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Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Skyrockets To $13B; CME Tops Chart

January 17, 2021 by Chayanika Deka

Bitcoin continued to break new records as it oscillated back and forth a little below $40k. Following the price recovery in the spot market, optimism was also noted across the derivatives sector.

According to the latest stats compiled by Skew Analytics’ data dashboard, aggregated open interest [OI] in Bitcoin futures across the 12 biggest cryptocurrency exchanges surpassed a whopping $13 billion.

With this, OI hit a fresh ATH yet again on the 14th of January as interest in the market continued to soar high.

CME Tops The Chart For Bitcoin Futures OI

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Out of the total OI figure, CME Group’s bitcoin futures accounted for $2.39 billion as the platform continued to soar in popularity as more institutional investors flock to the sector.

CME was followed by OKEx with $2.08 billion, Binance with $2.05, and Huobi with $1.04 billion. The once leading derivatives giant BitMEX was in the 8th position on the Skew charts amassing an OI of $0.88 billion.

Unlike CME which went on to become the largest market for Bitcoin Futures, ICE’s crypto venture, Bakkt has been laying low in terms of the OI numbers recording a mere $0.05 billion on the same day.

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The latest news comes after a large liquidation event following the biggest price dump of the year. Despite more than $1 billion buy liquidation, the appetite of the futures contract trades appeared to be bullish as depicted by the OI figures. It was clear that the impact of the recent liquidations was in no match for the bullish outlook among the market participants.

Optimism From Professional Traders: Strong Bullish Projection For Bitcoin

The above charts also evidenced more and more inflow of money into the market, as traders expect a near-term rise in the crypto-asset’s volatility which was indeed a positive development for its spot price. Noting the rising optimism, prominent analyst Joseph Young tweeted,

“Bitcoin futures open interest is back to an all-time high once again. Open interest = the sum of all futures contracts in the market. When the market crowded, massive price swings like the Jan. 12 20% drop become more likely. Another flush drop above $42k could happen again.”

Filed Under: Bitcoin News, News Tagged With: Bakkt, Bitcoin futures, CME, open interest

Ethereum Price Surge Drives Ethereum futures Open Interest to a Record High

July 30, 2020 by Arnold Kirimi

For the first time in history, the gross figure of the open Ethereum’s futures contract eclipsed $1 billion, another sign of surging open interest in the second-largest cryptocurrency. The total value of all open bets in the value of Ethereum hit a new all-time high, as per data by blockchain analytics firm, Skew.

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The new record comes as ETH ‘s price broke past the $300 price level and the imminent launch of Ethereum 2.0, which has boosted long-term investor trust in the potential of cryptocurrency. Future contracts refer to the consent of two participants to buy or sell a particular asset at a set price at a predetermined time in the future.

The buyers of the Ethereum futures contract anticipate the value of ETH will be different from the value of the contract before it is deployed, allowing for immediate proceeds upon completion of the commitment. Notably, the entities issuing futures contracts earn a fee referred to as premium, with the anticipation that the fee will be higher than the loss

Total Ethereum futures open interest surge by 30 percent

Total open interest in Ethereum futures surged by nearly 30 percent from June 20, from below $800 million to about $1.2 billion during press-time. Open interest is a very significant metric because it shows the fresh amount both issuers and traders have gambled in futures contracts before the expiry of the contract in the future.

Moreover, major crypto exchange OKEx is currently leading the pack with the most extensive Ethereum futures open interest of over $290 million. Crypto exchanges Huobi and BitMEX follow behind with $220 and $216 total open interest, respectively. In particular, Huobi recently revealed its plan to roll out Ethereum options trading later during Q3.

Ethereum leading the new market charge

Ethereum futures were surging earlier in the year, reaching almost $900 million before the coronavirus pandemic fears increased, and the further collapse of the U.S stocks market brought down the cryptocurrency market with it. The open interest in Ethereum futures crashed to below $400 by mid-March. However, the gross value of Ethereum futures open interest has been on a determined surge upwards since then.

The current momentum has been driven by the recent increase in the price of Ethereum. Nevertheless, the surging Eher future has more work to do if they match the king of the cryptocurrency futures contract, Bitcoin. Back on July 21, the open interest in bitcoin futures eclipsed the $4 billion mark. However, BTC futures contracts have raised at half the rate seen by Ethereum futures since the price began surging.

Filed Under: Market Analysis Tagged With: bitcoin future contracts, Bitcoin futures, cryptocurrency future contract, Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum 2.0, ethereum future contract, ethereum futures, future of ETH, Huobi, open interest

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