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Bitcoin futures open interest in 2022

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

Futures open interest, major venues opened 2022 at $11,222,322,610 (January 1, 2022) and closed at $7,389,133,847 (December 31, 2022), down 34.2%. The high was $12,941,487,706 on April 8, 2022 and the low $6,491,206,480 on June 19, 2022.

Futures open interest, major venues, month by month in 2022

MonthMonth end
January 2022$9,338,383,548
February 2022$9,136,263,650
March 2022$11,719,894,778
April 2022$9,993,900,578
May 2022$9,243,156,253
June 2022$7,040,227,091
July 2022$9,035,253,854
August 2022$9,485,996,780
September 2022$9,139,345,822
October 2022$9,806,887,930
November 2022$7,841,497,093
December 2022$7,389,133,847

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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