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More Bitcoin (BTC) transactions now use so-called Segregated Witness (“SegWit”) technology than ever before, the latest data shows. According to various resources including SegWit.Space, adoption of the protocol has reached up to 66% of all Bitcoin transactions as of Jan. 4. Two in three BTC payments now SegWitThe volume underwent a
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The BitMEX Insurance Fund has added nearly 13,000 BTC in 2019, reaching a total of just over 33,491 BTC as of Dec. 30. This is equivalent to 0.19% of the total Bitcoin in circulation, based on the data available at Blockchain.com. The fund, which the cryptocurrency exchange set up to
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BitMEX, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume to date, now holds 0.18% of all Bitcoins (BTC) in circulation. In a Dec. 26 tweet, James Lopp, CTO at New York-based crypto custody startup Casa, also pointed out that BitMEX’s dedicated insurance fund has surged 62% in 2019.BitMEX holds
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Most of the liquidations that occurred on BitMEX on December 18 were short contracts. It shows that over-leveraged shorts were squeezed out, pushing the bitcoin price up so quick in a short time frame.70% of liquidations were shortsAccording to Skew Research, the overwhelming majority of bitcoin contract liquidations on BitMEX
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One of the most prominent cryptocurrency exchanges, BitMEX, is being sued for $300 million after it allegedly did not meet its equity and stiffed an investor.According to the lawsuit filed against the crypto company by Frank Amato and RGB Coin Ltd., who were one of the first seed investors of
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Bitcoin (BTC) node synchronization would be impossible if it were not for the improvements that have been made to the software, according to the research arm of crypto exchange BitMex.BitMex Research measured the Initial Block Download (IBD) times of Bitcoin Core software releases from 2012 to 2019 needed to
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On the first day of November, it came to light that popular crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX had accidentally leaked sensitive data related to its users, which occurred as a result of the company failing to apply a blind copy protocol to its mass mail servers.The lapse was acknowledged by the
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BitMEX says its internal processes “failed” last week, subsequently exposing thousands of the exchange’s clients to privacy risks. In a company blog posting on Monday, the crypto-derivatives exchange said its mass emailing operation failed causing “most BitMEX users” to
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BitMEX, a Bitcoin mercantile exchange that also happens to be one of the largest crypto derivatives markets, might have exposed their entire userbase by forgetting to use the blind carbon copy (bcc) option in the header when sending an email to its customers about a recent update in its services.The
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Hackers took over the Twitter account of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX after the previously reported leak of customer email details on Nov. 1. The exchange claims that, although its Twitter account was hacked, all user funds are safe.“Hackers” tease individual IDs and take over BitMEX TwitterSince the update was published,
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