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Market Wrap: Ether Sets New Highs as Bitcoin Stays Below $49K

Despite choppy price action, news over the past few days has been extraordinarily bullish for the leading cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin trading on Coinbase in 2021 (TradingView)

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Bitcoin an 'Emerging Competitor' to Gold, Says CME's Chief Economist

Blu Putnam said gold's ongoing production, likely to increase this year, contrasts with bitcoin's fixed supply.

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CME Leveraged Funds Double Down on Shorts as Bitcoin Maintains $19,000

Short open interest for leveraged funds grows on CME as likely hedge trades continue to increase.

CME bitcoin futures open interest for leveraged funds

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CME Bitcoin Options Flatline After Record Growth in June

Less than 0.2% of Friday's daily options trading happened on CME, according to data from Skew.

Daily open interest for CME bitcoin options

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CME Bitcoin Options Market Grew 10x in the Past Month

CME Group’s bitcoin options market grew tenfold within a month and recorded six consecutive all-time highs for open interest so far this month.

CME Group bitcoin options market open interest, May 11 to June 10, 2020 (CoinDesk Research, Skew, CME)

Markets

CME Says Volume Surge Shows Strong Institutional Interest Before Bitcoin Halving

A surge in bitcoin derivatives suggests institutional investors are getting bitcoin exposure ahead of the halving, the Chicago exchange says.

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3 Straight Record Days Drive CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest to All-Time High

Open interest for CME bitcoin futures made a new all-time high of just under $500 million on Friday. CME’s bitcoin futures market are growing faster than nearly every other bitcoin futures market on a percentage and real growth basis.

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