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Bitcoin futures open interest in 2023

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

Futures open interest, major venues opened 2023 at $7,295,503,509 (January 1, 2023) and closed at $14,741,562,873 (December 31, 2023), up 102.1%. The high was $15,908,552,477 on December 6, 2023 and the low $7,143,935,278 on March 13, 2023.

Futures open interest, major venues, month by month in 2023

MonthMonth end
January 2023$9,036,446,010
February 2023$9,253,151,086
March 2023$9,564,514,564
April 2023$9,699,011,891
May 2023$10,075,185,356
June 2023$12,087,203,023
July 2023$11,321,230,942
August 2023$9,431,115,336
September 2023$9,405,838,711
October 2023$12,307,838,498
November 2023$13,803,019,670
December 2023$14,741,562,873

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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