April 19, 2024

BitMEX Historical Bitcoin Futures Trading Volume Exceeds $ 2 Trillion

Bitcoin futures trading volume on the popular cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX since its inceptionwork in 2016 exceeded $ 2 trillion, said company CEO Arthur Hayes.

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As indicated in the table given by him, the aggregate trading volume in the XBTUSD pair was $ 2,002,151,044,685.

The daily turnover, according to the exchange, is almost 288,000 XBT, the total amount of open positions is more than $ 1 billion.

We also note that the BitMEX insurance fund, according to recent data, amounted to almost 34,000 BTC.

Earlier, the exchange reported that in 2019, the total amount of traders' liquidated positions amounted to about $ 20 billion.