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US Court Orders BitMEX Founders to Pay $30M for Illegal Trading

Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed will each pay $10 million for their role operating BitMEX.

Ni Jesse Hamilton
Na-update May 11, 2023, 4:56 p.m. Nailathala May 5, 2022, 9:28 p.m. Isinalin ng AI
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes (CoinDesk archives)
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes (CoinDesk archives)

A federal judge ordered the three co-founders of BitMEX to pay $30 million total for operating an illegal cryptocurrency derivatives platform and violating money-laundering rules, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a Thursday statement.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the platform’s founders – Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed – to each pay a $10 million penalty.

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Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

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Nob 14, 2025
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  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
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Citadel Securities and DeFi Waging War of Words Through SEC Correspondence

Ni Jesse Hamilton|Edited by Cheyenne Ligon
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The investing giant had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to treat DeFi players like regulated entities, and the DeFi crowd pushed back.

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  • A feud conducted over U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) correspondence has developed between Citadel Securities and the DeFi sector, arguing over whether DeFi protocols should be more regulated.
  • The DeFi space is calling out the investment firm for its approach to the securities regulator.
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