Recent data from Skew shows that open interest for Bitcoin (BTC) has been rising on the Bybit crypto trading platform, reaching a new high at $434 million on July 14 for the Tether (USDT) and USD pairs combined.
Open interest for other cryptocurrencies like EOS, Ether (ETH) and XRP have also been rising at Bybit. Open interest is the value locked in a derivatives contract like a futures or option contract and it allows investors to gauge money flows into and out of these contracts.