The Bitcoin (BTC) market is saying goodbye to one of its classic price indicators as a traditional feature on charts disappears entirely. Starting this week, CME Group's Bitcoin futures market will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This puts an end to the famous "gap" phenomenon in futures. This is reported by Cointelegraph.com reports .
The transition to 24-hour trading was announced in February. Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity and Alternative Products at CME, noted that demand for risk management in the digital asset market has reached record levels. In 2025, the notional volume of cryptocurrency futures and options exceeded 3 trillion USD.
As a result of this change, futures trading will not stop on weekends, eliminating the discrepancies between the end of one trading week and the start of the next. Previously, the BTC/USD pair would move up or down to "fill" these gaps when a new week began. Some gaps were observed to remain unfilled for months.
Prominent trader Daan Crypto Trades noted that there are currently three gaps remaining around the price. According to him, last week's CME gap has been closed, and the market is currently trading in a large area between the remaining few "gaps."
For now, the lowest open gap is located slightly above the 67,000 USD level, a level last seen in early April. At the same time, analysts are also closely monitoring changing trends on the Bitfinex exchange.
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