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    Home » Trading volume of Bitcoin cryptocurrency platform Bitkt futures increased by 700%

    Trading volume of Bitcoin cryptocurrency platform Bitkt futures increased by 700%

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    By BlockchainJournal on October 11, 2019 News
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    Bakkt's recently launched cryptocurrency trading platform set a new record for trading volume on Deliverable Futures Contracts for Bitcoin (BTC) .

    “We have reached a new trade record of 212 contracts sold yesterday. After yesterday’s close, Bakkt set a new daily record of $ 1.93 million, bringing the total number of outstanding contracts as of October 9 to 1,197, which amounted to $ 10.2 million in dollars. ”

    As we continue to build the Bakkt Bitcoin Futures contract, we reached a new trading record of 212 contracts traded yesterday

    – Bakkt (@Bakkt) October 10, 2019

    Following a modest start, Bakkt was followed by a daily increase in volume of 796%, it coincided with yesterday's jump in bitcoin prices from $ 8,205 to a maximum of $ 8,626 on Wednesday.

    The Bakkt bot, which displays the volume, shows yesterday's volume at the level of 224 traded contracts.

    Daily summary of Wednesday's Bakkt Bitcoin Monthly Futures:

    ? Traded contracts: 224 (+ 796%) (New ATH ?)
    ? Day before: 25
    ? New all time high: 224

    Follow @BakktBot for realtime updates. pic.twitter.com/gd7nu1GndG

    – Bakkt Volume Bot (@BakktBot) October 10, 2019

    Fundstrat Research Director Tom Lee believes this surge is a good sign of the influx of big money and the involvement of institutional.

    “Pay attention to Bakkt volumes. This is an almost pure indicator of institutional demand for bitcoin. ”

    Watch @Bakkt volumes. It is nearly a pure proxy for institutional demand for #bitcoin . 1-day physical settled $ BTC https://t.co/Tl3yZpPqgB

    – Thomas Lee (@fundstrat) October 10, 2019

    To date, Bakkt trades 80 Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts , the price of which was $ 8 537.50 or $ 529 325. For comparison, 71 futures contracts were traded 24 hours after the launch.

    Publication date 10/11/2019
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