As market events approached, participants continued to seek CME Group’s regulated products to manage risk and exposure.
CME Group saw continuous daily open interest records in Bitcoin futures. Cryptocurrency options have also continued to increase in volume and open interest throughout the end of the year as more clients looked to manage the market events. Both Bitcoin and Ether futures and options open interest rounded out the year at record highs as their prices increased 160% and 97% since the beginning of the year.