Outage in BitMEX

Tokyo Migration

Resolved Minor
August 22, 2025 - Started 2 months ago - Lasted about 2 hours
Official incident page

Incident Report

Starting at 02:00 UTC today, BitMEX will enter maintenance mode to facilitate our Tokyo Migration. Please refer to this blog post for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/datacentre-migration-aws-tokyo/ From maintenance until continuous trading resumes, there will be no Mark Price updates and hence no liquidations. We will notify users on this Status Page and our Telegram Channel (https://t.me/BitMEX_Group) once the maintenance is complete. If you have any further questions, please contact Support.
Components affected
BitMEX REST API BitMEX WebSocket API BitMEX Web Frontend BitMEX Trading Engine BitMEX Deposits / Withdrawals BitMEX Identity Verifications

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 2 months ago - at 08/23/2025 03:00AM

The scheduled maintenance has now been completed and trading has resumed. We thank you for your patience.

MONITORING 2 months ago - at 08/23/2025 02:14AM

The BitMEX platform will be online, initially via cancel-only mode from ~02:15 UTC until approximately 03:00 UTC. Full functionality will resume from 03:00 UTC.

INVESTIGATING 2 months ago - at 08/23/2025 02:00AM

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide additional updates as necessary.

INVESTIGATING 2 months ago - at 08/23/2025 01:15AM

Starting at 02:00 UTC today, BitMEX will enter maintenance mode to facilitate our Tokyo Migration.
Please refer to this blog post for more information: https://blog.bitmex.com/datacentre-migration-aws-tokyo/

From maintenance until continuous trading resumes, there will be no Mark Price updates and hence no liquidations.

We will notify users on this Status Page and our Telegram Channel (https://t.me/BitMEX_Group) once the maintenance is complete.
If you have any further questions, please contact Support.

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