The inside story of how a hike in Hong Kong changed crypto trading forever
CoinDesk· Oliver Knight· Jul 29, 2026 · 1:53 PM
"We were a scrappy startup," Delo said of BitMEX back in 2016, when it launched the first perpetual future. "We thought, ‘Just get it out there. If it was any good, the market would show us.’"
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