On 20 May 2021 at 04:00 UTC, BitMEX will list the BNBUSDT perpetual swap contract with up to 50x leverage. 

The contract will be visible on the platform from 04:00 UTC on 19 May 2021 as Unlisted, 24 hours before start of trading. 

Please see our blog for more information.

On 14 May 2021 at 06:00 UTC, we reduced the Base Initial Margin and Base Maintenance Margin requirements for our ETHUSD quanto swap.

The new Maintenance Margin requirements for ETHUSD will be:

Base Maintenance Margin 0.50%

Base Initial Margin 1.00%

Please see our blog post for further details.

At 02:30 UTC on 12 May 2021 the Quote Value Ratio (QVR) rule parameters will be changed for XBTUSD as follows:

• Free quotes allowed per hour will increase from 2,000 to 3,600.
• The number of quotes allowed per 1 XBT traded per hour for the XBTUSD perpetual swap contract will increase from 1,000 to 10,000.

For more information, please contact Support.

Today at 08:00 UTC, the risk limits for the ETHUSD Swap were increased from 50 to 75 XBT.

Users with ETHUSD Swap positions greater than 50 XBT are now eligible for lower margin requirements.

For more information, please refer to our blog.

We are officially launching the BitMEX Partner Programme to more intently focus on expanding the robust network of firms within our ecosystem. 

Through the programme, we’ll connect our users with trusted tools that will enhance their trading experience while rewarding partners themselves with incentives based on the activity they refer to the BitMEX platform.

For more details, please see our blog.