- BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz, Chief Financial Officer Ina Steiner, and Chief Growth Officer Raphael Polansky are no longer with the company.
- BitMEX, which was co-founded in 2014 by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Samuel Reed, has reportedly been looking for a buyer.
BitMEX, the troubled cryptocurrency exchange reportedly looking for a buyer, has cleared out its executive team, losing CEO Stephan Lutz, CFO Ina Steiner, and Chief Growth Officer Raphael Polansky, CoinDesk has learned.
Stephan Lutz resigned from his role as CEO of BitMEX, a spokesperson for the exchange infomed CoinDesk.
The firm’s former global general counsel and chief operating officer, Peter Wilkinson, has taken over as CEO. The moves were highlighted in recent postings on LinkedIn.
Wilkinson, Lutz, Steiner and Polansky did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The crypto exchange and derivatives trading platform was co-founded in 2014 by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Samuel Reed. In 2020, BitMEX was alleged to have failed to implement adequate anti-money laundering measures in place, and later pleaded guilty to the charges. Hayes, Delo and Reed resigned shortly after the U.S. brought criminal charges.
BitMEX is presumably looking to streamline its costs and appear more attractive to prospective buyers, as an ongoing depression in digital asset prices weights on the crypto industry.
