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

Lawrence LewitinnDec 12, 2019

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.

Arthur Hayes, BitMEX. File provided Dec 2016Privacy

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

William FoxleyNov 4, 2019

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

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Startup Crypto Exchange Blade to Launch Zero-Fee Trading in February

Omkar GodboleJan 15, 2020

Crypto perpetuals exchange Blade will be introducing zero-fee trading next month in a bid to gain market share from rivals.

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BitMEX Exchange Exposes User Base in Email Mishap

William FoxleyNov 1, 2019

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

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Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX

William FoxleyAug 26, 2019

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

Exchanges

BitMEX to Block Users in Hong Kong, Bermuda and Seychelles

William Foxley

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

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UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion

Daniel Palmer

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

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Crypto Exchange BitMEX Under Investigation by CFTC: Bloomberg

Daniel Palmer

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

Nouriel Roubini

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

John Biggs

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

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

Brady Dale

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

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

Yogita Khatri

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

Research

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

Daniel Palmer

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.

Exchanges

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

Nikhilesh De

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

Exchanges

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

Ash Bennington

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

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