perpetual Swap. With up to 20x leverage available, the AXSUSDT Perpetual Swap contract went live at 04:00 UTC on 10 August 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 liquidity and...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 driven to provide markets for products that command liquidity and matter the most for our users, so, we’re launching the BNBUSDT Perpetual Swap contract with up to 50x leverage at 04:00 UTC on 20 May 2021. The BNBUSDT Swap adds to our ever-growing product offering. Just this year, we’ve added 7 Altcoin Perps, including...Read More
We’re always looking to unlock more value for traders. Today, we’re pleased to announce an increase in the risk limits on our ETHUSD swap – a small but mighty change that will make it even more capital efficient to maintain positions of 50 XBT or more on the product. The increase in the ETHUSD swap...Read More
Maintaining a fair and orderly trading environment for our users is very important to us, and we’re always thinking about how we can improve further. As part of this effort we’ve decided to make two technical but important updates to the Impact Notional and % Fair Basis update methodology, which are two factors related to...Read More
At 04:20 UTC on 20 April 2021, we reduced the threshold used to detect spam orders from 0.01 XBT to 0.0001 XBT. After this change, accounts with too many open orders with a value less than this threshold will be considered a Spam Account. For more information on how such accounts are affected, please see...Read More
UPDATE: At 04:45 UTC on 20 April 2021, Binance was reintroduced to the BitMEX indices. Effective 20 April 2021 at 02:00 UTC, BitMEX will temporarily remove Binance from its indices in response to Binance’s scheduled downtime, which was announced earlier today. Scheduled downtime on Binance is expected to last for 2 hours and will affect...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
Today, we are happy to announce a new feature rolling out for BitMEX users: Addresses! As part of an ongoing effort to improve tools and options, we are introducing a feature that enables users to input and save wallet addresses for quick retrieval during withdrawals. Simply head to bitmex.com/app/addresses to enter and save a wallet...Read More
