CME is letting traders bet on bitcoin volatility, not price, and two firms have already placed bets

BTC

BTC/USDT

$79,622.01

-1.50%

$79,622.01

-1.50%

(24s)

24h Volume

$17,439,160,209.06

24h H/L

$81,423.03 / $78,660.00

Change: $2,763.03 (3.51%)

Long/Short

52.6%

Long: 52.6%Short: 47.4%

Funding Rate

-0.0020%

Shorts pay

Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data

Bitcoin

Daily

$79,697.72

▲ 0.05%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels

Resistance 3$91,281.84

Resistance 2$88,315.23

Resistance 1$80,811.61

Price$79,697.72

Support 1$79,507.02

Support 2$76,172.06

Support 3$74,131.55

Pivot (PP):$79,916.17

Trend:Sideways

RSI (14):66.5

CoinDesk Staff

(08:19 AM UTC)

1 min read

Reviewed byMichael Roberts

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Monarq and DV Chain kick off trading in CME's bitcoin volatility index futures.

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