Bitcoin Cash: all 81 futures markets are perpetuals, CME is missing

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Bitcoin Cash rises to $294.31 and holds a weekly gain as one of the few top-25 assets. A count of our own shows all 81 futures markets are contracts with no expiry date, and half of the open positions hang on a single trading venue.Bitcoin Cash costs $294.31 on Wednesday morning, or 264.53 euros. The coin sits 4.4 percent above its level of 24 hours ago and 3.9 percent above its level of a week ago, according to CoinGecko in the night before October 28 at around 2am. That is a rarity this week: Bitcoin has given up 2.7 percent over the same period, Ether 4.3 percent. Anyone wanting the medium-term picture will find our running assessment in the Bitcoin Cash price prediction. More interesting than the price this week, though, is where Bitcoin Cash is actually traded. Since October 19 there has been a futures contract at the CME in Chicago, so at a regulated US futures exchange. A count of the publicly visible futures markets shows, however, that this contract does not appear in t...