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0 pointswmf4y ago0 comments

The question is how and why FTX became big given that BitMEX already existed.

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Bitmex is very much a niche exchange, it only offers a handful of perps. FTX will let you trade pretty much any thing you can think of (crypto perps/spot, stocks, political elections, etc.)

dkersten4y ago

BitMEX was engulfed in controversy (lawsuits and investigation) around the time FTX launched.

swader9994y ago

Bitmex and its liquidation engine is why.

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solean4y ago

Bitmex is very much a niche exchange, it only offers a handful of perps. FTX will let you trade pretty much any thing you can think of (crypto perps/spot, stocks, political elections, etc.)

dkersten4y ago

BitMEX was engulfed in controversy (lawsuits and investigation) around the time FTX launched.

swader9994y ago

Bitmex and its liquidation engine is why.

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