Two things that I have observed so far are that the price variation between different exchanges has dropped and the prices of altcoins have increased along with bitcoin's price.
It seems that Bitcoin Futures reinforces the legitimacy of Cryptocurrencies and motivates more people to get into the cryptos space.
Also, it seems that Bitcoin Futures manages people's expectation on the price and reduce the volatility.
What do you think?
None. Bitcoin Futures have minimal role to play here. There are more prominent factors effecting Bitcoin prices at the moment, most prominent among them at the moment is BCH rise!
Analyze BTC and BCH combo chart and you will find that both are inversely related to each other. Rise is one means stagnation or decrease in other. Due to excessive diversification from investors and BCH pump today, Bitcoin remained stagnant around $17K today but it will over soon. We will see it growing again. "Volatility is real essence of Bitcoin."