In the first eight hours, CME traded $61 million USD. That is about $12 million USD more than CBOE on same time frame during CBOE’s debut. https://bitcoinist.com/cmes-bitcoin-futures-made-their-debut-with-no-fanfare/
It is good it happened that way...as I think that Bitcoin Futures is just overrated. Starting with less fanfare is what we need, actually as too much can mean more pressure on Bitcoin to be very volatile. Right now, the market is having a good dip and is the best time to buy more Bitcoin. We are already in the mood to look forward for the start of 2018 which hopefully can be a better year for Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency world. I am then predicting of the possibility of the approval of the ETF platform...and together with the Futures will fully make Bitcoin another legitimate asset available for investors all over the world. Will these two platforms help Bitcoin? Only time can tell but am hoping they will.