Bitcoin News
By TCA PR
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Increased Demand for Regulated BTC Futures Product in 2020
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Rising Value of Bitcoin
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Is Institutional Demand Important?
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2019 was a significant year for firms like Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Bakkt due to great Bitcoin derivatives action.
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Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Managing Director of JP Morgan, said that the activity of the CME Bitcoin futures has increased in 2019.
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For more than two years, CME has been offering cash-settled BTC futures contracts. In 2017, both institutional and mainstream investors became more aware of crypto market.
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In September 2019, Bakkt started to provide physically delivered BTC future contracts. Both CME’s and Bakkt’s trading volumes show that investors are interested to their offerings.
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Furthermore, the Bitcoin futures volume of Bakkt touched the all-time high on December 18, 2019, while on January 7, it came awfully close to the all-time high.
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According to Panigirtzoglou, “There has been a step increase in the activity of the underlying CME features contract over the past few days.”
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He also added that, “This unusually strong activity over the past few days likely reflects the high anticipation among market participants of the option contract.”
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Based on the report of Panigirtzoglou, the intrinsic value of Bitcoin has been rising. On the other hand, it remains below the market price at the moment due to the significant…
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The analyst concluded that, “The market price has declined by nearly 40% from its peak while the intrinsic value has been risen around 10%, [but] the gap has not yet fully…
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Throughout 2019, the significant increase in BTC volume in the futures market happen along with the constant increase in the open interest.
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The institutional demand is important to ensure price trend and long-term growth of BTC due to its ability in removing the dependence of asset on retail investors.
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Brian Armstrond, CEO of Coinbase, said, “Something like 90% of the money in the world is locked up in institutions, so this will likely drive a lot of demand for crypto assets.”
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