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Open Interest on Bitcoin (BTC) Options on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Surges 1000% in May 2020

  Open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) for Bitcoin (BTC) options has surged dramatically during the past few days, following the third Bitcoin halving event, which effectively reduced the cryptocurrency’s supply by 50%. An options contract is an agreement between two consenting… Read More

Open Interest on ICE’s Bakkt Hits All-Time High as Bitcoin (BTC) Future Traders Continue to Bet on Leading Cryptocurrency

As Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, closed out January 2020 with its strongest performance in the past seven years, open interest on Bakkt surged to yet another all-time high on January 31 for physically-settled BTC futures contracts. Meanwhile, institutional traders on the CME Group prepared… Read More

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