December was a record volume month for Ethereum options

Ethereum • January 9, 2021, 10:50AM EST
UPDATED: July 14, 2021, 12:16PM EDT
The Block

December of 2020 beat out the previous month’s all-time high for Ethereum options trading volume, according to data compiled by The Block. November generated $1.83 billion worth of options while December had $2.24 billion — a 22.4% increase. 

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Deribit had 83.4% of the Ethereum options trading volume. Next was OKEx with 13.9% of the volume, with bit.com’s 1.72% in third place.

December held various all time highs, including aggregate supply issue of stablecoins and legitimate volume on spot exchanges. To see more of December by the numbers, subscribe to The Block Research.

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MK Manoylov has been a reporter for The Block since 2020 — joining just before bitcoin surpassed $20,000 for the first time. Since then, MK has written nearly 1,000 articles for the publication, covering any and all crypto news but with a penchant toward NFT, metaverse, web3 gaming, funding, crime, hack and crypto ecosystem stories. MK holds a graduate degree from New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) and has also covered health topics for WebMD and Insider. You can follow MK on X @MManoylov and on LinkedIn.

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