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Bitcoin

Ride ‘Em, Cowboy: Bitmain’s Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin

Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.

Markets  ·  12 December 2019
Exchanges

BitMEX Says Quality Check ‘Failure’ Led to Email Privacy Breach

The crypto-derivatives exchange says poor internal checks caused most of the exchange's clients to be exposed to privacy risks.

Markets  ·  4 November 2019
Exchanges

BitMEX Exchange Exposes User Base in Email Mishap

A general email update exposed addresses of possibly up to 22,000 users Friday morning.

Markets  ·  1 November 2019
BitMEX

Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX

CoinFlex closed a $10 million funding round backed by Polychain Capital and Bitcoin.com chairman Roger Ver, among others.

Markets  ·  26 August 2019
Exchanges

BitMEX to Block Users in Hong Kong, Bermuda and Seychelles

Per a company posting, BitMEX added the geo-blocks for regulatory reasons

Markets  ·  19 August 2019
Exchanges

UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints over a "misleading" bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 August 2019
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange BitMEX Under Investigation by CFTC: Bloomberg

Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is being probed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over client trades, Bloomberg says.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 July 2019
BitMEX

‘Lots of Shady Stuff’: BitMEX Posts Part of Debate Between CEO and Nouriel Roubini

Dr. Doom and the BitMEX CEO "Tangle In Taipei" in a set of videos.

Markets  ·  11 July 2019
BitMEX

Roll Wants to Take Power From YouTube With Cryptos for Content Creators

"Social money" startup Roll raised a $1.7 million seed round from BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Gary Vaynerchuk and Techstars.

Markets  ·  20 June 2019
BitMEX

Another Crypto Billionaire Signs Gates, Buffet-Founded ‘Giving Pledge’

Ben Delo, billionaire co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, has pledged to donate much of his wealth to global challenges.

Markets  ·  28 May 2019
Ethereum

Most ICOs Didn’t Take Funding Hit Despite Ether Price Decline: Research

Despite the big drops in ether prices since late last year, ICO projects haven't lost money on average, according to new research from BitMEX.

Markets  ·  1 October 2018
Exchanges

Bitcoin’s Price Drops $1K in Sharp Break Below $10K

Bitcoin's price fell more than $1,000 on Wednesday, dropping below $9,500 before recovering back above that level.

Markets  ·  7 March 2018
Exchanges

Bitcoin’s Parimutuel Problem (Or Why Shorting Doesn’t Pay Today)

Parimutuel betting pools in the cryptocurrency grant traders short exposure, but there are plenty of limitations to this new type of exchange.

Markets  ·  20 September 2017
Exchanges

Bitcoin’s Biggest Bull? Arthur Hayes Isn’t Long Crypto – He’s Short Government

Former CitiGroup trader and current crypto bull Arthur Hayes breaks down his investment thesis for blockchain assets.

Markets  ·  12 September 2017
BitMEX

BitMex Founder: Grexit Will Not Spark Bitcoin Surge

Bitcoin will not see a surge in Greece following this week's debt payment decision, BitMex's founder has said.

Business  ·  2 June 2015