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BitMEX Launches Multi Asset Margining: Simplifying Trading for Derivatives Markets

By Dominic Sow · 8 January 2025

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BitMEX, the OG crypto derivatives exchange, is announcing the launch of Multi Asset Margining. This game-changing feature allows traders to use multiple margin currencies - including USDT, USDC, ETH, and XBT (Bitcoin) - to trade derivatives contracts without the hassle of asset conversions or wallet transfers. The tool was designed to streamline the trading process, enhance flexibility, and increase capital efficiency, empowering users to trade with more currencies of their choice, with the list of currencies to expand in the future. With the addition of Multi Asset Margining, users can open and maintain positions using currencies other than a contract’s settlement currency. This eliminates the step of time-consuming asset conversions, allowing users to hold multiple currencies to gain exposure to diverse markets simultaneously. Unlike the requirements set on most exchanges, BitMEX ensures a frictionless trading experience—users can deposit their preferred currency and start trading immediately without needing to shuffle funds between wallets.  Stephan Lutz, CEO of BitMEX said, “The launch of Multi Asset Margining on BitMEX marks a transformative milestone in simplifying trading for our users and to enhance their capital efficiency. By removing the need for tedious asset conversions and wallet transfers, this feature not only simplifies the trading process but also unlocks new opportunities for our users to maximise their capital and engage seamlessly with the crypto derivatives market. As we look to 2025 and the next decade, we want to affirm our commitment to creating a more accessible and efficient crypto trading ecosystem.”

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