{"id":450185,"date":"2021-11-19T15:48:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=450185"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:08:35","slug":"new-bitcoin-institutional-rally-why-btc-just-blasted-past-18k-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/new-bitcoin-institutional-rally-why-btc-just-blasted-past-18k-again\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bitcoin Institutional Rally? Why BTC Just Blasted Past $18k Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The price of Bitcoin surged past $18,000 once again, marking a sharp recovery from its earlier intraday drop<\/a> to around $17,355. Behind the ongoing rally<\/a> is a noticeable spike in the open interest of CME and other major futures exchanges.<\/p>\n

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The 15-minute price chart of Bitcoin. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n

The open interest of the CME Bitcoin futures market surged past $1 billion on November 18. This comes after an increase in the number of billionaires and large financial institutions publicly supporting or investing in BTC.<\/p>\n

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CME #bitcoin<\/a> futures just crossed $1bln open interest pic.twitter.com\/VLx4tL85zw<\/a><\/p>\n

— skew (@skewdotcom) November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n