Despite the slings and arrows of recent legal actions against its founders, leadership at cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is bullish for the future of the derivatives exchange. BitMEX was rocked when the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed legal charges — including criminal charges from the DOJ — against the firm's co-founders and one early employee. Arthur Hayes — along with co-founders Ben Delo and Samuel Reed — are accused of operating an unregistered trading platform as well as violating CFTC rules, including anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations. BitMEX ... (full story)