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Ride 'Em, Cowboy: Bitmain's Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin

Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.

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BitMEX Says Quality Check 'Failure' Led to Email Privacy Breach

The crypto-derivatives exchange says poor internal checks caused most of the exchange's clients to be exposed to privacy risks.

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BitMEX Exchange Exposes User Base in Email Mishap

A general email update exposed addresses of possibly up to 22,000 users Friday morning.

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Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX

CoinFlex closed a $10 million funding round backed by Polychain Capital and Bitcoin.com chairman Roger Ver, among others.

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BitMEX to Block Users in Hong Kong, Bermuda and Seychelles

Per a company posting, BitMEX added the geo-blocks for regulatory reasons

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UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints over a "misleading" bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.

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Crypto Exchange BitMEX Under Investigation by CFTC: Bloomberg

Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is being probed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over client trades, Bloomberg says.

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'Lots of Shady Stuff': BitMEX Posts Part of Debate Between CEO and Nouriel Roubini

Dr. Doom and the BitMEX CEO "Tangle In Taipei" in a set of videos.

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Roll Wants to Take Power From YouTube With Cryptos for Content Creators

"Social money" startup Roll raised a $1.7 million seed round from BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Gary Vaynerchuk and Techstars.

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Another Crypto Billionaire Signs Gates, Buffet-Founded 'Giving Pledge'

Ben Delo, billionaire co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, has pledged to donate much of his wealth to global challenges.

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