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Markets

'Good Reason to Worry': What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne

Crypto legal experts join NLW to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem.

Arthur Hayes, CEO of BitMEX

Markets

Bulls Exit BitMEX Bitcoin Futures Market

Since the announcement from U.S. regulators, BitMEX has witnessed an outflow of more than 40,000 bitcoins, currently worth more than $422 million.

Cumulative bitcoin withdrawals from BitMEX from Oct. 1 17:00 UTC to Oct. 2 14:00 UTC

Markets

Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020

With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in the crosshairs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

Markets Daily Front Page Adam Lyllah

Markets

Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks for Bitcoin

Crypto analysts scramble to assess U.S. charges against BitMEX, home of 100x bitcoin perpetual swaps and a venue for getting "rekt."

October is often a volatile month on Wall Street.

Markets

BitMEX Moves $337M in Bitcoin Ahead of First User Withdrawals Since US Charges

Bitcoin outflows from prominent crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX are already up in the wake of charges from U.S. regulators announced Thursday.

Bitcoin outflow from BitMEX

Markets

BitMEX's Receding Market Share Might Have Spared Bitcoiners Bigger Sell-Off

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.

BitMEX's website, accessed from the U.S. Thursday, was explicit that its "100x" trading products are prohibited in "restricted jurisdictions."

Finance

Should DEXs Be Worried After BitMEX? DeFi Founders Weigh In

The sudden takedown of crypto exchange BitMEX has cast a new light on Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) markets.

Uniswap has become Ethereum's most prominent DEX.

Markets

Market Wrap: Blame BitMEX as Bitcoin Dumps to $10.4K; Record Month for Ethereum Fees

Bitcoin’s price fell on U.S. regulatory pressures while Ethereum miners reaped record fee revenue the past month.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Bitcoin Starts Shrugging Off BitMEX Bombshell, Recoups Nearly Half of 4% Price Dip

Bitcoin traders have begun recovering from Thursday's bombshell indictments by U.S. regulators against the BitMEX exchange's co-founders.

Bitcoin hourly price candles annotated with BitMEX news

Policy

Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX ‘Attempted to Evade’ US Regulations, CFTC, DOJ Charge

The CFTC has charged BitMEX, CEO Arthur Hayes and other affiliated entities with offering US customers crypto trading services in violation of federal law.

Arthur Hayes, then-CEO of BitMEX, speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.