CME Bitcoin futures hit record high, but uncertainty looms above $36K By Cointelegraph

(BTC) futures open interest at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hit an all-time high of $3.65 billion on November 1. This metric considers the value of every contract in play for the remaining calendar months, where buyers (longs) and sellers (shorts) are continually matched.

The number of active large holders surged to a record 122 during the week of Oct. 31, signaling a growing institutional interest in Bitcoin. Notably, the Bitcoin CME futures premium reached its highest level in over two years.