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Binance & BitMEX Kiss and Make Up After Plagiarism Accusation – CCN Markets, Crypto Coins News

Binance & BitMEX Kiss and Make Up After Plagiarism Accusation – CCN Markets, Crypto Coins News


binance ceo changpeng zhao, bitmex ceo arthur hayes, crypto exchange

BitMEX accuses Binance of plagiarism, but it’s not long before the two bitcoin exchange giants kiss and make up on Crypto Twitter. | Source: Reuters (i), Distributed / YouTube (ii). Image Edited by CCN.

BinanceandBitMEXshared a social media bro hug after the latter publicly accused its fellow cryptocurrency exchange of plagiarizing documentation featured in its recently-launched crypto derivatives testnet.

On Wednesday, the BitMEX Twitter account ribbed Binance over its testnet launch, highlighting apparent plagiarism in the two platforms’ documentation.

Congrats on the Testnet Futures launches@binance. Glad to see you enjoyed reading our documentation as much as we enjoyed writing it!pic.twitter.com/lLzcLcX6t4

— BitMEX ( @BitMEXdotcom)September 4, 2019

CZ Takes Responsibility for Plagiarized Documentation

The CEO of Binance,Changpeng Zhao, quickly responded to the tweet, taking responsibility for the duplicated copy and apologizing to BitMEX.

Shame on us. 😂 Sorry about that. Missed this in the DD process before the acquisition (didn’t read the BitMex docs ourselves).

The official docs of Futures A platform (developed internally) are here:https://t.co/TPjvYgB2hrfor your review.

– CZ Binance (@cz_binance) (September 4, 2019

Arthur Hayes, the CEO of BitMEX, tweeted a meme apparently indicating his forgiveness for the error.

https: // t .co / ck1Y2yARXDpic.twitter.com/ JjR 85 KgrhW

– Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes)September 4, 2019

The seemingly-friendly interaction between the two exchanges comes amid Binance’s entrance into the cryp tocurrency derivatives market, which is dominated by BitMEX.

BitMEX’s 100 x leveraged XBT / USD contracts currently comprise the single most-traded cryptocurrency product available to retail investors, while Binance ranks as the largest spot exchange.

In addition to launching two testnets for the exchange’s futures platform, this week also saw Binance announce itsacquisitionof JEX, a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange that supports spot and derivative trading. Through JEX, Binance will launch futures, options, and perpetual swap contracts.

Moving forward, the platform will be rebranded to Binance JEX. It will offer a native cryptocurrency token called JEX, which Binance plans to distribute through “marketing activities and community incentives.”

Competition Heats Between Regulated and Unregulated Crypto Derivatives Platforms

The JEX acquisition came during the same week that The Wall Street Journal published areportclaiming that VanEck will seek an SEC exemption by exclusively offering shares in its so-called “limited bitcoin ETF“to qualified institutional investors.

Speaking to CCN, Ricky Li, the co-founder of cryptocurrency market maker Altonomy, said the cryptocurrency market boasts“ among the most fierce competition ”in the derivatives industry.

Li said the cryptocurrency derivatives market is divided between regulated entities seeking to target institutional investors and unregulated entities serving retail inves tors:

“The market is pretty clearly divided between ‘regulated’ and ‘unregulated’. On the US side, a list of exchanges are all pushing push for proper federal licensing to prepare for large institution entry. On the unregulated market, it is still a game for retail investor adoption. Each has their own contract modifications to reflect these different audiences. “

Bitfinexalso appears to be seeking to compete with BitMEX, with the exchange recently launching 100 x leveraged perpetual swap contracts paired against Tether (USDT) for both BTC and Ethereum (ETH).

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