CoinGecko has started tracking the cryptocurrency derivatives market!
Below is a snapshot of stats that we are observing right now for Bitcoin perpetual contracts.
Bitmex leads the total number of open contracts among all perpetual contracts market worth $800 million in the last 24 hours, followed by Bybit, Okex Swap, and Deribit.
In terms of trading volume, Bitmex also takes the lead with over $3 billion last traded. Binance Futures reported approximately $1.3 billion of trading volume as well.
We are seeing that the derivative market will continue to further expand in 2020 relative to the spot market.