Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD on October 19, 2026 with 3.46 EH/ s

Published on 10/19/2026 at 13:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

CME set BCH futures for October 19, 2026, in 250-BCH contracts. The Bitcoin Cash price is 269.98 USD on October 19, down 1.20 percent.

Network data and market dates

Bitcoin Cash recorded a 3.46 EH/s network-hashrate estimate on October 18, 2026.
CME's planned contracts cover 250 BCH and 25 BCH, with the launch announced on September 22, 2026.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as of October 19, 2026, 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 18, 2026.
Regulatory review remains a condition for the October 19, 2026, futures launch.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trades at 269.98 USD as of October 19, 2026, while the network's estimated hashrate was 3.46 EH/s on October 18, 2026. The Bitcoin Cash price is 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 18, 2026, according to Investing.com.

Hashrate estimate reaches 3.46 EH/s on October 18

Hashrate measures the computing power used by miners to process transactions and secure a proof-of-work network. The Selene Cash explorer listed a 3.46 EH/s node estimate on October 18, 2026, based on recent network activity, and reported a 0.121 transaction-per-second rate over its approximately 24-hour block sample, according to Selene Cash.

The same dashboard showed 497,350 BCH transacted across the latest 144 blocks on October 18, 2026. It also listed a current block subsidy of 3.125 BCH, a scheduled mining reward that excludes transaction fees, and a latest-block fee of 0.00163470 BCH.

CME sets 250-BCH and 25-BCH contracts

CME Group announced on September 22, 2026, that it planned to launch Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review. The product design includes standard contracts for 250 BCH and Micro contracts for 25 BCH, according to CME Group.

CoinDesk also described the October 19, 2026, launch as pending regulatory review and reported that the contracts are part of CME's planned derivatives expansion, according to CoinDesk. Futures are derivatives that track an asset's price and can be used for hedging or exposure without directly holding BCH.

Bitcoin Cash market data shows a 269.98 USD price

Bitcoin Cash is 269.98 USD as of October 19, 2026, with a 1.20 percent decline compared with the UTC daily close of October 18, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 278.20 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 269.38 USD. Market capitalization is 5.43 billion USD, ranking BCH 18th, while 24-hour volume is 126.75 million USD. Circulating supply is 20.10 million BCH.