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Since BitMEX rocketed to the tip of the crypto market, hosting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of nominal Bitcoin (BTC) trades each and every day, the company has come under pressure from regulators. And while the Asian startup is mostly well-respected, with its chief executive, former stock...
Bitcoin (BTC) isn’t the world’s first stab at digital money. In fact, the idea of running society with digital cash has been around for three decades, if not more. David Chaum, an American cryptographer, founded DigiCash in 1990, but it failed not one decade later. E-gold, a computer-based...
In late-October, NewsBTC reported that Bitcoin turned ten. While this was factually accurate, the world’s first cryptocurrency turns a decade-old yet again on January 3rd, as Satoshi Nakamoto processed the first official block on this exact day, only ten years ago. This industry occurrence didn’t go unnoticed, as crypto...
Bitcoin has set a new low for 2018, and is now inching closer and closer to BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes’ prediction that Bitcoin will reach $5,000. BitMEX CEO Called for Bitcoin to Test $5K Support, Nails Prediction Outspoken CEO and co-founder of popular margin-trading platform BitMEX has made...
In its attempt to present the ecosystem of crypto exchanges, BitMEX has published in-depth research into how these exchanges work. According to their recent tweet, various exchanges were evaluated by using different types of metrics, like web traffic, security policies, and more. In depth report into the crypto...
The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, or BitMEX for short, has launched a website to monitor activity on both the original Bitcoin chain and the Bitcoin Cash hard fork. The leadership of the cryptocurrency and derivatives trading platform believes the service called ForkMonitor.info will be useful in determining levels of...
The CEO of popular crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has stated that he thinks the current bear market could last until spring 2020. Arthur Hayes has been calling for lower prices for most of 2018, but thinks all-time highs could be easily achieved pending significant news events. Arthur Hayes...
Hong Kong’s financial watchdog is looking to tighten investor protection by regulating cryptocurrency trading platforms. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), however, is limited by its legal regulatory reach of securities only, according to Carlson Tong Ka-shing, the outgoing chairman. Outgoing SFC Chairman Says Ban on Cryptocurrency Trading “Will...
In an effort to help them navigate the global regulatory landscape, BitMEX, one of the planet’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has appointed Angelina Kwan to the position of chief operating officer. Kwan is something of a veteran in the Hong Kong financial regulation space. Regulatory Expert Angelina Kwan Drafted...
A new report released by BitMEX has brought interesting conclusions about Ethereum balance of different ICO projects. The analysis of data belonging to 222 projects was done in cooperation with TokenAnalyst. Yet, the results show that treasury accounts of these ICO projects may not have been as exposed...
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