The former chief technology officer of the troubled BitMEX exchange has been released after a bond for $5 million was paid in the U.S.
Bitcoin is stuck in an ever-tightening range between $10.5K and $10.8K and appears set for a breakout, though options trading suggests $16K might represent an upper bound in 2020.
The parent group of BitMEX has announced an executive shakeup after U.S. authorities charged the firm over allegedly illegal conduct.
More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30.
New bitcoin addresses have spiked this month, with one industry exec pointing to traders moving funds off the legally troubled BitMEX exchange. Others disagree.
Recent regulatory enforcement against BitMEX shows how out of step the world's financial regulators are with digital innovation.
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1.
Coinbase raises important questions about employee activism, plus what the BitMEX indictments say about the future of the industry.
Bitcoin's 180-day volatility dropped to its lowest level since November 2018
Binance, Gemini, and Kraken have become the biggest winners since US regulators' charges against BitMEX on Thursday.
Since the announcement from U.S. regulators, BitMEX has witnessed an outflow of more than 40,000 bitcoins, currently worth more than $422 million.
Crypto analysts scramble to assess U.S. charges against BitMEX, home of 100x bitcoin perpetual swaps and a venue for getting "rekt."
Bitcoin outflows from prominent crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX are already up in the wake of charges from U.S. regulators announced Thursday.
When BitMEX announced its "perpetual bitcoin leveraged swap" four years ago, few traders could have anticipated the major impact it would have on the digital-asset trading landscape.
The sudden takedown of crypto exchange BitMEX has cast a new light on Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) markets.