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Is BitMEX safe?

Name: BitMEX verdict: Not active
Item: BitMEX
Author: verify.trading

BitMEX is a broker without a licence verified on a regulator register in our research. Our global rating is Not active. Below: why it scores this way, what each regulator means for client protection, and how to verify.

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Global rating: Not active

Licences verified: None verified
Global score: No score shown
Evidence: Not scored
Last checked: 30 Oct 2026

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Why this score

Global rating Not active. Last checked 30 Oct 2026.

Reason: Operating status: inactive

Pillars marked “Not yet checked” are left out of the score rather than counted as zero; they lower evidence confidence instead. Nothing commercial affects a score, verdict or ranking.

What the verdict means

BitMEX is rated "Not active" globally. Verdicts come from a fixed, rule-based method applied identically to every firm.

Verified
Score 75+, research complete, and an active tier 1 or 2 licence held by the entity serving retail clients.
Caution
Active, with enough evidence to score, but short of Verified. Read the reason before you deposit.
High risk
Verified adverse evidence only: a regulator warning, or a licence revoked or suspended in the last 2 years.
Insufficient data
Not enough verified evidence yet to rate. Not a judgement either way.
Under review
Our researchers are re-checking this record. No score is shown until they finish.
Not activeThis record
Inactive, redirected or merged. No score is shown.

See the methodology for how scores are built.

Who regulates BitMEX

No licence verified

Our research has not verified an active licence for BitMEXon a regulator's register. That does not prove it is unlicensed, but without a licence there is usually no client-money segregation or compensation scheme. Check with the regulator directly before depositing.

How to verify this yourself

Take a few minutes to check official registers directly:

01
Find the official register of the regulator listed above. Use the regulator's own site, not a link from the broker.
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Search for the firm's name or licence number.
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Check that the licensed legal entity matches BitMEX's account terms and that status is current.
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Check permissions cover the instruments you plan to trade.

Alternatives to BitMEX

Comparable brokers with an equal or higher score:

Fidelity International

FCA

Verified

100 / 100

FxPro

FCA, CySEC

Verified

100 / 100

Markets.com

CySEC, FCA

Verified

98 / 100

Vantos Markets

FCA

Verified

95 / 100

The record

Public verification fields held for this entity:

Global verdict: Not active
Global score: No score shown
Licences verified: None verified on a register
FCA warning: None recorded
Last checked: 30 Oct 2026

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BitMEX: questions answered

Is BitMEX regulated?

Our record lists no regulator for BitMEX. That does not prove it is unlicensed, but we cannot point to a licence to check.

Is BitMEX FCA regulated?

Our record does not show BitMEX on the FCA register. Check register.fca.org.uk directly if you need to be sure.