Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11.5K; Ether Futures Open Interest Flattens

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11.5K; Ether Futures Open Interest Flattens

Bitcoin's price is trending up while ether futures open interest has stopped growing in the past month.


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