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- The red line is when a DDoS attack made BitMEX unreachable. Notice what happened next? (Photo: Coin Metrics)
BitMEX behind bitcoin Black Thursday bounce?
New analysis from Coin Metrics suggests that a poorly timed DDoS attack may have helped bitcoin investors while costing BitMEX dearly in market share
BitMEX suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the worst day imaginable—Black Thursday. The exchange appears to be paying dearly for the blip, according to Coin Metrics, which said BitMEX's share of the bitcoin futures market has tumbled since then.