BitMEX closes 23 September 2026 after 11-year run. Users must withdraw funds; perpetual swap inventor cites strategic review amid crypto bear market.

BitMEX to close 23 September 2026 after 11 years; founders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Samuel Reed built the perpetual swap that minted three billionaires.

BitMEX closes 23 September 2026 after inventing the perp swap. Users must withdraw funds before shutdown following 11-year run with zero hacks.

BitMEX closes 23 September 2026 after 11 years. Perpetual swap inventor leaves 0 hacks record and pushes crypto derivatives mainstream in EU, Dubai, HK.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, the prior $SLERF analysis used the OKX spot SLERF trading pair as the price source, confirming the methodology remains valid; source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1979427299566252472. The author also provided Binance Futures Perpetual Funding History for traders to verify funding rates and timestamps when reviewing $SLERF-related derivatives; source: https://www.binance.com/zh-CN/futures/funding-history/perpetual/index. Traders replicating the approach should align their $SLERF funding assessments with the referenced OKX spot feed to ensure consistency with the author’s inputs; source: https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/1979427299566252472.