Bitcoin Cash (BCH) changes hands at $275.30 as of 16:47 UTC on October 25, up 1.6% over 24 hours and 1.9% over the week, according to CoinGecko. Its $5.53 billion market cap keeps it in 22nd place among crypto assets, but the more consequential shift this week happened away from the spot tape: on October 20, CME Group confirmed that FalconX and GSR had executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash futures, opening a regulated on-ramp into the payments-focused Bitcoin fork.
“With trading now underway in our Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures, we are providing clients with more versatility to manage cryptocurrency risk and exposure through our robust 24/7 marketplace,” said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, in the company’s first-trade announcement.
The market has not yet repriced BCH for that access. The token sits about 92.7% below its December 2017 all-time high of $3,785.82, and it has lost 45.7% over the past year even as Bitcoin holds near $80,000. Whether the CME listing — and a parallel push to convert Grayscale’s Bitcoin Cash Trust into a spot ETF — changes that gap is the question this article works through.
What the CME Listing Actually Changes for BCH
CME listed two Bitcoin Cash contracts on October 19: a standard contract sized at 250 BCH, and a Micro contract sized at 25 BCH. At the current spot price, one standard contract represents about $68,750 of notional exposure, while the Micro contract represents roughly $6,875 — small enough for a desk to hedge a modest book without committing to the full-size contract.
The first block trade, confirmed on October 20, is the more important detail than the contract specs. A block trade is a privately negotiated, bilaterally agreed transaction between large counterparties that is then submitted to the exchange for clearing. FalconX and GSR stepping in on day one tells you the market makers and prime brokers are treating BCH as a tradeable risk product, not a novelty.
“Institutional demand is moving beyond the largest digital assets toward tokens with distinct use cases, like Bitcoin Cash in payments and Uniswap in decentralized finance,” said Griffin Sears, Head of Derivatives at FalconX, in the same release.
The practical effect is a second, regulated way to take directional or hedging positions in BCH, alongside the spot market. Futures let a miner or a market maker short BCH to hedge inventory without borrowing the token, and let an asset manager gain exposure without custody. That does not, by itself, create buying pressure — a point worth holding onto — but it removes a structural reason institutions previously avoided the asset. CME’s broader crypto suite, which already spans Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui, is the reference point: BCH now sits inside the same regulated wrapper as the majors. You can read the earlier launch details in BlockchainReporter’s coverage of CME’s Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures.
The Grayscale Conversion and the Supply Picture
Running in parallel is a second institutional track. On September 14, Grayscale filed to convert its existing Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG) into a spot Bitcoin Cash ETF, following the same playbook it used to convert its Bitcoin and Ethereum trusts. The conversion matters because BCHG today trades over the counter with a different, often less liquid structure; a spot ETF on a national exchange would give the fund a creation-and-redemption program and put BCH exposure inside ordinary brokerage accounts. BlockchainReporter covered the filing in full here.
The supply side is where BCH’s mechanics differ from most of the market. Bitcoin Cash shares Bitcoin’s 21 million coin cap and its four-year halving schedule. Of that cap, roughly 20.11 million BCH are already circulating — about 95.7% of the maximum supply has been mined. That leaves less than 900,000 BCH to be issued over the remaining decades. A small float relative to a fixed cap is the arithmetic that often gets cited for repricing, but it cuts both ways: with 95.7% already mined, there is little supply-side surprise left to price in.
Where BCH Sits on the Price Chart
Over the past 30 days BCH has traded in a band between roughly $265 and $343, and it is currently pinned toward the lower middle of that range at $275. The $265 area is the first support — the 30-day low, where October’s dips have so far found buyers. On the upside, $343 marks the top of the recent range.
None of those levels are magic. They are simply where the last month of trading found equilibrium, and they are the honest basis for a conditional view: a daily close above $343 would break the October range and put the 2026 highs back in play, while a loss of $265 would open a retest of the lower end of the year’s range. The bearish signal to watch is a break of $265 on rising volume, which would invalidate the range-bound read and suggest the CME and ETF catalysts are not yet being paid for.
For context on the broader demand environment, CME reported its highest third-quarter revenue on record on October 21: $1.7 billion in revenue, $1.0 billion in net income, and average daily volume of 29.4 million contracts. “As uncertainty intensified in Q3, clients turned to CME Group in record numbers to manage risk and capitalize on opportunities,” said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and CEO. The read-through for BCH is indirect but real — the venue institutions already use for crypto risk is the same one now clearing BCH futures.
