http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin_contract_specifications.html
No it's 5 btc per contract, so vol. is still tiny overall. Yes iirc CME is settled in btc, while CBOE is in usd http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures
Here's their, generally bigger, volume http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures with 1btc per contract
compare https://www.barchart.com/futures/bitcoin
Your final question - no, there is always a bigger fish who will counter-trade their competitors.

edit: Some traders are noticing a small CME factor, where spot price draws towards week's close price on CME, but most are unconvinced, again because of tiny volume.

Help me with your thoughts on bitcoin futures.

In February I started to think if they are bad for bitcoin (because bitcoin remain bearish since introduction of futures).
Now i think they are bad, but probably not on extremely long turn. On extremely long term they are probably good (in years 2019, 2020)

But on short term (this year) i think bitcoin futures are bad. Why bad?
Because all the sudden people with a lot more money then those in crpyto can draw and earn money with hedging and drawing money from "little people with less experience". They wont take money from true hodlers who just hold, but bitcoin need new people in order to go up and up and crazy up, and experienced hedging companies could for quite some time draw price down and they have more knowledge whats and how much is needed to cause spikes down with help of futures.

Can someone help me dig out how much money is now in futures?
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin_quotes_globex.html
For may its i think 3000 contacts? now i wonder how much money is in that

If 1 contract 100 bitcoins? 900k USD? and there was  i think today 3000 buy/sell (or with other words 3000 combined going long + going short)
So 3000 times 900k usd = 2,7 billion USD in one day

Am i gettting this right ? i think not

If this is not bullish, I don't know what is:

Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world.
The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange has been working on an online trading platform that would allow large investors to buy and hold bitcoin, according to emails and documents viewed by The New York Times and four people briefed on the effort who asked to remain anonymous because the plans were  still confidential.
....
Goldman will initially only be trading futures contracts linked to bitcoin’s price. But Goldman executives said they were looking at moving in the direction of buying and selling actual bitcoins.
The Intercontinental Exchange’s effort, if it pans out, could make bitcoin available to a much wider and more influential customer base, including other financial firms.
...

Read the whole NYT article at:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/coming-soon-bitcoin-trades-on-wall-street/articleshow/64076979.cms

Good morning guys.

Indicators are relaxing as we catch support at the kijun line. This is a short term consolidation point and the market looks like it will head back towards the .382 fib line. I expect more sideways this coming week with moderate volume and volatility as we head back towards and test $10k next weekend. This rise, consolidate then dip cycle is very bullish imho. The laddering up is very apparent on the cloud. #dyor

Nice one

Bitcoin: a digital currency with known & limited supply, an open global network, and not controlled by politicians.

US Dollar: a digital currency with unknown & unlimited supply, a highly restricted territory-based network, and controlled by politicians. Which will win, longterm?

Wallstreet playing with us boys!  I was warned that this would happen when the big fucking guns assault BTC!



GO BITCOIN GO

Just here for mere hours and you make yourself a fool.  Your predictions already in shambles.  And yet another sexually insecure idiot using the word "Cuck".  It reveals a lot about who you are. 

But don't worry...  on the next downswing you will be able to dance around and act like you predicted it. 

Then it will go back up again.

I'll be looking for that 2k floor this week.  Shoot I'll give it 'till next Sunday night.

Haha maybe to turn into eastern bunny geek after hitting 24777 ( if we get iT in time)

Don't like ripple in any way but at least it is not intentionally malicious like bcash
Glad they are third now by a long shot

the 24 word pharases is just like your password but it use when wanna switch your phone or you wanna open your wallet on another devices.
for transaction you just use your pin but think if your phone are lost or broken. that the 24 pharases function

Yes you wuod be doomed. Always keep the Private key in as many places as you can. Don't even think if risking using any wallet you don't own the key for. It's simply not worth it. The amount of headache and heart ache you will go through can all be mitigated so long as you keep your key around. So lease please keep multiple copies and make them physical copies because they the best and can be kept offline entirely.