Quote from: 1Referee on November 29, 2018, 10:04:22 PM

Quote from: LeGaulois on November 29, 2018, 11:38:02 AM

I doubt that there is an increase in demand for BTC futures product. An increase from a dozen persons isn't significant lol. Perhaps for institutions but for the average Joe, I don't think there is an interest at all.
Well, I can be wrong of course, but so, they will all want to create their BTC future. Regulation isn't what people are looking, they want to invest in Bitcoin mainly because they don't really know how to.

It all comes down to competition. In the next couple of years we'll see more legacy players try to claim their cut of the pie, and yes, it's largely focused to serve wealthy entities rather than the average joes sitting at home.

In terms of the demand for these futures, I think it's pretty decent if you compare it to actual top tier USD Bitcoin exchanges;

CME $133 million 24h volume.
Coinsbank $100 million 24h volume.
Coinbase Pro $91 million 24 volume.
Bitstamp $68 million 24h volume.
Kraken $50 million 24h volume.

Pretty impressive stats from CME if you ask me.

CME volume is false. I doo weekly analysys of CME and CBOE and weekly vol iz $78 million, not 24h you can see my reports on my Telegram channel. Analysis is made from CFTC homepage.