Change in Validation of Bulk New Order Requests - 16 July 2020
As part of the ongoing simplification of our API, starting on 16 July 2020, submitting a bulk order request that contains duplicate clOrdIDs will no longer be allowed. Further information is available on our blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/api_announcement/change-in-validation-of-bulk-new-order-requests/
If you have any further questions, please contact Support via our contact form: https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
As part of the ongoing simplification of our API, starting on 16 July 2020, submitting a bulk order request that contains duplicate clOrdIDs will no longer be allowed. Further information is available on our blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/api_announcement/change-in-validation-of-bulk-new-order-requests/
If you have any further questions, please contact Support via our contact form: https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
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HDR Global Trading announces new holding structure, 100x Group
HDR Global Trading Limited, the company behind leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, BitMEX, announces the creation of a new holding company structure, 100x.
Building on the success of BitMEX, the new 100x holding company structure will pursue a broader vision to reshape the modern digital financial system into one which is inclusive and empowering. 100x will become the holding structure for HDR and all our other assets, including the BitMEX platform.
This new structure provides our Group with more freedom to explore, incubate and pursue new opportunities and investments, whilst remaining committed to enhancing BitMEX’s leadership position in the cryptocurrency exchange market. The BitMEX platform, brand and legal structure remain unchanged by the launch of 100x, and the Group will continue to invest in growing the BitMEX platform.
More details are available on the BitMEX Blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/introducing-the-100x-group/ and new 100x Group website: https://www.100x.group
HDR Global Trading Limited, the company behind leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, BitMEX, announces the creation of a new holding company structure, 100x.
Building on the success of BitMEX, the new 100x holding company structure will pursue a broader vision to reshape the modern digital financial system into one which is inclusive and empowering. 100x will become the holding structure for HDR and all our other assets, including the BitMEX platform.
This new structure provides our Group with more freedom to explore, incubate and pursue new opportunities and investments, whilst remaining committed to enhancing BitMEX’s leadership position in the cryptocurrency exchange market. The BitMEX platform, brand and legal structure remain unchanged by the launch of 100x, and the Group will continue to invest in growing the BitMEX platform.
More details are available on the BitMEX Blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/introducing-the-100x-group/ and new 100x Group website: https://www.100x.group
Update to BitMEX .BXBT Index, 18 Jul 2020
Effective 18 Jul 2020 at 09:00 UTC, BitMEX will reintroduce Bitstamp into its .BXBT index. The constituents are detailed in our latest blog post: https://blog.bitmex.com/update-to-bitmex-bxbt-index-18-jul-2020/
On 17 Jul 2020 at 18:59:45 UTC, Bitstamp was removed as a constituent of the .BXBT index according to Index Price Protection rule 3(a) - its price differed from the median constituent by more than 25%. To read more on Index Price Protection Rules, please visit: https://www.bitmex.com/app/indices#Index-Protection-Rules.
Effective 18 Jul 2020 at 09:00 UTC, BitMEX will reintroduce Bitstamp into its .BXBT index. The constituents are detailed in our latest blog post: https://blog.bitmex.com/update-to-bitmex-bxbt-index-18-jul-2020/
On 17 Jul 2020 at 18:59:45 UTC, Bitstamp was removed as a constituent of the .BXBT index according to Index Price Protection rule 3(a) - its price differed from the median constituent by more than 25%. To read more on Index Price Protection Rules, please visit: https://www.bitmex.com/app/indices#Index-Protection-Rules.
Announcing The LTCUSD Quanto Perpetual Swap
We are launching a LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap contract with up to 33x leverage on 30 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC. This is the fifth quanto contract to be launched on the BitMEX platform, offering users further diversification of trading opportunities. It follows the successful introduction of the XRPUSD and BCHUSD quanto perpetual swaps and ETHUSD quanto futures earlier this year.
Like other quanto swaps, the LTCUSD product will have a fixed Bitcoin multiplier regardless of the USD Litecoin price. This allows traders to long or short the LTC/USD exchange rate without ever touching either LTC or USD. Traders post margin in XBT, and earn or lose XBT as the LTC/USD rate changes.
The contract will be visible on the platform from 29 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading.
Please see our blog for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-ltcusd-quanto-perpetual-contract/
We are launching a LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap contract with up to 33x leverage on 30 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC. This is the fifth quanto contract to be launched on the BitMEX platform, offering users further diversification of trading opportunities. It follows the successful introduction of the XRPUSD and BCHUSD quanto perpetual swaps and ETHUSD quanto futures earlier this year.
