Delo was released on a $20 million bond.
The crypto exchange's new CEO also said he aims to repair relationships with regulators.
Stephan Lutz will bring to the firm nearly a decade of experience as partner at auditing and consultancy giant PwC when he joins in May.
Hayes would be allowed to continue living in Singapore under the agreement his counsel is currently negotiating with federal prosecutors.
Compliance chief Malcolm Wright led the development of BitMEX’s data storage principles for crypto exchanges.
After getting in hot water with U.S. regulators last year, the exchange has rolled out mandatory verification for all users.
Hoptner comes from Borse Stuttgart GmbH and Euwax AG, where he has been CEO since 2018.
The case against BitMEX, an offshore crypto trading platform, has regulatory implications for the burgeoning DeFi market.
The suit seeks an order of attachment against the parent company of BitMEX.
BitMEX is soon to offer futures contracts for DeFi project yearn.finance (YFI), Polkadot (DOT) and Binance coin (BNB).
Popular cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit will require all of its users to be ID verified before the end of this year under its revamped know-your-customer (KYC) policy.
The exchange moved deadline for identity verification from February 2021 to November 2020.
On Friday morning as the OKEx withdrawal-freeze story twisted and turned, CoinDesk's editors had an off-the-cuff discussion about the fundamental realities and unique challenges of security for even the largest exchanges.
BitMEX, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange recently charged by U.S. authorities for offering illegal trading services, has hired a compliance veteran.
The timing couldn’t be better for regulation-focused trading platform Qume, which unveils a revamped set of services Monday.