BitMEX Ether Futures Trading Contracts Fall by Half in Wake of United States Charges
Last week, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) submitted civil charges versus BitMEX, and the Department of Justice brought criminal charges versus BitMEX’s owners for assisting in cash laundering and other unlawful transactions.Ether futures open interest on BitMEX has actually fallen by half given that U.S. charges were revealed last week. It had actually peaked at$214 million on Sept. 1.