{"id":28712,"date":"2020-09-16T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=28712"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:01:08","slug":"bakkt-reports-new-record-bitcoin-futures-trading-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bakkt-reports-new-record-bitcoin-futures-trading-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakkt reports new record bitcoin-futures trading volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 15, the daily volume of physically delivered bitcoin futures on Bakkt reached 15,955 BTC (more than $200 million at the time of the announcement or approximately $180 million at the time of publication).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, compared with <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bakkt-bitcoin-futures-trading-volume-hits-all-time-high\">the previous all-time high<\/a> at the end of August, the increase stood at 36%.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Another record day in the books for our physically delivered futures:<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>15,955 Bakkt Bitcoin Futures were traded today, representing over $200M of volume and a 36% increase from our previous all-time high \ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bakkt (@Bakkt) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bakkt\/status\/1305995093384605696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_110204\\\" style=\\\"width: 1210px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-110204\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-110204 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-14-47.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Bakkt \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043e \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u044a\u0451\u043c\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0432 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u0444\u044c\u044e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438\\\" width=\\\"1200\\\" height=\\\"670\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-14-47.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-14-47-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-14-47-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-14-47-768x429.jpg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-110204\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/analytics.skew.com\/dashboard\/bitcoin-futures\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">skew<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) was muted \u2014 only $262 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_110203\\\" style=\\\"width: 1210px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-110203\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-110203 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-00-21.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Bakkt \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043e \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u044a\u0451\u043c\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0432 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u0444\u044c\u044e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438\\\" width=\\\"1200\\\" height=\\\"670\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-00-21.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-00-21-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-00-21-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-09-16_09-00-21-768x429.jpg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-110203\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/analytics.skew.com\/dashboard\/bitcoin-futures\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">skew<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Unlike CME, Bakkt settles the contract in the exchange&#8217;s own asset, i.e., in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite the new record, activity on Bakkt remains well below the figures posted by the leading crypto exchanges. The perpetual futures volume for the BTC\/USDT pair on Binance was $2.65 billion, for BTC\/USD on Huobi $1.28 billion, and for BTC\/USD on OKEx $516 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The only exchange lower was Deribit at $168 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the analytics software provider MicroStrategy said it bought an additional 16,796 BTC for $175 million. The aggregate investment in the first cryptocurrency, including fees and expenses, is estimated at $425 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 15, the daily volume of physically delivered bitcoin futures on Bakkt reached 15,955 BTC (more than $200 million at the time of the announcement or approximately $180 million at the time of publication).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[780,383,1168],"class_list":["post-28712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bakkt","tag-cme-group","tag-crypto-derivatives"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28714,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28712\/revisions\/28714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}