{"id":70024,"date":"2018-07-22T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=70024"},"modified":"2020-04-06T01:19:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T00:19:13","slug":"bitcoin-futures-daily-volume-grows-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-futures-daily-volume-grows-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Futures Daily Volume Grows 93%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\">Bitcoin<\/a> futures have experienced strong growth in the second quarter of 2018, with data released by <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/cme-group\/\">CME Group<\/a> demonstrating a 93% increase in average daily volume. Open interest in Bitcoin futures,\u2014 the number of Bitcoin futures contracts \u2014has also exceeded 2,400, equating to a 58% increase\u00a0over Q1 2018.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55380\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55380\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/btc-price-manipulation-social-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"DOJ Is Investigating Bitcoin Price Manipulation\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/btc-price-manipulation-social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/btc-price-manipulation-social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/btc-price-manipulation-social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/btc-price-manipulation-social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Related:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/doj-is-investigating-bitcoin-price-manipulation\/\">DOJ Is Investigating Bitcoin Price Manipulation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CME Group began offering BTC futures on December 17,\u00a02018 subsequent to the launch of Bitcoin futures pioneered by the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The availability of Bitcoin futures has remained a point of debate within the cryptocurrency community, catalyzing <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/doj-is-investigating-bitcoin-price-manipulation\/\">discussions<\/a> of price manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>CME\u2019s Bitcoin futures growth data is mirrored by the international average daily volume of the derivatives marketplace, with a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/media-room\/press-releases\/2018\/7\/15\/cme_group_achievesinternationalaveragedailyvolumeof42millioncont.html?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mediaroom%2FCMsF+%28CME+Group+Media+Room%29&utm_content=FeedBurner\">press release<\/a> announcing a 13% YTD growth in international average daily volume across 4.2 million contracts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitcoin futures average daily volume in Q2 grew 93% over previous quarter, while open interest surpassed 2,400 contracts, a 58% increase. Learn more about trading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> futures: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/adjWVWXBPQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/adjWVWXBPQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQWC3nGGrI\">pic.twitter.com\/UQWC3nGGrI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CMEGroup (@CMEGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMEGroup\/status\/1020314761479770112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Futures Capture Institutional Interest<\/h2>\n<p>The recent surge in Bitcoin futures interest follows an increase in the level of institutional investors entering the cryptocurrency market \u2014 recent industry movement has seen <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tag\/coinbase\">Coinbase<\/a> launch a custodian solution for institutional investors resulting in the capture of a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-secures-20-billion-hedge-fund-and-plans-to-offer-margin-financing-for-institutional-investors\/\">$20 billion hedge fund<\/a> that will expand the financial services offered by the platform.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69964\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69964\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/coinbase-hedge-fund-social-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/coinbase-hedge-fund-social-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/coinbase-hedge-fund-social-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/coinbase-hedge-fund-social-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/coinbase-hedge-fund-social.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Related:\u00a0<a title=\"Coinbase Secures $20 Billion Hedge Fund and Plans to Offer Margin Financing for Institutional Investors\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-secures-20-billion-hedge-fund-and-plans-to-offer-margin-financing-for-institutional-investors\/\">Coinbase Secures $20 Billion Hedge Fund and Plans to Offer Margin Financing for Institutional Investors<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market is attractive to investors seeking to capitalize on price swings via futures contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The CBOE\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/op-ed-why-bitcoin-etf-approval-could-catalyze-the-biggest-bull-run-yet\/\">Bitcoin ETF<\/a> application has drawn further interest to the availability of complex financial products based on cryptoassets, with BlackRock Inc \u2014 the world\u2019s largest provider of exchange-traded funds \u2014 recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/blackrock-eyeing-blockchain-crypto-in-spite-of-ceos-stance\/\">assembling a working group<\/a> to investigate the potential of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin futures have experienced strong growth in the second quarter of 2018, with data released by CME Group demonstrating a 93% increase in average daily volume. 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