BitMEX Announcements

2021-03-31 12:25:12 Enhancing the BitMEX Compliance Programme with Kharon

We’ve been steadily enhancing our compliance programme as the crypto derivatives sector evolves. The latest step comes in the form of a new partnership with Kharon, a research and data analytics company, to strengthen our customer due diligence process and enhance screening for OFAC-sanctioned entities and other related parties.

In doing so, we are making our know-your-customer programme even better, which is part of our ongoing efforts to add the best vendors and solutions to ensure our screening process stays ahead of the curve.

For more details, read our blog here: https://bit.ly/2PNhrHx Open / Comment

2021-03-30 16:14:21 Scheduled Downtime for 1 April (Testnet) and 8 April (Mainnet) for Upgrades to System Architecture

We will temporarily halt trading in our Testnet environment on Thursday, 1 April at 02:15 UTC to facilitate a major upgrade to our system architecture. On Thursday, 8 April at 02:15 UTC, we will temporarily halt trading in our production (Mainnet) environment for the same upgrade.

From this time in each instance, any order actions will be rejected. Deposits made will be queued for processing.

In both instances, the system will be online again in cancel-only mode from approximately 02:35 UTC. Order cancel requests and deposits will be processed normally. Continuous trading will recommence from approximately 02:45 UTC.

From the halt of trading until continuous trading resumes, there will be no Mark Price updates and hence no liquidations.

For more information, please see our blog: https://bit.ly/3dgQsfP Open / Comment

2021-03-26 15:09:59 BitMEX Indices Updated – Q2 2021

BitMEX updated its indices across all products today, 26 March 2021 at 12:00:05 UTC.

The affected indices include:
.BXBT, .BETH, .BXRP, .BBCH. .BLTC, .BUSDT;
.BETHXBT, .BXRPXBT, .BBCHXBT, .BLTCXBT, .BEOSXBT, .BADAXBT, .BTRXXBT;
.BAAVET, .BADAT, .BBNBT, .BDOGET, .BDOTT, .BEOST, .BLINKT, .BUNIT, .BXLMT, .BXTZT, and .BYFIT

Please see our blog post: https://bit.ly/2PahAVx and BitMEX Indices page: https://bit.ly/2NVE24n for index weights and further details. Open / Comment