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		DavidSJ on April 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin hits US$ 4, after being mentioned on CNN y... A US dollar futures contract represents 1,000 dollars. So that's $15 million per day.

Gaussian on April 30, 2011 [–]

I think it's the value of the index X $1,000. So the notional value traded per day is more like $1.1 billion because the index is now around 73.

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