Odaily reports that BitMEX announced on X that the BitMEX exchange ceased operations today at 12:00 (UTC+8). User funds are safe, and login and withdrawal functions remain available. The platform strongly recommends that users withdraw their remaining funds as soon as possible. The platform has stopped accepting deposits, and users should no longer transfer assets to BitMEX addresses. Balances left on the platform will incur a monthly account fee, charged to KYC-verified users at the higher of an annualized 1% or the equivalent of $50. BitMEX previously announced in July that it would shut down the exchange.

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that the Celsius bankruptcy estate filed a lawsuit on September 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against BitMEX-affiliated entities, alleging improper liquidation in March 2020. The complaint states that the relevant Bitcoin includes 1,325.8385 BTC lost by Celsius on March 12, as well as 5,034.3281 BTC received the following day from the fund JST Alpha 1. BitMEX plans to cease exchange operations on September 23.

1. The Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time in three years;2. Celsius sues BitMEX over 2020 liquidation event, seeks to recover 6,360 BTC;3. Trump says U.S. interest rates should fall below 1%, urges the Fed to cut rates quickly;4. The U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed the American Reserve Modernization Act;5. The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act by a vote of 38 to 5;6. Paradigm founder: The Zcash developer fund is very important, and pure coin-weighted voting may be detrimental to building long-term trust;7. Worth approximately $13.55 million, a certain WLFI multisig wallet transferred a cumulative 248 million WLFI to Binance over the past month;8. Losing approximately $890,000 in 3 hours, a certain whale was liquidated after shorting 8,120 ZEC with 10x leverage;9. Bonk Guy: Over the past month, USELESS whale inflows totaled approximately $12 million.

Odaily News — The administrator of Celsius Network's bankruptcy estate has sued five BitMEX-related entities over forced liquidations during the March 2020 market crash, seeking to recover 6,360 BTC, currently worth approximately $495 million.Celsius claims it lost 1,325.84 BTC in a liquidation on March 12, 2020, and is also pursuing related claims assigned by investment fund JST, which lost 5,034.33 BTC the following day. The lawsuit alleges that BitMEX manipulated the market and improperly liquidated customer collateral through its platform's liquidation mechanism. The allegations have not yet been proven in court. (CoinDesk)

Odaily News: The Celsius bankruptcy estate filed a lawsuit on September 12 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that BitMEX operating entities engaged in fraud, market manipulation, and improper liquidation during the March 2020 Bitcoin crash, causing it to lose 6,360 BTC, worth approximately $495 million at the price at the time of filing. The defendants include HDR Global Trading, ABS Global Trading, Shine Effort, 100x Holdings, and HDR Global Services.

Odaily reports that BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted on X that the U.S. Clarity Act is detrimental to genuine innovation in the U.S. crypto industry and the development of products that meet market demand.He stated that Bitcoin has never needed the act since its inception in 2009, nor will it need it in the future; regulatory legislation should not become a precondition that restricts industry development and product innovation.

Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has announced that it will fully shut down its platform at 4:00 (UTC) on September 23, 2026. BitMEX CEO Peter Wilkinson stated that the exchange has been operating for over 11 years and has never lost customer funds due to hacker attacks during that period. Peter Wilkinson noted that BitMEX failed to keep pace with its competitors, having long focused on derivatives business while failing to offer spot trading, yield products, custody, and stablecoin trading services in a timely manner. The exchange also entered the USDT market relatively late, in 2021. He stated that BitMEX once supported its founding team in pioneering perpetual swaps, a product that has since become one of the highest-trading-volume financial instruments in the crypto industry and is now widely used for leveraged cryptocurrency trading. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily讯 2026 年至今已有超过 100 个加密项目关闭、申请破产或永久停止运营，且退出速度正在加快。仅 7 月下旬一周内，BitMEX、BitMart、Movement Labs 和 Storj Labs 就宣布关闭或提交相关申请。退出项目覆盖交易平台、钱包、DeFi 借贷协议、NFT 市场及 L1 区块链。波卡平行链 Moonbeam 于 7 月 31 日永久停止运行，未及时桥接资产的用户资金被滞留。以太坊通用型 L2 数量曾于 2023 年快速增长，但随着部署链门槛降低，市场逐渐拥挤，且部分项目缺乏差异化。大量项目存在使用量但缺乏传统意义上的收入，部分团队使用自身代币支付工程师费用、补贴流动性并承担安全审计费用。近期多数山寨币下跌 70%至 90%，令以代币计价的资金储备和运营周期估算失效。DAO 治理工具平台 Tally 曾服务超过 500 个协议、处理逾 10 亿美元付款并协助保护最高 800 亿美元链上价值，但仍因治理工具缺乏可持续商业模式而关闭。安全事件进一步加快项目退出。Blockaid 估计，2026 年上半年链上攻击损失达 11 亿美元，超过 2025 年全年；其中 Kelp DAO 和 Drift Protocol 两起事件分别损失 2.93 亿美元和 2.85 亿美元。TRM Labs 估计，朝鲜相关攻击者占同期加密攻击总损失的 66%。能够在熊市中继续增长的项目普遍依靠美元收入，而非自身代币。Hyperliquid 于 6 月 30 日累计手续费突破 10 亿美元，目前占去中心化永续合约市场 70%；Aave 截至 7 月持有超过 120 亿美元存款，年化借款手续费超过 1 亿美元。ARK Invest 研究总监 Lorenzo Valente 表示，加密行业正在经历历史上规模最大的整合，资本变得更加挑剔，缺乏实际产品市场契合度的团队和交易平台正在关闭。（CoinDesk）

Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMEX, owned by Arthur Hayes, transferred 367.65 BTC (approximately $23.92 million) from a cold wallet to a hot wallet 4 hours ago. Over the past week, the exchange has continued to make similar transfers, possibly to process retail withdrawals, following BitMEX's announcement of closure last month. The BitMEX cold wallet address is bc1q...srq64.

Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet withdrew 100 BTC from BitMEX, worth approximately $6.34 million; another wallet linked to the same individual received 5.055 BTC, worth approximately $318,500, bringing the total withdrawal to 105.055 BTC, worth approximately $6.66 million.