BitMEX got a $100M slap on the wrist for playing hide-and-seek with KYC rules
#CMCNews: BitMEX ordered to pay $100M fine for violating Bank Secrecy Act. https://t.co/3Nf0M1w9gv
Crypto exchange BitMEX was hit with a $100 million fine for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer program https://t.co/ID1lcVQr2D
BitMEX, the pioneering cryptocurrency exchange, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay a $100 million fine for violations of the US Bank Secrecy Act. The penalties stem from failures to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering and know-your-customer program between 2015 and 2020. Additionally, HDR Global Trading Limited, BitMEX's parent company, has been sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation as part of the ruling. The exchange had previously pleaded guilty to the charges in July 2024 and had agreed to pay $110 million in an earlier settlement.