Traders hold $4.96B in open bets on traditional markets that now trade as perpetual futures on crypto venues, across 234 instruments in the Nov 7 read. These contracts track stocks, gold and similar assets but trade around the clock.
The largest single pile sits in SPCX at $494.20M. Gold (XAU) comes next at $437.88M, then SK Hynix, the Korean chipmaker, at $403.05M.
Trading in these contracts reached $18.22B over 24 hours. Open interest counts the value of positions still open, so it shows where money stays committed. Volume counts what changed hands in the day.
The largest single pile sits in SPCX at $494.20M. Gold (XAU) comes next at $437.88M, then SK Hynix, the Korean chipmaker, at $403.05M.
Trading in these contracts reached $18.22B over 24 hours. Open interest counts the value of positions still open, so it shows where money stays committed. Volume counts what changed hands in the day.
