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Bitcoin futures open interest in 2025

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

Futures open interest, major venues opened 2025 at $44,359,509,774 (January 1, 2025) and closed at $34,062,118,477 (December 31, 2025), down 23.2%. The high was $60,366,380,865 on October 7, 2025 and the low $32,243,890,292 on April 8, 2025.

Futures open interest, major venues, month by month in 2025

MonthMonth end
January 2025$49,148,843,192
February 2025$39,206,879,932
March 2025$34,940,389,567
April 2025$40,486,509,445
May 2025$48,009,184,768
June 2025$47,991,542,779
July 2025$54,538,281,999
August 2025$51,777,815,584
September 2025$53,600,646,879
October 2025$47,076,713,699
November 2025$37,606,236,134
December 2025$34,062,118,477

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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