• Alexander Höptner CEO BitMEX
    Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation

    In wake of indictments, BitMEX operator appoints former Börse Stuttgart exec as CEO

    Alexander Höptner led Börse Stuttgart as the firm reportedly became European Union’s first traditional exchange operator to become a regulated crypto multilateral trading facility

    Höptner led Börse Stuttgart as the firm started offering regulated cryptocurrency trading services inside the European Union, from Germany. The company said it was the European Union's first traditional exchange operator to become a regulated crypto multilateral trading facility.

  • Arthur Hayes indicted BitMEX
    Bitcoin,  Regulation,  United States

    Arthur Hayes out at BitMEX

    With its three co-founders under indictment for money laundering in the U.S., the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange has dumped its leadership

    CEO Arthur Hayes and co-founders Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, as well as head of business development Gregory Dwyer, have stepped down after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted them for violating the Bank Secrecy Act and conspiring to violate the Bank Secrecy Act. The charges are based on what prosecutors say are deliberately weak and inefficient customer identification procedures.