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FTX Slashes Leverage Limit from 100x to 20x — Community Suspects Competitors Will Follow Example

DIGIT — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:00:15 +0000

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried told his Twitter followers on Sunday that his crypto exchange has lowered its margin trading limit from 101x to 20x. Prior to the change, FTX supported 50x, 100x, and 101x leverage but Bankman-Fried said these high leverage positions represent “a tiny fraction of volume.” FTX CEO Announces Cutting Leverage Limits, 2x […]

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Bitmex parent 100x appoints German stock exchange exec as new CEO

DIGIT — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:53:09 +0000

Amid ongoing legal action from U.S. authorities, the company behind Bitmex — 100x — has announced a new CEO.

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XRP Plummets 56% in One Candle, Bitmex Traders Outraged Over Flash Crash

DIGIT — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:10:09 +0000

A number of XRP traders are complaining about massive liquidations on Bitmex as the price of XRP spiked and was brought down by 56% in a single candle. After the incident, well known traders with leveraged positions took to Twitter to complain about the upset as some investors were completely liquidated. Also read: Fed Chair […]

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Binance Adds Margin as Exchange Competition Heats Up

DIGIT — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 15:19:50 +0000

This week, the world’s largest exchange by trading volume, Binance, launched margin trading. In doing so, it made the elite group of exchanges that offer crypto derivatives less exclusive than it once was. Binance, Kucoin, and Bitmax have all rolled out margin products this year, in a bid to give market leaders Bitmex and Deribit […]

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