Reduction in Base Maintenance Margin - XBT and ETH Series - 17 April 2020

BitMEX reduced its Base Maintenance Margin requirements for the XBT Series and ETH Series today, 17 April 2020, at 0100 UTC for a trial period.  Base Initial Margin requirements remain unchanged. The reduced requirements are:

Please note that the cap on the absolute Funding Rate will increase (defined as75% x (Initial Margin - Maintenance Margin)). The cap on Funding Rate changes between Funding Intervals (defined as75% of Maintenance Margin) will reduce.Please see our blog post for further details.