The chart below shows bitcoin’s total open interest, or number of outstanding derivative contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which has ticked lower over the past week. Participation in the bitcoin futures market has waned since peak levels in November of last year, which preceded a 50% drop in BTC’s price.
![The State of Eth2, Jan 2021 [ENG/普通话]](https://storage.googleapis.com/ethereum-hackmd/upload_47c90a1331094cf794adf6539a7f8205.jpg "The State of Eth2, Jan 2021 [ENG/普通话]")
