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Bitcoin futures open interest in 2021

The dollar value of every open bitcoin futures position on the major venues, with CME on its own.

Futures open interest, major venues opened 2021 at $5,880,808,857 (January 1, 2021) and closed at $11,352,363,367 (December 31, 2021), up 93.0%. The high was $17,987,925,783 on November 9, 2021 and the low $5,880,808,857 on January 1, 2021.

Futures open interest, major venues, month by month in 2021

MonthMonth end
January 2021$6,724,220,158
February 2021$8,970,965,537
March 2021$13,701,962,820
April 2021$10,583,023,099
May 2021$6,557,861,819
June 2021$7,515,350,455
July 2021$8,072,042,456
August 2021$10,054,680,009
September 2021$7,471,683,567
October 2021$15,693,507,659
November 2021$15,690,344,159
December 2021$11,352,363,367

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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