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.
The only people who are buying futures are those who are at the same time manipulating the normal market. If you wanted to invest why would you buy futures instead of the real thing? But if you wanted to sell a lot of bitcoins or knew someone who is going to sell, suddenly futures start looking like a much better option.