BitMEX Announces Plans to Shutter 12-Year-Old Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has stopped accepting new registrants as it prepares to close its operations. The company, whose founders were the recipients of a White House pardon last year, announced the closure on its website Thursday (July 20), urging customers to withdraw their funds from the platform before the Sept. “Following a strategic review of the business and the broader crypto industry, the board of HDR Global Trading Limited, owner and operator of BitMEX, has decided