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Data / Bitcoin futures open interest / 2020
The dollar value of every open bitcoin futures position on the major venues, with CME on its own.
Futures open interest, major venues opened 2020 at $2,915,256,412 (August 1, 2020) and closed at $5,779,634,947 (December 31, 2020), up 98.3%. The high was $5,915,128,568 on December 29, 2020 and the low $1,867,375,979 on September 6, 2020.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| August 2020 | $2,550,578,938 |
| September 2020 | $2,066,807,879 |
| October 2020 | $3,164,502,960 |
| November 2020 | $3,917,523,031 |
| December 2020 | $5,779,634,947 |
Open interest is the value of every futures contract still open: every long matched by a short. It rises when traders add leverage and falls when they close, or are forced to close, positions.
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