Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as CME schedules 250 BCH futures for October 19

Published on 10/21/2026 at 07:37 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The CME contracts cover 250 BCH, with Micro contracts covering 25 BCH. Bitcoin Cash price is 269.98 USD on October 21, 2026, down 1.20 percent.

Market data and network metrics

Bitcoin Cash holds market-value rank 18 on October 21, 2026.
CME's planned contracts represent 250 BCH and 25 BCH.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as of October 21, 2026, 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026.
The network recorded 131 blocks and 2.99 exahash per second on October 18, 2026.
Open interest stood at 560,000 BCH on October 18, 2026.

Bitcoin Cash, XCCRYPTOBCH5, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trades at 269.98 USD as of October 21, 2026, down 1.20 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026, while its market capitalization ranks 18th. The Bitcoin Cash price is also being assessed against a scheduled derivatives event involving standard contracts for 250 BCH and Micro contracts for 25 BCH.

CME schedules 250 BCH contracts for October 19

CME Group announced on September 22, 2026, that it planned to launch Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review. The contracts are cash-settled derivatives, meaning they track a reference price without requiring delivery of BCH. The standard contract represents 250 BCH, while the Micro contract represents 25 BCH.

The planned listing gives market participants a regulated venue for hedging or taking exposure to BCH price movements. CME said the expansion responded to client demand for institutional-grade risk management tools across high-liquidity altcoin markets. The October 19, 2026, date is therefore a scheduled derivatives milestone rather than a protocol change to the Bitcoin Cash network.

Network produced 131 blocks on October 18

Bitcoin Cash produced 131 blocks during the 24-hour period reported on October 18, 2026, against a target of 144, according to CryptoTicker. The same report put the average block time at 11.0 minutes and the hashrate at 2.99 exahash per second. Hashrate is the computing power miners direct at the network to process blocks and secure transactions.

Market positioning supplied a separate counterpoint. TradingView, citing Santiment data, reported that Bitcoin Cash futures open interest had returned to about 560,000 BCH by October 18, 2026, after reaching about 295 million USD earlier in the period. Open interest measures outstanding futures contracts and can reflect positioning without showing whether traders are primarily long or short.

Bitcoin Cash trades at 269.98 USD

According to Investing.com, Bitcoin Cash is 269.98 USD as of October 21, 2026, down 1.20 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026. The daily high is 278.20 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 269.38 USD. Market capitalization is 5.43 billion USD, ranked 18th, while 24-hour volume is 126.75 million USD. Circulating supply is 20.10 million BCH.