Like other quanto swaps, the LTCUSD product will have a fixed Bitcoin multiplier regardless of the USD Litecoin price. This allows traders to long or short the LTC/USD exchange rate without ever touching either LTC or USD. Traders post margin in XBT, and earn or lose XBT as the LTC/USD rate changes.
The contract will be visible on the platform from 29 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading.
Please see our blog for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-ltcusd-quanto-perpetual-contract/
Incident title: Deposit Crediting Delayed
Incident time: July 22, 2020 - 01:07 UTC
Incident status: Investigating
Details: We are currently investigating an issue with the crediting of deposits beginning at 23:36 UTC
BitMEX.com - Deposits / Withdrawals - Partial Outage
Incident time: July 22, 2020 - 01:07 UTC
Incident status: Investigating
Details: We are currently investigating an issue with the crediting of deposits beginning at 23:36 UTC
BitMEX.com - Deposits / Withdrawals - Partial Outage
Incident title: Deposit Crediting Delayed
Incident time: July 22, 2020 - 02:15 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: The issue with a delay to crediting of deposits has been resolved as at 02:05 UTC and deposits are now being processed normally. All customer funds remain safe. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue may have caused. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - Deposits / Withdrawals - Operational
Incident time: July 22, 2020 - 02:15 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: The issue with a delay to crediting of deposits has been resolved as at 02:05 UTC and deposits are now being processed normally. All customer funds remain safe. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue may have caused. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - Deposits / Withdrawals - Operational
Reduction in Base Maintenance Margin - XBT and ETH Series - 29 July 2020
On 29 July 2020 at 02:00:00 UTC, we will reduce the Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our XBT Series and ETH Series products as part of an ongoing trial period. Base Initial Margin requirements will be unchanged.
Affected contracts and corresponding Base Maintenance Margin requirements will be:
XBTUSD, XBTU20, XBTZ20 0.35%
ETHUSD, ETHUSDU20, ETHU20 0.70%
These changes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the end of this trial period will be announced with 1 week's notice.
Please see our blog post for further details: https://blog.bitmex.com/reduction-in-base-maintenance-margin-xbt-and-eth-series-29-july-2020/
On 29 July 2020 at 02:00:00 UTC, we will reduce the Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our XBT Series and ETH Series products as part of an ongoing trial period. Base Initial Margin requirements will be unchanged.
Affected contracts and corresponding Base Maintenance Margin requirements will be:
XBTUSD, XBTU20, XBTZ20 0.35%
ETHUSD, ETHUSDU20, ETHU20 0.70%
These changes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the end of this trial period will be announced with 1 week's notice.
Please see our blog post for further details: https://blog.bitmex.com/reduction-in-base-maintenance-margin-xbt-and-eth-series-29-july-2020/
Reduction in Base Maintenance Margin - XBT and ETH Series - 29 July 2020
We have today (29 July 2020) reduced our Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our XBT Series and ETH Series products with effect from 02:00:00 UTC as part of an ongoing trial period. Base Initial Margin requirements remain unchanged.
Please note that the cap on the absolute Funding Rate will change in line with its definition as 75% x (Initial Margin - Maintenance Margin) and the cap on Funding Rate changes between Funding Intervals (75% of Maintenance Margin) will also reduce: https://www.bitmex.com/app/perpetualContractsGuide#Funding-Rate-Caps
Please see our blog post for further details: https://blog.bitmex.com/reduction-in-base-maintenance-margin-xbt-and-eth-series-29-july-2020/
We have today (29 July 2020) reduced our Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our XBT Series and ETH Series products with effect from 02:00:00 UTC as part of an ongoing trial period. Base Initial Margin requirements remain unchanged.
Please note that the cap on the absolute Funding Rate will change in line with its definition as 75% x (Initial Margin - Maintenance Margin) and the cap on Funding Rate changes between Funding Intervals (75% of Maintenance Margin) will also reduce: https://www.bitmex.com/app/perpetualContractsGuide#Funding-Rate-Caps
Please see our blog post for further details: https://blog.bitmex.com/reduction-in-base-maintenance-margin-xbt-and-eth-series-29-july-2020/
REMINDER: We are launching a LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap contract with up to 33x leverage tomorrow, 30 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC. The contract will be visible on the platform from 29 July 2020 at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted.
