CME sets 250 futures for October 19, 2026: What it means for the Bitcoin Cash price

Published on 10/20/2026 at 18:44 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Micro contracts cover 25 BCH under the announced plan. The Bitcoin Cash price is 269.98 USD on October 20, 2026, down 1.20 percent.

Derivatives and market data

CME Group scheduled 250 BCH futures for October 19, 2026, with regulatory review still relevant.
Open interest stood at 560,000 BCH on October 18, 2026, according to a report citing Santiment data.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026, 1.20 percent below the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has a scheduled derivatives event: CME Group set 250-unit futures for October 19, 2026. The Bitcoin Cash price is 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 1.20 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026, while market capitalization is 5.43 billion USD.

CME sets 250-unit contracts for October 19, 2026

CME Group announced on September 22, 2026, that it planned Bitcoin Cash futures for October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review. The standard contract covers 250 BCH, while the Micro contract covers 25 BCH.

Futures are contracts that track an asset's price without requiring the contract holder to take custody of the underlying coins. CoinDesk reported on October 19, 2026, that CME planned to offer the standard and Micro contracts while regulatory review remained part of the schedule.

Open interest stood at 560,000 BCH on October 18

Open interest, the value of unsettled derivatives positions, stood at 560,000 BCH on October 18, 2026, according to KoinBulteni, citing Santiment data. The report said the figure was less than 1 percent different from the September 21, 2026, level before the CME announcement.

The same report placed dollar-denominated open interest at 295.3 million USD during the post-announcement increase. The figures describe derivatives positioning rather than spot ownership of BCH, so they measure outstanding contracts and not the circulating supply of the network.

Bitcoin Cash price data shows a 1.20 percent daily decline

According to Investing.com, Bitcoin Cash trades at 269.98 USD as of October 20, 2026, down 1.20 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026. The daily high is 278.20 USD and the daily low for the 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 and circulating supply is 20.10 million BCH.