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The BitMEX case
Every US enforcement document on BitMEX in date order, 10 August 2021 to 15 January 2025. Steps: sentence, guilty plea and settlement. Each links its source.
The enforcement ledger holds 3 US documents on BitMEX, from the CFTC and the Justice Department, between 10 August 2021 and 15 January 2025. The latest on record, from the Justice Department on 15 January 2025: Crypto exchange BitMEX was sentenced to a $100 million fine and two years' probation for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Later: The President pardoned the company, HDR Global Trading Limited, on 27 March 2025.
Timeline
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2021 | CFTC | Settlement | BitMEX operators consented to a court order to pay a $100 million civil penalty for unregistered crypto derivatives trading and AML failures. |
| 10 Jul 2024 | DOJ | Guilty plea | Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to maintain an adequate AML program. Later: The President pardoned the company, HDR Global Trading Limited, on 27 March 2025. Office of the Pardon Attorney, clemency grants |
| 15 Jan 2025 | DOJ | Sentence | Crypto exchange BitMEX was sentenced to a $100 million fine and two years' probation for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Later: The President pardoned the company, HDR Global Trading Limited, on 27 March 2025. Office of the Pardon Attorney, clemency grants |
Each row links the agency’s own document. A step announced twice, by an agency’s headquarters and a regional office, is listed once. Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated, and a later step can change the outcome.
On Bitminer.io
The enforcement ledger is complete from January 2024 and holds only some earlier documents; filings that weren’t announced in a press release aren’t in it. People are described by their role, not named. Search BitMEX across every ledger
Cite this Bitminer.io, “The BitMEX case”, data to 6 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/case/bitmex/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data