Bitcoin Futures: Hong Kong's BitMEX vs. Chicago's $CME & $CBOE

Headline: Exchange giant CME's bitcoin futures get tepid take-up in debut | reuters.com.

Where's the action?

BitMEX (domain: bitmex.com), a Hong Kong-based trading platform specializing in bitcoin futures and reportedly offering investors up to 100 times leverage on their positions, with an initial margin requirement of just 1 percent (Editor's note: this sounds crazy! ), but WATCH OUT:
Tweets by BitMEXdotcom

More info on BitMEX here, here (Google.com SERP) and here (Reddit.com). Caveat Emptor!

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How Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon & Facebook Make Their $Billions

How Apple $AAPL, Google $GOOG, $GOOGLE, Microsoft $MSFT, Amazon $AMZN, & Facebook $FB Make $Billions:

Chart source: visualcapitalist.com

The 5 tech giants above ranked by profit margin:
Company-2016 Revenue (Billions)-2016 Net Income (Billions)-Profit Margin:

1. Facebook $28 $10 36%
2. Apple $216 $46 21%
3. Alphabet (Google) $90 $19 21%
4. Microsoft $85 $17 20%
5. Amazon $136 $2 2%

Note: In 2016, Apple experienced its first annual revenue decline since 2001, but Apple's profit almost equaled that of the four other tech giants above combined.

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