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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.
| Month | Month 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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