Bitmex

Celsius Estate Sues BitMEX for $490M Over 2020 Liquidations

The Celsius bankruptcy estate sued five Bitmex-linked companies, alleging fraud, market manipulation, and wrongful liquidations during the March 2020 crash.The lawsuit seeks recovery of...

BitMEX delists 65 trading pairs in July amid shutdown

Bitmex delisted 65 derivative contracts and trading pairs in July, a sharp increase from just 19 in the prior six months.The exchange cited "insufficient...

BitMEX Shuts Down as Perp DEXs Rise to 13.5% Market Share

Bitmex, the exchange that introduced perpetual swaps and 100x leverage, will shut down on September 23 after a strategic review by its owner.BMEX crashed...

BitMEX to shut down on September 23, 2026

Crypto derivatives exchange Bitmex announced it will shut down on September 23, 2026, and has stopped new account registrations.The company cited a strategic review...

BitMEX Analyst: Bond Yield Surge Fuels Bitcoin Supercycle

A Bitmex analyst argues surging sovereign bond yields will force a "structural" shift, creating a long-term Bitcoin bull market.High yields are unsustainable and will...

BitMEX CEO: DEX Hype May Fade as Incentive Models Prove Fragile

Competition is increasing among decentralized exchanges (DEXs) in the perpetual trading sector, with new platforms challenging current leaders.Bitmex CEO Stephan Lutz warns that many...

BitMEX Foils Lazarus Group’s “Unsophisticated” Phishing Attack

Bitmex stopped a phishing attempt by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group targeting its staff for a crypto scam.The attacker used social engineering on LinkedIn,...

Perpetual Swaps Drive Altcoin Price Discovery, Says BitMEX CEO

Perpetual swap contracts are increasingly influential in altcoin price discovery, according to Bitmex CEO Stephan Lutz.These derivative instruments allow traders to take both long...

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Bank of Korea Probes Crypto Risks for Financial Firms

The Bank of Korea is surveying 18 banks and 13 brokerages about cryptocurrency-related risks.The survey includes scenarios involving a...

Bitcoin ETFs Post Record $643M Outflow After Binance Hack

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $643.2 million on Friday, their biggest outflow of October, following the $6.4 billion Binance...

Back: Bank capital rules make Bitcoin costly for lenders

Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated Bitcoin's third wave of adoption from pension funds and insurers is "still largely to...