Forex Weekly Look Back: eToro hires Hedva Ber as Deputy CEO/COO, PrimeXM trading volumes reach $1.06 trillion in March LeapRate

April 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: eToro hires Hedva Ber as Deputy CEO/COO, PrimeXM trading volumes reach $1.06 trillion in March

Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange platform BitMEX, has surrendered himself in Hawaii to the US authorities and appeared in court on Tuesday. Hayes faces charges suggesting that he did not take necessary action in preventing his innovative start-up from becoming a platform for money laundering crimes. Hayes’ surrender comes six months after…

April 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes surrenders six months after being accused

Alongside Arthur Hayes, charges were also made against co-founders Ben Delo, Samuel Reed and Greg Dwyer. Each of them was accused of violating the Bank Secrecy Act, as well as the conspiracy to violate the act as a group. Each of these offences will carry a maximum sentence of five years of prison time. Founders…

November 13, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: BDSwiss adds 1000+ CFDs on ETFs and DMA stocks, Christian Frahm launches United Fintech

Eventus Systems, Inc., global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that 100x Group, the holding structure for BitMEX, has chosen Eventus to support BitMEX’s trade surveillance and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) transaction monitoring. Cryptocurrency products trading platform BitMEX will deploy the cloud-based version of the Eventus Validus platform within the…

November 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BitMEX taps Eventus Systems for trade surveillance, AML transaction monitoring

Wright is also Chair of the Advisory Council and AML Working Group at Global Digital Finance, an industry-led initiative in defining codes of conduct and best practices for the virtual asset industry. Eventus CEO Travis Schwab said: BitMEX has taken a variety of important steps over the past year to enhance its commitment to market…

October 09, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BitMex announce leadership changes following criminal charges

Ben Radclyffe, who serves as commercial director, will have enhanced responsibility for client relationship handling and oversight of financial products. With 20-year background in finance and trading technology, he joined the company in March 2020, having worked at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Tower Research Capital. David Wong, Chairman of 100x Group, commented: These changes to…

April 29, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitMex exchange to shutter Japanese service due to regulatory changes

The FIEA also included one other important change that would impact BitMex. The sale and use of crypto derivatives, currently 80% of trading activity in Japan and the primary product offering of BitMex, would suddenly fall within the purview of the FIEA. Up to now, the Wild-West atmosphere promoted by crypto option providers has existed…

March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA retracts warning against Kraken but BitMEX alert stays up

United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) quickly took down an official warning against Kraken after apparent confusion but alert about BitMEX remains active. The UK watchdog published a notice on its website on 3 March to warn citizens against Kraken. The warning stated that the second-largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange by volume is not authorized to…

October 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitMEX hires HKEX regulatory executive Angelina Kwan as COO

BitMEX, a crypto-coin trading platform, has just informed that it has appointed regulatory expert Angelina Kwan to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Kwan previously served as Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Compliance for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). She will be responsible for overseeing and driving the company’s growth, while guiding…

BitMEX releases a record daily turnover of 1 million bitcoin traded

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitMEX hits again 1 million bitcoin daily turnover record

BitMEX, the crypto-coin trading platform, has just informed the public that, for the second time, it has met its own industry record for daily bitcoin trading volume. The 24-hour trading period of August 8 saw 1,027,214.62 bitcoin traded on BitMEX, following the company setting the world record on July 25. The achievement comes as BitMEX…

July 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitMEX releases a record daily turnover of 1 million bitcoin traded

BitMEX, the crypto-coin trading platform, has just announced that it has broken the industry record for bitcoin trading volume, with more than 1 million bitcoin traded on the platform in 24 hours for the period closing July 24, 2018. The 1,041,748 bitcoin traded on BitMEX shattered its previous record of 800,000 bitcoin traded within 24…

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