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The shuttered exchange is letting customers in the US, Canada, Hong Kong and three other jurisdictions recover remaining funds.
Celsius estate is targeting 6,360 BTC as the derivatives exchange moves toward its Sept. 23 shutdown.
The BitMEX closure limits new positions at 04:00 UTC, with forced closures possible before Sept. 23.
New positions stop Aug. 26, while contracts left open face a wind-down that ends in forced closure Sept. 23.
Public records show all listed contracts now have settlement prices; BitMEX’s next trading restriction begins Aug. 26.
BitMEX’s orderly shutdown captures a bear market shaped by centralized decline and persistent on-chain exploit risk.
Reduce-only trading begins Aug. 26, with forced closes possible before exchange services end Sept. 23.
Waller's "skinny" master account proposal could let compliant crypto firms access Fed rails directly, eliminating bank-partner friction while raising concerns about commercial-bank disintermediation.
Stephan Lutz, CEO of BitMEX, leads the industry’s oldest crypto derivatives exchange through innovation, growth, and evolving risk management.
