Coming Soon: WTIUSDT Perpetual Contract

A new WTI perp is coming to BitMEX: 
📅 24 March at 04:00 UTC
🚀 25x leverage, margined in USDT

Now Live: WTIUSDT Perpetual Contract

Our new WTI perpetual contract is now LIVE and trading on BitMEX, with up to 25x leverage.

Trading started at 4:00 UTC on 24 March.

🎉 New futures listing 🎉

As of 24 Mar at 04:00 UTC, our new monthly Bitcoin futures contract - XBTK26 - is LIVE with up to 100x leverage.

AI Cloud Wars — The $240B Battle ☁️⚡
The "Inference Economy" is the new battlefield. It’s no longer about who builds the biggest model—it’s about who can serve it the cheapest.

The State of Play:
🔹 Google Cloud ($GCP): The 2026 breakout. 48% YoY growth and a massive $240B backlog. Their secret weapon? Custom TPU chips cutting costs by 78%.

🔹 Microsoft ($MSFT): The incumbent. Holding 21% market share and rebranding to "Foundry" to put AI at the core.

🔹 The Valuation Flip: For the first time, MSFT is the "value" play (22x P/E) while GOOGL is the "momentum" play (27x P/E).

The Trade: Don’t just pick a winner—trade the spread. Hedge $MSFT against $GOOGL or play the mean reversion with 20x leverage using crypto collateral.

Question: How to make $700 with a click?

Answer: By copy and reverse copy trading top HyperLiquid traders on BitMEX

It's always darkest before the dawn, or is it?

Just over a week till the end of the Equinox Race and Team Dawn is pulling ahead 🏃

Join the race and lay claim to a 100,000 USDT prize pool, Oura Rings and more!

BTC STRENGTH VS. THE MACRO FLUSH 🛑🚦

The TradFi bid hit a wall, but Bitcoin isn't flinching. Here’s the 2-minute drill:

🔹 Gold Liquidation: $3 Trillion in gold value evaporated this week. Legacies are failing as hedges. 🥇📉
🔹 MSTR Update: STRC is sub-$100 par. Strategy only bought 1k BTC this week (vs 22k last week). The automated bid is on ice. 🧊
🔹 The Play: Short QQQ / Long BTC. Tech is suffering from "AI anxiety," but Bitcoin is maintaining structural support above $70k.

Our strategy: Trade the relative value. Capture the rotation out of tech into $BTC.

IS INTEL A BUY IN 2026? 🛑🚦

Intel is back in the race. After years of trailing TSMC, the 18A node is finally in mass production, and the US Government has stepped in as a "white knight" shareholder.

The Intel Intel:
🔹 Technological Edge: 18A features "PowerVia"—a tech neither Samsung nor TSMC will have until 2027.
🔹 The Safety Net: The US Govt’s $20.47 entry price acts as a structural floor for the stock.
🔹 The Trade: Long $INTC vs Short $AMD pair trades are gaining traction as the valuation gap narrows.

Trade Intel perps 24/7 with up to 20x leverage using crypto collateral—no fiat needed.

Turning trading volume into solid gold? Some would say it's the work of an alchemist 🧠

We would say it's the work of a BitMEX trader who won their share of a 30,000 USDT prize pool by trading XAUt and XAG perps.

ℹ️Q2 2026 BitMEX Indices Update ℹ️

A kind reminder that our index weights were updated at BitMEX today at 12:00 UTC. The affected indices are listed in this blog.

Note: The hypothetical values of the indices with new weights are published as part of the “NEXT” index family (e.g. .BXBT_NEXT).

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Ending March Madness with a walk down memory lane 🏀

Last week on BitMEX saw:
🏆 Our top trader take home over $338k in profit
📈 Over $1.6bn in trading volume
🪙 $BTC remained the top traded contract

We have a few surprises coming this week so stay tuned 👀

📢 Protect Your Market Orders with Slippage Tolerance

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BEYOND DIRECTIONAL BIAS — THE PAIR TRADE 🛑⚖️

Is the market-neutral approach the ultimate "Pro" move for Q2?

While we’ve watched Bitcoin hold $70k, the broader context is a Tech sector burdened by "AI anxiety" and a Gold market in the middle of a historic flush.

This divergence is why we're prioritising the Long BTC / Short QQQ setup.

Why the math works:
🔹 Hedge the Nuke: With $QQQ below its 200-day MA, your short leg protects your capital if equities enter a tailspin. 🛡️
🔹 STRC Metric: We’re monitoring MSTR’s STRC premium; as it sits below $100 par, the automated spot bid is sidelined, making relative strength trades even more vital.
🔹 Extract Alpha: You aren't betting on a "moon mission"—you’re betting on Bitcoin outperforming an overextended tech sector.
🔹 Cost Efficiency: BitMEX offers 0% base interest, making this a high-leverage (up to 20x) hedge that is incredibly cheap to maintain.

Capture the rotation. Neutralise the risk. 🏛️⚡

Coming Soon: Brent Crude Oil Perpetual Contract

A new $BRENT perp is coming to BitMEX: 
📅 1 April at 12:00 UTC
🚀 25x leverage, margined in USDT

The race is heating up 🔥

As we approach Easter weekend the final sprint is underway.

YOU can decide what comes first - the dusk or the dawn. All you need to do is get trading and then watch the rewards accumulate 📈

Kicking off Q2 with our monthly $BMEX burn 🔥

Check out the numbers below and head on over to our blog to see how the BMEX token can elevate your trading experience 📈

Not an April Fool's joke - if you copied the right wallet a month ago, you would have been up more than 143,000% 🚀🚀🚀

Don't let the market pass you by, copy top Hyperliquid traders on BitMEX today.

Now Live: Brent Crude Oil Perpetual Contract

Our new BRENT perpetual contract is now LIVE and trading on BitMEX, with up to 25x leverage.

THE ETH ROTATION IS HERE 🛑🔄

The institutional baton might be passing. Here’s the 2-minute drill:

🔹 The Divergence: MSTR’s BTC buying slowed 95% last week, while Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) hit the gas with a record $143M ETH buy. Adjusted for market cap, BMNR is buying 1.7x more aggressively than MicroStrategy. 🚀

🔹 The Yield: BMNR’s stack is producing $177M in annual yield via staking. 💸

🔹 The Squeeze: 38.1M ETH is now staked with a 50-day validator queue. Liquid supply is evaporating. 🧱

🔹 The Play: Long ETH / Short SOL. Capture the supply squeeze against Solana’s technical weakness at $80. 🛡️

Watch this week: March Payrolls and BMNR treasury filings for the next move.