Breaking: Arthur Hayes-Founded BitMEX, Pioneer of Crypto Perpetuals, to Shut Down
BitMEX said it will permanently close its exchange at 04:00 UTC on September 23 and has stopped accepting new user registrations. Co-founded by Arthur Hayes in 2014, BitMEX introduced the crypto industry’s first perpetual swap and was once one of the world’s dominant derivatives exchanges before losing market share to Binance and Bybit.
Hayes and his co-founders stepped down after U.S. criminal charges in 2020, while a reported effort to sell the exchange in 2025 did not result in an announced deal.
NEW: Morgan Stanley files amended applications for spot $ETH and $SOL ETFs, both carrying a 0.14% sponsor fee, which would be the lowest in their respective markets.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said a breakthrough over Greenland was secured without discussing the territory's sovereignty with US President Donald Trump https://t.co/xvOG5YPfsx
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Eric Trump says "big banks are doing everything they can to stop some of the crypto legislation" 🤯
"The big banks have been an absolute monopoly over our financial system for years."
🌳🎯Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing new regulations to support crypto ETFs, crypto futures trading, and tokenized investment products. SEC Deputy Secretary-General Jomkwan Kongsakul stated that Thailand plans to issue regulatory guidelines for crypto ETF establishment early this year, advance crypto futures trading on the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) with market maker mechanisms, and recognize digital assets as an official asset class under the Derivatives Act.
Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM, the world's largest manufacturer of AI chips, reported record Q4 net profit of $16 billion, soaring 35% year-over-year.
It also raised its full-year sales growth forecast, citing the "AI mega trend".
Taiwan Semi's main customers include AMD $AMD, Nvidia $NVDA, Qualcomm $QCOM, Intel $INTC, Apple $AAPL, and Broadcom $AVGO.