BTC PRICE INCREASES, AND THE NUMBER OF OPEN CONTRACTS REDUCED TO A MONTH LOW IN CURRENCY TERMS POINTS

According to Santiago, the BTC price increased from an average of about $6.35 million between 12 and 18 August to about $777 million as at 23 August. During the same period, the number of open contracts in currency terms fell from about 353.5 million BTCs to about 31.26 million BTCs, a decrease of about 11 per cent, the lowest level in at least one month。