April 20, 2024

Arcane Research: Bitcoin has become more popular than Ethereum

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Arcane Research: Bitcoin Has Become More Popular Than Ethereum

Open interest in bitcoin futures on the Chicago Exchange (CME) is up 6% in 2023, while interest in ether futuresThis is reported by Arcane Research in its new report.

"This open interest trend is different from the usual trend of CME futures.It shows that BTC was in the lead at the beginning of 2023," they writein a report by Arcane Research analysts Bendik Schei and Vetle Lunde.

Relative to other cryptocurrencies, ether also showed a weak start in 2023, sums upConclusion: the authors of the report. 

The report notes that open interest in smaller altcoins also increased in January.

At the beginning of the year, analysts at Arcane Research announced that the dominance of the Binance exchange led to the fact that the trading platform had taken over almost the entire global cryptocurrency market.