Bitcoin Cash: CME Futures Launch on October 19

In eleven days Bitcoin Cash gets a regulated futures market in the United States. The CME Group plans to introduce BCH futures on October 19, 2026, and the price going into it looks weaker than a week ago: $294.93, down 4.16 percent in a day and 4.14 percent over seven days, according to CoinGecko on Thursday morning. The weekly high of $319.62 sits 7.6 percent above the current level.

The contradiction is one only at first glance. A futures listing on a derivatives exchange is not a buying programme but an infrastructure decision: it makes hedging and short selling possible for desks that have had no access to BCH derivatives so far. What follows from that for the price is decided only after the launch.

Bitcoin Cash Price: $294.93 and 7.6 Percent Below the Weekly High

The week ran in two halves. Up to Sunday, October 4, BCH climbed to $319.62, the weekly high. After that it moved down in four stages: $318.72 on Monday, $316.78 on Tuesday, $311.82 on Wednesday, and on Thursday morning the price marked the weekly low at $293.57. The daily range ran from $293.57 to $308.68.

With a market capitalisation of $5.93 billion, Bitcoin Cash sits at number 22 among the largest cryptocurrencies. Daily turnover came to $194.4 million, spread across 20.1 million BCH in circulation. The price is 92.2 percent away from the all-time high of $3,785.82 set in December 2017.