BTC price rises, with open contracts calculated on a currency basis falling to a one month low

The BTC price rose from an average of about $63500 between August 12th and 18th to about $77700 on August 23rd. During the same period, the amount of open contracts calculated on a currency basis decreased from about 353500 BTC to about 312600 BTC, a decrease of about 11%, reaching the lowest level in at least a month. （Santiment）