LTCUSD quanto swaps have a fixed Bitcoin multiplier regardless of the USD Litecoin price. This allows traders to long or short the LTC/USD exchange rate without ever touching either LTC or USD. Traders post margin in XBT, and earn or lose XBT as the LTC/USD rate changes. This quanto property may be one of the factors which results in the LTCUSD swap trading at a premium / discount to the LTCUSD spot price – see our blog post explaining the same property for ETHUSD from 2018 here: https://blog.bitmex.com/is-the-ethusd-swap-fairly-priced/
Please see our blog published at the time of the LTCUSD product announcement for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-ltcusd-quanto-perpetual-contract/
LTCUSD quanto swaps have a fixed Bitcoin multiplier regardless of the USD Litecoin price. This allows traders to long or short the LTC/USD exchange rate without ever touching either LTC or USD. Traders post margin in XBT, and earn or lose XBT as the LTC/USD rate changes. This quanto property may be one of the factors which results in the LTCUSD swap trading at a premium / discount to the LTCUSD spot price – see our blog post explaining the same property for ETHUSD from 2018 here: https://blog.bitmex.com/is-the-ethusd-swap-fairly-priced/
Please see our blog published at the time of the LTCUSD product announcement for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-ltcusd-quanto-perpetual-contract/
New LTCUSD Quanto Perpetual Swap Went Live Today (30 July 2020) at 04:00 UTC
Today, 30 July 2020, our latest product - LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap contract - went live.
Trading started at 04:00 UTC here: https://www.bitmex.com/app/trade/LTCUSD
See the full contract specs on our website: https://www.bitmex.com/app/contract/LTCUSD
Today, 30 July 2020, our latest product - LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap contract - went live.
Trading started at 04:00 UTC here: https://www.bitmex.com/app/trade/LTCUSD
See the full contract specs on our website: https://www.bitmex.com/app/contract/LTCUSD
As part of our efforts to improve the BitMEX trading experience, we recently announced a further reduction to maintenance margin requirements for our XBT and ETH series.
Read more about how this benefits our traders: https://blog.bitmex.com/introducing-and-explaining-the-positive-impact-of-lower-maintenance-margins/
Read more about how this benefits our traders: https://blog.bitmex.com/introducing-and-explaining-the-positive-impact-of-lower-maintenance-margins/
Incident title: Historical data duplicate records returned via REST API from 21:00 to 22:00 UTC
Incident time: August 07, 2020 - 01:47 UTC
Incident status: Identified
Details: We are currently resolving an issue with REST API queries for execution, order, and index data sets returning duplicate records for data between 21:00 and 22:00 UTC. There is no impact to the trading platform, and no data has been lost. We apologise for the inconvenience, and will share further updates shortly.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
Incident time: August 07, 2020 - 01:47 UTC
Incident status: Identified
Details: We are currently resolving an issue with REST API queries for execution, order, and index data sets returning duplicate records for data between 21:00 and 22:00 UTC. There is no impact to the trading platform, and no data has been lost. We apologise for the inconvenience, and will share further updates shortly.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
Incident title: Historical data duplicate records returned via REST API from 21:00 to 22:00 UTC
Incident time: August 07, 2020 - 01:56 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: This incident has now been resolved. REST API queries are no longer returning duplicate records for this time period.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
Incident time: August 07, 2020 - 01:56 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: This incident has now been resolved. REST API queries are no longer returning duplicate records for this time period.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
Incident title: API/Frontend Outage
Incident time: August, 12, 2020 - 03:24 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: The BitMEX API/Frontend was offline between 03:12:00 and 03:14:45 UTC on 12 August 2020. Full functionality has been restored. A review of the incident will be provided in due course.
Incident time: August, 12, 2020 - 03:24 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: The BitMEX API/Frontend was offline between 03:12:00 and 03:14:45 UTC on 12 August 2020. Full functionality has been restored. A review of the incident will be provided in due course.
