BitMEX Altcoin / Bitcoin Indices Update, May 2019

Greg Dwyer

Effective 22 May 2019 at 04:00 UTC, Kraken will be reintroduced into several of BitMEX’s Altcoin and Bitcoin Indices.

This update is a reflection of a change in our Kraken market data feed handler from using Kraken’s REST API to their new Websocket API.

The following indices and respective contracts will be affected by the above change:

Index

Constituents

Contracts

.BBCHXBT

(⅓ * Binance + ⅓ * Poloniex + ⅓ * Kraken)

BCHM19

.BEOSXBT

(⅓ * Binance + ⅓ * Poloniex + ⅓ * Kraken)

EOSM19

.BETH

(⅓ * Bitstamp + ⅓ * Coinbase Pro + ⅓ * Kraken)

ETHUSD

.BETHXBT

(⅓ * Binance + ⅓ * Poloniex + ⅓ * Kraken)

ETHM19

.BLTCXBT

(⅓ * Binance + ⅓ * Poloniex + ⅓ * Kraken)

LTCM19

.BXBT

(⅓ * Bitstamp + ⅓ * Coinbase Pro + ⅓ * Kraken)

XBTUSD, XBTM19, XBTU19, XBT7D_U105, XBT7D_D95

.BXRPXBT

(⅓ * Binance + ⅓ * Poloniex + ⅓ * Kraken)

XRPM19