Another BitMEX executive pleads guilty to violating Bank Secrecy Act

BitMEX former executive Gregory Dwyer has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Dwyer, who served as the Head of Business Development at the crypto exchange, was one of BitMEX’s first employees and has now admitted that the exchange failed to “establish,…

BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes pleads for leniency

BitMEX co-founder, Arthur Hayes, is pleading for leniency as he awaits sentencing, with his lawyers asking for probation with community confinement or home detention, Bloomberg reports. The former CEO pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), including a letter from his mother in the documents sent to the judge who’ll sentence him. Prosecutors…

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes predicts end of dollar domination and Bitcoin to $1 million

Former BitMex CEO Arthur Hayes in a long op-ed published on his Medium page titled “Energy Cancelled,” explained how the war in Ukraine and resulting sanctions could be the end of the Eurodollar / Petrodollar monetary system. Russia sanctions could spell end of dollar domination According to Hayes, the sanction of the world’s largest energy…