However, on July 23, BitMEX said it will close for good on Sept. 23. The reasons for that closure signal a lot about the next few years of crypto. During BitMEX's peak in 2018 to 2019, it ran more ...

BitMEX was one of the first places where crypto’s anything-goes culture took shape: an offshore exchange built around high leverage, perpetual futures and the idea that markets should never sleep.

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX will shut down in September after 11 years, the firm announced Friday. New user registrations stopped immediately Friday. While users can continue buying and trading ...

BitMEX and its co-founders are once again facing legal challenges in the United States, this time through a newly filed class-action lawsuit that accuses the crypto derivatives platform of operating a ...

BitMEX was hit with a proposed class action seeking the return of 622.66 Bitcoin, worth roughly $40.7 million, on the same day the crypto derivatives exchange announced plans to shut down in September ...

BitMEX, the crypto derivatives exchange that popularized the perpetual swap contract now traded across an $85-trillion-per-year global market, announced on July 23, 2026 that it will permanently cease ...

BitMEX and its founders, Arthur Hayes, Samuel Reed, and Ben Delo, are facing a new class action lawsuit just one day after the crypto derivatives exchange shut down. The lawsuit alleges the exchange ...

Eight months ago, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes argued that traditional exchanges would have to “adapt or die” as perpetual swaps spread beyond crypto. Now BitMEX itself is closing, while the ...

BitMEX’s permanent closure is scheduled for September 23, 2026, concluding over a decade of operation In July 2026 alone, the platform removed 65 derivatives contracts and trading pairs from its ...

The proposed class action alleges BitMEX used privileged trading access and server freezes to profit from forced liquidations. [Update 07:24 UTC, July 24: Adds BitMEX response in fifth paragraph.] ...

BitMEX, the exchange that invented the perpetual swap, will shut down on September 23 after an 11-year run. On the same day, it was hit with a proposed class-action suit alleging theft of 622 bitcoin ...