Open interest in bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin) futures has updated the previous record by reaching a new one at the $5.8 billion mark, follows from the data of the analytical company Skew.
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OKEx remains to be the main market leader with $1.3 billion in open positions. BitMEX and Huobi follow with $1.08 billion and $0.77 billion, respectively.
OKEx still holds the first rank with $4.74 billion of daily trading volume, followed by Huobi and Binance with $4.6 billion and $4.54 billion, respectively.
Meanwhile, open interest in bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange exceeded $940 million.
OKEx previously admitted it might delist Ethereum Classic (ETC) after the blockchain network of the asset suffered two separate 51% attacks and costed the exchange a loss of approximately $5.6 million in ETC.
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