In brief
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Our Bakkt Bitcoin Futures reached a new record high of 11,509 contracts traded today (each contract = 1 bitcoin) – an increase of 85% from our last record-setting day
— Bakkt (@Bakkt) July 27, 2020


$112,416.00
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-1.49%Reading
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt set a record for trading volume on its exchange, it announced yesterday. This came as the price of Bitcoin rallied from $9,300, as high as $11,300—a value not seen since August 2019.
Bakkt tweeted: “Our Bakkt Bitcoin Futures reached a new record high of 11,509 contracts traded today (each contract = 1 bitcoin) – an increase of 85% from our last record-setting day.”
🚨 Hot off the press 🚨
Our Bakkt Bitcoin Futures reached a new record high of 11,509 contracts traded today (each contract = 1 bitcoin) – an increase of 85% from our last record-setting day
— Bakkt (@Bakkt) July 27, 2020
At the time of writing, the contracts are worth over $122 million; the most Bakkt has seen since it launched in September 2019.
Yesterday’s explosive activity comes after a month of relatively low trading volumes on Bakkt. As shown in the graph below, daily trading volumes were below $40 million for the majority of the month.
It shows Bitcoin futures on the exchange had average daily volumes of $23 million for its physically-settled futures and $10.3 million for its cash-settled futures. In contrast, firms like Deribit and Huobi account for billions of dollars in Bitcoin futures daily.
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Bakkt’s Bitcoin options had an even more dismal performance. Since June 15, there were zero options trades made on the platform. Crypto exchange Deribit sucked up most of the volume, averaging $993 million across the last month.
Before its launch in 2019, Bakkt was heralded to bring forth massive institutional interest in Bitcoin—courtesy its ties to the NYSE and being one of the first fully-regulated crypto exchanges in the US. It’s wholly owned by the Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of clearinghouses, data and listings services.
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