company
BitMEX
BitMEX was a cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives trading platform founded in 2014. It was incorporated in the Seychelles and operated by HDR Global Trading Limited. It permanently closed its exchange in September 2026.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2014, by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Samuel Reedsource
- Incorporation
- Seychelles; operated by HDR Global Trading Limitedsource
- Shutdown date (announced)
- Sept. 23, 2026, at 04:00 UTCsource
- Penalty
- $100 million fine on 15 January 2025, after a July 2024 guilty plea to violating the Bank Secrecy Actsource
- Pardon
- March 2025; one of five pardons went to the exchange itself, the first pardon granted to a corporation rather than a natural personsource
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