Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as hashrate reaches 3.06 EH/ s

Published on 10/21/2026 at 13:11 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

CME set standard BCH futures at 250 coins for October 19, 2026. The Bitcoin Cash price stands while 555,300 BCH moved across 144 blocks.

Network data and derivatives

On October 20, 2026, Bitcoin Cash recorded 3.06 EH/s of mainnet hashrate.
CME Group specified 250-BCH standard futures contracts for October 19, 2026.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as of October 16, 2026, 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Investing.com places BCH 18th with a 5.43 billion USD market capitalization.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) stands at 269.98 USD as mainnet hashrate reaches 3.06 EH/s on October 20, 2026. The Bitcoin Cash price is 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, with a market capitalization of 5.43 billion USD.

CME specified 250 BCH contracts for October 19

CME Group said on September 22, 2026, that it would launch Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review. The planned contract sizes were 250 BCH for the standard product and 25 BCH for the Micro product.

The contracts are derivatives that track BCH prices without requiring a holder to transfer the cryptocurrency. Their stated purpose is to give market participants a regulated venue for managing exposure to Bitcoin Cash. The October 19 date and the pending-review condition are part of CME Group's announcement.

Mainnet activity reached 555,300 BCH across 144 blocks

The Bitcoin Cash mainnet reached block height 973,701 and recorded a network hashrate of 3.06 EH/s on October 20, 2026, according to the Bitcoin Cash Explorer. Hashrate measures the computing power used by miners to process transactions and secure the network.

The same explorer reported 555,300 BCH transacted across the latest 144 blocks and an estimated transaction rate of 0.136 transactions per second. BCHWorks noted on October 20, 2026, that Bitcoin Cash has a small network hashrate and that this raises questions about exposure to a 51 percent attack, in which a miner or group controls enough computing power to reorganize recent transactions.

BCH ranks 18th with 126.75 million USD in volume

According to Investing.com, Bitcoin Cash is 269.98 USD as of October 16, 2026. The price is down 1.20 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 278.20 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 269.38 USD.

Investing.com lists BCH at rank 18 by market capitalization, with 5.43 billion USD in market capitalization and 126.75 million USD in 24-hour volume. Circulating supply is 20.10 million BCH, according to Investing.com.