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BitMEX
Seychelles-operated cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchange winding down after announcing that exchange services will end on 23 September 2026. New registrations stopped immediately, with reduce-only trading scheduled from 26 August before final closure.
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Seychelles-operated cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchange winding down after announcing that exchange services will end on 23 September 2026. New registrations stopped immediately, with reduce-only trading scheduled from 26 August before final closure.
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BitMEX agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle civil charges brought by the CFTC and FinCEN related to U.S. customer access, registration, and compliance controls.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an AML program at BitMEX.
Reuters and WSJ reported that BitMEX was fined $100 million by a U.S. judge after the company pleaded guilty to a Bank Secrecy Act-related charge over anti-money-laundering failures.
BitMEX announced that exchange services will end on 23 September 2026 at 04:00 UTC. New account registrations stopped immediately, and reduce-only limits are scheduled from 26 August during the wind-down.