{"id":32633,"date":"2020-12-01T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32633"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:40:36","slug":"former-stuttgart-stock-exchange-chief-to-lead-bitmex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/former-stuttgart-stock-exchange-chief-to-lead-bitmex\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Stuttgart Stock Exchange chief to lead BitMEX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 100x Group, the company behind the BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange, appointed former Stuttgart Stock Exchange chief Alexander H\u00f6ptner as chief executive.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He will take up his role at BitMEX on January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">We are proud to introduce Alexander H\u00f6ptner as the newly appointed CEO of <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100xGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@100xGroup<\/a>. He will lead us as we enhance the BitMEX platform and shape the evolution of digital financial services. Read more here: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ibgDujOaQ7\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/ibgDujOaQ7<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/qcg2zsVqRy\\\">pic.twitter.com\/qcg2zsVqRy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BitMEX (@BitMEX) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitMEX\/status\/1333592607675518983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously H\u00f6ptner held leadership positions at Deutsche B\u00f6rse AG, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, at B\u00f6rse Stuttgart and at Euwax AG. The latter helped create a cryptocurrency trading platform built on B\u00f6rse Stuttgart \u2014 it became the first EU-regulated exchange focused on digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>In October, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arthur-hayes-steps-down-as-bitmex-ceo-after-u-s-regulators-lawsuit\">resigned<\/a> alongside the rest of the leadership after <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/cftc-sues-bitmex-and-its-founders\">investigation<\/a> by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Against a backdrop of regulatory issues, 100x Group <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitmex-hires-new-chief-compliance-officer-amid-us-regulatory-troubles\">hired<\/a> a new compliance manager.<\/p>\n<p>In November, BitMEX <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitmex-to-bolster-aml-policy-through-partnership-with-eventus-systems\">announced<\/a> a collaboration with Eventus Systems, a developer of market manipulation detection and AML compliance solutions, to improve its AML policy.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100x Group, the company behind the BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange, appointed former Stuttgart Stock Exchange chief Alexander H\u00f6ptner as chief executive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[788,1166],"class_list":["post-32633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitmex","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32635,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633\/revisions\/32635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}