The trading volume of Bitcoin and Ethereum options in April continued to hit historical highs, but the options trading volume has declined

In April, both Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading volumes reached historical highs again. The volume of Bitcoin options trading hit a new high of $47.3 billion, an increase of 1.2%; the volume of Ethereum options trading reached a new high of $26.32 billion, up by 25.4%. However, the open interest in Bitcoin options continued to decline by 15.5%, and Ethereum's holdings also fell by 7.1%. In terms of futures, the average monthly trading volume for Ethereum futures in April decreased to $691 billion, down by 22.6%. The decrease in open interest for Bitcoin futures in April was at 1.6%, while that for Ethereum futures fell by 17.7%; as for futures trading volumes, Bitcoin's dropped by 21.38% in April to about $1.59 trillion dollars. Open interest on CME Group’s bitcoin future contracts decreased by23.7%in April , dropping to$8.9billion , with daily average transaction amount (daily avg volume) significantly reducedby30 .1%to around$4.8billion.