Papertrade Draws Reported $3 Billion in Positions in First Hour
Papertrade launched and quickly reached large reported trading activity, with one piece saying notional volume hit $14.4 billion within 10 minutes and another saying positions reached $3 billion in the first hour. Other coverage also put Bitcoin futures open interest at $3 billion and Ether futures open interest at $2.66 billion shortly after launch, while the platform’s balances and house liquidity were tracked at $137.1 million.
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