The Money-Math: What a Repricing Would Have to Look Like
Any money-angle thesis on BCH has to survive the market-cap arithmetic. At $5.53 billion, BCH is small enough that a re-rating moves the price fast, but far enough from the majors that the multiples look extreme on paper. A 10x on BCH’s market cap would take it to roughly $55 billion — just behind Solana’s $59.7 billion and ahead of every other altcoin — implying a BCH price near $2,750. To match Bitcoin’s $1.6 trillion capitalization, BCH would need to rise about 292x from here, which is not a forecast anyone should treat as a base case.
A more grounded way to frame the same question is the BCH-to-BTC ratio. At $275.30 against Bitcoin’s $80,491, one BCH is worth about 0.34% of one BTC. Through most of Bitcoin Cash’s history that ratio sat between 1% and 10%, so the current reading is toward the bottom of the historical distribution. A return to even 1% — BCH near $805 with Bitcoin unchanged — would be a 2.9x from today’s price. That is the arithmetic that a futures listing plus an ETF conversion is theoretically capable of supporting, but it is a scenario, not a target: it requires the institutional rails to translate into sustained spot buying, and that translation is exactly what has not yet been demonstrated.
The Skeptical Case: Futures Are Not Demand
The cleanest argument against reading the CME listing as bullish is that derivatives are two-sided. Every BCH futures contract long has a short on the other side, and a venue that lets institutions short an asset can just as easily attract selling as buying. The listing is neutral plumbing; what matters is the net flow it eventually carries.
BCH’s own price history supplies the cautionary half. It is down 45.7% over the past year and 17.5% over the past 30 days, even as the network keeps functioning and the CME and Grayscale developments accumulated. A payments-focused fork of Bitcoin also competes against faster, cheaper layer-2 rails and stablecoin settlement, which is why BCH has struggled to convert its technology into sustained demand growth. If the ETF conversion stalls or the futures attract more hedging than speculative length, the $265 support, not the $343 ceiling, is the level that gets tested next.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bitcoin Cash price today?
Bitcoin Cash trades near $275 as of October 25, 2026, up about 1.6% over 24 hours, with a market cap near $5.5 billion, according to CoinGecko.
Why is Bitcoin Cash getting institutional attention?
CME Group launched Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, and FalconX and GSR executed the first block trade on October 20. Grayscale has separately filed to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust into a spot ETF.
What is the CME Bitcoin Cash futures contract size?
CME lists a standard Bitcoin Cash contract of 250 BCH and a Micro contract of 25 BCH. At $275 per BCH, the standard contract represents about $68,750 of notional value.
Is Bitcoin Cash a good investment?
That depends on your view of its adoption path. BCH sits 92.7% below its 2017 all-time high and is down 45.7% over the past year, so the case rests on the new institutional rails translating into sustained spot demand — which has not yet been shown.
Will Bitcoin Cash get a spot ETF?
Grayscale filed to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG) into a spot Bitcoin Cash ETF on September 14, 2026. The conversion is pending and has not yet been approved or made effective.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that FalconX and GSR have executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures.
"With trading now underway in our Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures, we are providing clients with more versatility to manage cryptocurrency risk and exposure through our robust 24/7 marketplace," said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group. "As institutional demand for digital assets continues to grow, we are pleased that investors are turning to CME Group to expand their crypto trading strategies with our regulated and capital-efficient tools."
"FalconX is pleased to execute the first block trade in CME Group's new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures alongside GSR. Institutional demand is moving beyond the largest digital assets toward tokens with distinct use cases, like Bitcoin Cash in payments and Uniswap in decentralized finance," said Griffin Sears, Head of Derivatives, FalconX. "Bringing these assets onto a regulated venue like CME Group gives institutions the hedging and capital-efficient exposure they've been asking for, and we look forward to supporting liquidity in these markets as they grow."
"Providing liquidity in crypto derivatives has long been a cornerstone of GSR's business, making it a natural fit for us to support CME Group's new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures from day one," said Xin Song, CEO of GSR. "We have long believed that expanding institutional-grade derivatives will supercharge institutional adoption of digital assets, and CME Group plays a central role in making that vision a reality."
The new contracts further extend CME Group's single-asset cryptocurrency product suite, which includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. Trading highlights include:
Year-to-date 2026 futures and options average daily volume (ADV) of more than 242,000 contracts ($7.9 billion notional) and average daily open interest (OI) of almost 240,000 contracts ($14.3 billion notional). Nearly $2 billion in year-to-date notional value growth from the 2026 expansion into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures. Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures are listed on and subject to the rules of CME. For more information on these products, please visit here.
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CME Group’s newest crypto futures, tied to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap’s UNI token, are set for an October 19 debut. The excitement that greeted the announcement had mostly evaporated by then.
