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BitMex awards its last developer grant to a Bitcoin scalability solution from MIT

Can this project provide scalability without sacrificing security?

Re-Mining Simulation Shows Satoshi Used a Single High-End PC to Mine 1.1M Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency advocates have been recently discussing the mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto as RSK’s chief scientist, Sergio Dermain Lerner, published a paper called “The Patoshi Mining Machine.” Essentially, Lerner simulated Satoshi’s mining experience. The findings estimate that Bitcoin’s creator used a single computer to mine an estimated 1 million bitcoin minted in the early days. […]

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BitMEX Moves to Compulsory ID Checks for All Customers

BitMEX will launch a user verification program to create a more trusted and secure trading environment.

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Crypto Derivatives Set New Records, ETH Futures Set All-Time Highs, CME Open Interest Spikes

Digital currency derivatives have been on fire during the last two weeks as ethereum futures volumes touched an all-time high on Sunday. The popular derivatives trading platform Deribit saw 1.9 million ETH contracts traded and CME Group is now the third-largest exchange in terms of bitcoin futures open interest. Data shows that cryptocurrency futures and […]

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South African Exchange Valr Raises $3.4 Million in a Series A Funding Round

A South Africa based cryptocurrency exchange, Valr has just raised $3.4 million in a Series A funding round led by 100x Group, the parent company to Bitmex. The funding round, in which 4Di Capital also participated, however, does not change Valr’s controlling shareholder structure. In a podcast with SA Crypto, Valr CEO, Farzam Ehsani explains […]

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Twitter Hack Autopsy: Coinbase, Binance, BitGo May Know Hackers ID

The Twitter hackers left inconspicuous Bitcoin trails leading to and from major exchanges that should be able to uncover their identities.

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Study: Exchanges Accepted $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin Stemming from ‘High-Risk Addresses’

Study: Exchanges Accepted $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin Stemming from 'High-Risk Addresses' A recently published report from the research and analysis firm Peckshield indicates that during the last two quarters of 2020, cryptocurrency exchanges accepted 147,000 BTC ($1.3 billion) from high-risk addresses. During the last few years, blockchain research and surveillance firms have been classifying “risk levels” to specific transactions stemming from suspicious addresses and wallets. For […]

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BitMex’s Parent Company Transforms Into ‘100x Group’

BitMex’s parent company has undergone a corporate restructuring to allow it to make investments in the digital currency space.

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BitMEX Launching Services for Corporate Customers

Crypto derivatives giant BitMEX announced it would be launching corporate services for customers at the exchange.

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Sparrow Raises USD 3.5 Mil in Series a Funding

Sparrow Raises USD 3.5 Mil in Series a Funding 23 June 2020, Singapore – Sparrow, the leading options trading platform has secured USD 3.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate platform development. The round was led by the HDR Group, owner and operator of BitMEX, and supported by Signum Capital, Du Capital and FinLab EOS VC. Kenneth Yeo, CEO of Sparrow said, “We […]

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