According to Crystal Blockchain, less thantwo days after the US authorities filed charges of illegal activity on BitMex, the exchange's clients have already withdrawn more than 45 thousand bitcoins worth about $ 473 million.
1 October Commodity Trade CommissionUS futures contracts (CFTC) filed a civil lawsuit against the derivatives exchange for illegal transactions and violations of AML / CFT regulations. Following this, the New York prosecutor's office accused the company's management of conspiracy and violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, arresting one of them.
Despite the fact that the officialthe statement, the exchange denied all charges, manyusers found these assurances unconvincing and began to withdraw digital assets from their trading accounts. Although BitMex still has over 120,000 bitcoins in custody, indicating trust from most customers.
Analysis of transactions also showed that a largepart of the funds was transferred to other crypto-exchanges. The largest influx was experienced by the Gemini, Binance, OKEx and Huobi platforms, which received a total of more than 20 thousand BTC in less than 48 hours.
The outflow of funds was followed by a decreaseBitMex activity indicators. It is not yet clear how the trial will end, but lawyers believe it is most likely that the exchange will be forced to pay several fines and reconsider its operating methods.
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