Incident title: DDoS of Bitmex Services
Incident time: August 13, 2020 - 17:38 UTC
Incident status: Monitoring
Details: BitMEX systems were the victim of a DDoS that disrupted API connectivity for some users. BitMEX identified the attack at 16:57 UTC and we have fixed the issue by 17:10 UTC. All systems are now fully operational. We are continuing to monitor the situation.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may be causing. We are looking into the cause of this issue, and will be sharing an update as soon as possible. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
BitMEX.com - WebSocket API - Operational
Incident time: August 13, 2020 - 17:38 UTC
Incident status: Monitoring
Details: BitMEX systems were the victim of a DDoS that disrupted API connectivity for some users. BitMEX identified the attack at 16:57 UTC and we have fixed the issue by 17:10 UTC. All systems are now fully operational. We are continuing to monitor the situation.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may be causing. We are looking into the cause of this issue, and will be sharing an update as soon as possible. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
BitMEX.com - WebSocket API - Operational
Incident title: DDoS of Bitmex Services
Incident time: August 13, 2020 - 19:49 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: BitMEX systems experienced temporary connectivity delays for some users, including elevated error rates and latencies, starting 16:57 UTC on 13 August 2020. Early indications are that this was due to a suspected DDoS. Immediate actions were taken to mitigate this situation and all systems were fully operational by 17:10 UTC.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
BitMEX.com - WebSocket API - Operational
Incident time: August 13, 2020 - 19:49 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: BitMEX systems experienced temporary connectivity delays for some users, including elevated error rates and latencies, starting 16:57 UTC on 13 August 2020. Early indications are that this was due to a suspected DDoS. Immediate actions were taken to mitigate this situation and all systems were fully operational by 17:10 UTC.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
BitMEX.com - WebSocket API - Operational
Starting 28 August 2020 at 00:00 UTC we will be launching our User Verification Programme. For more details, please see our blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-bitmex-user-verification-programme/
In the coming weeks we will also be unveiling details of the first official BitMEX Trading Tournament, where verified users will be eligible to compete for prizes. Stay tuned for further announcements.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact our Support team here:
https://bitmex.com/app/support/contact
In the coming weeks we will also be unveiling details of the first official BitMEX Trading Tournament, where verified users will be eligible to compete for prizes. Stay tuned for further announcements.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact our Support team here:
https://bitmex.com/app/support/contact
Incident title: [Testnet] Scheduled Hardware Updates: Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Incident time: August 14, 2020 - 01:29 UTC
Incident status: Scheduled
Details: Starting at 08:00 UTC on 18 August 2020, we will be performing hardware updates in our Testnet environment. Testnet will therefore be unavailable from this time, and we expect to have completed the updates within 2 hours. We will notify users this Status Page and our Telegram Channel (https://t.me/BitMEX_Announcements) once the maintenance is complete.
If you have any further questions, please contact Support.
Testnet - REST API - Operational
Testnet - WebSocket API - Operational
Testnet - Web Frontend - Operational
Testnet - Trading Engine - Operational
Testnet - Deposits / Withdrawals - Operational
Incident time: August 14, 2020 - 01:29 UTC
Incident status: Scheduled
Details: Starting at 08:00 UTC on 18 August 2020, we will be performing hardware updates in our Testnet environment. Testnet will therefore be unavailable from this time, and we expect to have completed the updates within 2 hours. We will notify users this Status Page and our Telegram Channel (https://t.me/BitMEX_Announcements) once the maintenance is complete.
If you have any further questions, please contact Support.
Testnet - REST API - Operational
Testnet - WebSocket API - Operational
Testnet - Web Frontend - Operational
Testnet - Trading Engine - Operational
Testnet - Deposits / Withdrawals - Operational
BitMEX Index Protection Rules Update: Index Constituent reintroduction
Effective today (14 August) at 04:00:00 UTC, BitMEX updated its Index Protection Rules to add the reintroduction of excluded constituents to the index.
For details please see our blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-index-protection-rules-update-index-constituent-reintroduction/
Effective today (14 August) at 04:00:00 UTC, BitMEX updated its Index Protection Rules to add the reintroduction of excluded constituents to the index.
For details please see our blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-index-protection-rules-update-index-constituent-reintroduction/
Incident title: Gap in historical data queryable via REST API
Incident time: August 14, 2020 - 11:14 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: Between 09:00 and 09:50 UTC REST API queries for historical data were missing the past hour's worth of data due to an issue when writing the data to disk. The source data wasn't impacted i.e. there was no data loss. Full functionality has now been restored. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational
Incident time: August 14, 2020 - 11:14 UTC
Incident status: Resolved
Details: Between 09:00 and 09:50 UTC REST API queries for historical data were missing the past hour's worth of data due to an issue when writing the data to disk. The source data wasn't impacted i.e. there was no data loss. Full functionality has now been restored. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any further questions, please contact us via https://www.bitmex.com/app/support/contact.
BitMEX.com - REST API - Operational