Open interest on Bitcoin derivatives reached an all-time high on Sunday

Sunday saw a new record for aggregated open interest on Bitcoin futures and options reached, according to data compiled by The Block Research. 

Bitcoin’s aggregated open interest futures reached $10.7 billion on January 3. OKEx reported the most in terms of aggregated open interest, encompassing 17.7%. Next were CME at 16.7% and Binance at 16.2%. 

Open interest options also reached a peak of $7.96 billion. The majority of options activity was on Deribit, accounting for 82% of the reported activity.

This report has been corrected to account for the time frame of the data provided in the graph.

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MK Manoylov has been a reporter for The Block since 2020 — joining just before bitcoin surpassed $20,000 for the first time. Since then, MK has written nearly 1,000 articles for the publication, covering any and all crypto news but with a penchant toward NFT, metaverse, web3 gaming, funding, crime, hack and crypto ecosystem stories. MK holds a graduate degree from New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) and has also covered health topics for WebMD and Insider. You can follow MK on X @MManoylov and on LinkedIn.