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Bitcoin futures open interest in 2024

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

Futures open interest, major venues opened 2024 at $14,612,587,564 (January 1, 2024) and closed at $38,313,192,263 (December 31, 2024), up 162.2%. The high was $53,157,632,277 on December 18, 2024 and the low $13,655,427,085 on January 24, 2024.

Futures open interest, major venues, month by month in 2024

MonthMonth end
January 2024$14,805,803,611
February 2024$21,550,024,194
March 2024$28,675,026,306
April 2024$23,781,956,935
May 2024$26,804,269,938
June 2024$25,311,563,930
July 2024$28,561,436,898
August 2024$23,098,226,050
September 2024$27,233,769,818
October 2024$33,639,006,292
November 2024$47,378,364,499
December 2024$38,313,192,263

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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