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CME Open Interest for Bitcoin Futures Up 100% Since Start of 2020

Open interest in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have doubled in the first few days of the year, as noted by data analytics firm Skew. About $235 million worth of positions (5,329 contracts) were open on the CME on Jan. 17 compared to $110 million seen in early December. Open interest is the sum of all contracts that have not expired, been exercised or physically delivered.

Open interest has spiked alongside price, confirming an upward trend. Bitcoin bottomed out near $6,430 in mid-December and rose to a 2.5-month high of $9,188 on Sunday. At press time, the cryptocurrency changed hands at $8,600, representing a 20 percent gain on a year-to-date basis.  The bitcoin futures market witnessed increased activity in the runup to the launch of options trading. Open interest rose to more than 5,000 contracts in the first four trading days of the week.

Further, more than 17,000 contracts (equivalent to over 85,000 bitcoin) traded on Jan. 8 – five days before the options product went live and registered a first-day volume of $2.3 million or 55 options contracts.  Options trading volume more than doubled to 122 contracts on Friday, amounting to a notional volume of 610 BTC or $5.3 million, as each contract represents five bitcoins.

“BTC has seen remarkable growth in volume and customer interest with nearly 2.5M contracts traded to date and 4.9K+ contracts traded daily, “ the CME tweeted on Dec. 17. Further, nearly 6,400 futures contracts traded each day (equal to 31,850 bitcoin) at the exchange in 2019. The ever increasing numbers at the CME may reflect rising institutional interest in the cryptocurrency, and could accelerate bitcoin’s evolution as a mature asset class.

CME Open Interest for Bitcoin Futures Up 100% Since Start of 2020, CoinDesk, Jan 21
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