January was another record month for crypto – spot and derivatives volumes doubled to all-time monthly highs of $2.89tn and $2.34tn respectively, CME reached its highest ever BTC futures contract volume at over 285k contracts, and Binance topped the charts in terms of aggregate open interest across all derivative products with $2.6bn on average.

January Highlights

• Spot and derivatives volumes doubled to all-time monthly highs
• CME set record number of monthly BTC futures contracts traded and maintained highest open interest
• Binance topped derivatives open interest across all aggregate products
• Top-Tier exchanges continued to gain market share over Lower-Tier exchanges