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Now Live: SAHARAUSDT Perpetual Swap Listing With Up to 50x Leverage 

As of 27 June 2025 at 04:00 UTC, BitMEX users are now able to long or short $SAHARA via a new perpetual swap listing - SAHARAUSDT.

Now Live: MGOUSDT Perpetual Swap Listing With Up to 50x Leverage

On 25 June 2025 at 04:00 UTC, BitMEX users will be able to long or short $MGO via a new perpetual swap listing - MGOUSDT.

Now Live: Deposit and Trade LOT to Win Up to 400,000 LOT Tokens

As of 24 June at 12:00 UTC, LOT (League of Traders) will be available on BitMEX via LOT/USDT (Spot) and LOTUSDT (Perpetual), for users to deposit and trade the LOT token. 

Delisting of Illiquid Contracts

On 30 Jun 2025 at 12:00 UTC, we will delist 17 derivatives contracts and 1 spot pair (please see the list below). The contracts will be settled early at 12:00 UTC on 30 June 2025 ( “Tsettle”), according to the standard practice described in our Exchange Guide.

Announcement of Index Weights for Q3 2025

On 27 June 2025 at 12:00:00 UTC, we will update our index weights at BitMEX. From today, the hypothetical values of indices with their new weights will be published as the “NEXT” index family (e.g. .BXBT_NEXT).

A Guide to RLUSD: A New Stablecoin for BitMEX Traders

In this comprehensive guide, we introduce RLUSD (Ripple USD), Ripple's new USD-pegged stablecoin, designed to combine reliability with blockchain efficiency.

Now Live: XBTQ25 Futures Contract

As of 24 Jun 2025 at 04:00 UTC, a new XBT futures contract, underlined and margined in Bitcoin, have been listed on BitMEX. The listing will expire on 29 Aug 2025.

Assume The Position

In this edition of Crypto Trader Digest, Arthur Hayes offers a deep dive into the complex world of stablecoin issuance, critically examining its past, present, and future, particularly in light of upcoming public listings like Circle's IPO.

Now Live: Trade POKTUSDT to Win Up to 3,000 USDT

As of 13 June at 04:00 UTC, a new perpetual swap listing for POKT (Pocket Network) is available to trade on BitMEX with up to 50x leverage.

Now Live: Changes to Base Initial Margin, Maintenance Margin, Risk Limits and Risk Steps

The Base Initial Margin, Maintenance Margin requirements and Base Risk Limits and Risk Step for the following contracts were changed as shown below on 12 Jun 2025 at 04:00 UTC.

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