20 May Sudden ‘Major’ Outage Sparks Serious Bitcoin Exchange Warning
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, once branded a “bitcoin casino,” has lurched from crisis to crisis over recent years.
The Seychelles-based bitcoin and crypto exchange, specialising in bitcoin derivatives, was last week hit with a lawsuit accusing it of market manipulation, among other illegal activities.
Now, as the bitcoin price makes another assault on $10,000 per bitcoin, a “major” BitMEX outage has prompted warnings the exchange is becoming increasingly unreliable.
BitMEX’s trading engine went offline on Tuesday for over an hour due an incident it described as a “major outage,” leaving users unable to access their funds.
“I’ve been warning people [about BitMEX] for…