According to Santiment data, Bitcoin Cash futures opened with open interest similar to where it sat before CME revealed the listing.
What CME is actually offering
CME announced on September 22, 2026 that BCH and UNI futures would begin trading on October 19, subject to regulatory approval. The additions bring the exchange’s crypto futures lineup to 11 products, alongside its existing Bitcoin and Ether contracts.
Both new products are cash-settled against CME CF reference prices. No one ever touches an actual coin. Traders can hedge or speculate on price moves without holding the underlying tokens or managing a wallet.
Each asset comes in two contract sizes. For Bitcoin Cash, the standard contract (ticker BCA) covers 250 BCH, while the Micro version (MCH) covers 25 BCH.
The UNI contracts are much larger in token terms. The standard UNI contract represents 10,000 UNI, and the Micro contract (MUN) represents 1,000 UNI.
Both sets of contracts are eligible for block trades and Basis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) variants. Block trades let large players negotiate sizable deals privately rather than on the open order book. BTIC lets traders lock in a futures position priced relative to the day’s closing index level, which is useful for funds that benchmark to that close.
The rally that didn’t stick
BCH’s price jumped by approximately 25-30% in the immediate aftermath of the announcement. BCH open interest nearly doubled to around $295 million.
By October 18, the day before the scheduled launch, open interest had slid back to approximately 560,000 BCH, close to where it stood before the announcement.
UNI’s reaction was quieter from the start. The token saw a more subdued response to the announcement and didn’t hold its price momentum for long.
Why the UNI listing could matter more than the price action
Pending ETF applications for the token require a six-month history of futures trading, according to the research findings.
A regulated CME futures market is the kind of track record that requirement contemplates. If UNI contracts trade from October 19 onward, the clock on that six-month history effectively starts ticking.
The scale of CME’s crypto business
CME’s crypto futures and options activity in the first half of 2026 averaged 279,800 contracts, representing $8.3 billion in notional value.
What this means for traders and the market
The immediate lesson from Bitcoin Cash is about timing. The meaningful price and positioning moves happened on the announcement, not the launch.
The open interest round trip, from a near-doubling to around $295 million back down to roughly 560,000 BCH, points to short-term speculative positioning rather than durable new demand.
For UNI, the key thing to watch is the six-month window tied to ETF applications. Steady futures trading would build the history those filings need.
There’s also the regulatory caveat. CME framed the launch as subject to approval. Traders should watch early volume and open interest on the new contracts, particularly the Micro versions, for signs of whether demand extends beyond the largest players.
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CME Group is scheduled to launch futures on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) on Monday, October 19, adding the tenth and eleventh single-asset cryptocurrency contracts to the Chicago exchange's lineup. CME announced the products on September 22, and its product page still lists the launch as pending regulatory review.
Each token gets a standard and a micro contract. Bitcoin Cash futures cover 250 BCH, with a micro version sized at 25 BCH, while Uniswap futures cover 10,000 UNI and the micro contract 1,000 UNI. At current prices of $272.06 for Bitcoin Cash and $6.96 for Uniswap, a standard contract carries a notional value of about $68,000 for BCH and $69,600 for UNI.
"As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset related price risk," Giovanni Vicioso, CME's global head of cryptocurrency products, said in the announcement.
The two contracts extend an altcoin expansion that CME began earlier this year with Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. The exchange said those five products have generated more than $1 billion in notional value year-to-date. That is a small slice of its crypto business, where futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts a day, or $8.3 billion in notional value, in the first half of 2026, with average open interest of $15.4 billion.
The Uniswap listing has implications beyond hedging. Bitwise filed an S-1 registration statement for a spot Uniswap ETF in February, naming Coinbase Custody as custodian. Under the generic listing standards the SEC approved in September 2025, a commodity-based exchange-traded product can list without a bespoke rule change if its underlying asset backs a futures contract traded for at least six months on a CFTC-regulated designated contract market, as Commissioner Hester Peirce set out at the time. If the CME contract launches as planned, it would meet that test in April 2027.
CME publishes volume and open interest daily, and the first weeks of data will show whether institutional demand for regulated altcoin exposure extends to tokens with market capitalisations of around $5 billion, per CoinGecko.
Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap join CME’s futures lineup on Monday, October 19, becoming the exchange’s tenth and eleventh single-coin crypto futures.
CME announced the contracts on September 22, pending regulatory review, and Bitcoin Cash rose more than 25% that day, according to Decrypt.
Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin in 2017 over block size, and its backers pitch it for cheaper payments. UNI is the governance token of Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange. Holders use it to vote on changes to the protocol.
