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Re:Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exc... by hnracer on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:08PM (#24657124)
It's not exactly world policing. They are enforcing alleged violations of their own securities laws.
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Re:Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exc... by dannyw on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:06PM (#24658058)
Their securities laws only apply to those under US jurisdiction. BitMEX does not accept US customers.

BitMEX immediately closes the accounts of anyone who ever signs in with a US IP, no matter what. I've been there: my bitmex account is permanently closed because I signed into it while I was holidaying to the USA.

They _are_ world policing.

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Re:Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exc... by hnracer on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:03AM (#24660909)
Bitmex does accept US customers when they use a VPN.
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