Exchange record
BitMEX
Seychelles-operated cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchange founded in 2014 and owned by HDR Global Trading Limited. BitMEX remains active after extensive U.S. enforcement history that includes the 2021 CFTC and FinCEN resolutions, founder guilty pleas, the company's 2024 Bank Secrecy Act guilty plea, and its later criminal sentence and fine.
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Summary
Seychelles-operated cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchange founded in 2014 and owned by HDR Global Trading Limited. BitMEX remains active after extensive U.S. enforcement history that includes the 2021 CFTC and FinCEN resolutions, founder guilty pleas, the company's 2024 Bank Secrecy Act guilty plea, and its later criminal sentence and fine.
Timeline
BitMEX agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle civil charges brought by the CFTC and FinCEN related to U.S. customer access, registration, and compliance controls.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an AML program at BitMEX.
Reuters and WSJ reported that BitMEX was fined $100 million by a U.S. judge after the company pleaded guilty to a Bank Secrecy Act-related charge over anti-money-laundering failures.