Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as hash rate hits 3.27 EH/ s

Published on 10/20/2026 at 13:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

CME planned 250 BCH futures for October 19, pending review. The Bitcoin Cash price ranks 18th by market value.

Network and market data

CME's planned contracts covered 250 BCH on October 19, 2026, subject to regulatory review.
The network dashboard recorded 0.152 transactions per second across the latest 144 blocks.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026, 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Market capitalization is 5.43 billion USD at rank 18.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) stands at 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026, while the Bitcoin Cash price is 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. Its market capitalization is 5.43 billion USD, placing it at rank 18.

CME's October 19 plan covers 250 BCH

On October 19, 2026, CME Group planned to offer Bitcoin Cash futures, which are contracts based on a future settlement price, in standard contracts covering 250 BCH and micro contracts covering 25 BCH. The plan remained subject to regulatory review, according to CoinDesk.

The planned launch adds a regulated derivatives venue to the Bitcoin Cash market, but the October 19 date in the report describes a plan rather than a confirmed completed launch. CME's standard and micro contract sizes are separate from the circulating BCH supply and do not represent spot purchases of the cryptocurrency.

Network activity records 0.152 transactions per second

A Bitcoin Cash network dashboard recorded a current estimated hash rate of 3.27 exahashes per second on October 19, 2026. Hash rate measures the computing power directed at mining, while the dashboard also showed 0.152 transactions per second over the latest 144 blocks and 558,150 BCH transacted across that period, according to Selene Cash Explorer.

The same dashboard listed 21 transactions in the mempool, the queue of transactions awaiting confirmation, and a current block subsidy of 3.125 BCH on October 19, 2026. These figures describe network conditions and mining issuance; they do not establish a connection between network activity and the price.

BCH market data show a rank of 18

According to Investing.com, Bitcoin Cash trades at 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026. The price is 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, with a daily high of 278.20 USD and a daily low of 269.38 USD for the UTC day. Investing.com lists a market capitalization of 5.43 billion USD, a market-capitalization rank of 18, 24-hour volume of 126.75 million USD and circulating supply of 20.10 million BCH.