what a strange move. The micro BTC futures volume is quite pathetic actually and the bid-offer spread is horrific. BTC futures stats are worse. They should consolidate it by simply removing the BTC futures.
I currently see a 6-tick spread on the December MBT. That's better than the 20-tick spread on June MYM micro, and I trade that. What's the big deal? You have to realize that an intercommodity spread is a hedging deal, to achieve minimal performance bond requirements.