BCA
Bitcoin Cash
250 BCH
≈ $84,500
MCH
Micro Bitcoin Cash
25 BCH
≈ $8,450
UNI
Uniswap
10,000 UNI
≈ $92,800
MUN
Micro Uniswap
1,000 UNI
≈ $9,280
Dollar values at September 22 prices (BCH $338, UNI $9.28) and move with the market. Contract details: CME product page.
What one contract is actually worth
Each Micro covers a tenth of the larger contract, and even the smallest is a five-figure position. A 5% move in UNI changes the value of a Micro Uniswap contract by about $460. A $10 move in BCH changes a Micro Bitcoin Cash contract by $250.
Nobody receives coins. According to CME’s clearing advisory, the contracts settle in cash against a reference price at expiry, so traders need a futures account rather than a crypto wallet. Each contract also has a fixed expiry date. Anyone holding a position for longer has to close it and reopen it in a later month, paying trading costs each time.
Who these are built for
CME says the launch answers client demand for regulated ways to manage altcoin price risk. The firms quoted in its announcement show who that means: Volatility Shares, an ETF issuer, and Ripple Prime, Ripple’s prime brokerage business, which finances institutional trading.
For Bitcoin Cash, the obvious users are miners and businesses paid in BCH that want to lock in a price for coins they already hold. For Uniswap, it’s funds and project treasuries that hold UNI and want protection against a fall without selling the tokens they vote with.
For individuals, the maths is harder. A Micro contract worth around $9,000 can swing by several hundred dollars on an ordinary day, and that money moves in or out of the account the same day. Offshore exchanges have offered BCH and UNI derivatives in much smaller sizes for years. What CME adds is a US-regulated venue, not a cheaper way in.
A Bitcoin Cash miner hedges 275 coins
Holds 275 BCH (≈ $93,000 at $338). Sells one BCA and one MCH contract, a 275-coin short.
If BCH falls 10% to $304.20
Coins ……….. −$9,295
Futures ……… +$9,295
Net …………. ≈ $0
If BCH rises 10% to $371.80
Coins ……….. +$9,295 (on paper)
Futures ……… −$9,295 (paid in cash as prices move)
Net …………. ≈ $0, but cash has left the account
Before fees, assuming futures and spot prices move together. In practice they drift apart a little.
The second scenario is the one that catches people out. CME’s margin rules settle gains and losses on futures as prices move, so the miner pays out on the hedge before it has sold a single coin. The initial margin is a deposit, not a limit on what it can lose.
Will futures push BCH and UNI higher?
BCH’s jump came on the announcement, before a single contract traded. Nothing about the futures requires anyone to buy coins. A trader betting on a rise can buy BCH futures without touching BCH, and a holder hedging with futures keeps the coins they already have.
Futures pull in spot buying mainly in one case. When futures trade far enough above the coin’s price, trading desks buy the coin and sell the futures, collecting the gap as the two prices meet at expiry. That only pays if the premium covers borrowing, fees and custody. Market makers quoting the new contracts may also buy or sell coins to balance their books, but that can push the price either way.
Don’t expect a flood of volume
CME’s earlier altcoin launches give a realistic yardstick. Futures on Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar, launched in February, and on Avalanche and Sui, launched in May, have produced just over $1 billion in combined notional value so far this year, according to CME. Its crypto futures and options as a whole averaged $8.3 billion a day in the first half of the year. Five altcoin markets, in other words, have traded less in ten months than the complex does in a typical three hours.
Contract counts will mislead too. Ten Micro UNI contracts equal one large one, so a headline figure for contracts traded says little without the dollar value behind it.
How to tell if these futures catch on
Open interest
Weak: drops back after launch week
Strong: keeps building for a month
Quotes
Weak: wide gap between buy and sell prices
Strong: tight prices with real size behind them
Dollar volume
Weak: behind the Cardano-to-Sui pace
Strong: level with it or ahead
Expiry months
Weak: everything in the nearest month
Strong: positions in later months too
Jargon decoder
Basis: the gap between the futures price and the coin’s price.
Open interest: contracts still open at the end of the day. Each has a buyer and a seller, so a rise on its own isn’t a bullish signal.
Margin: collateral held by the broker, topped up or paid out as prices move.
Cash settlement: at expiry, profits and losses are paid in dollars. No coins change hands.
Getting access: you need a futures broker that lists the new contracts and has cleared you to trade them. No crypto wallet is required, as CME’s crypto futures FAQ explains. Trading switches on Sunday evening, October 18, for the Monday trade date, according to CME’s operational notice, and runs on the exchange’s round-the-clock crypto schedule with short maintenance breaks.
This article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Futures use leverage, and losses can exceed the initial margin.
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According to recent market data, Bitcoin Cash rose 1.59% to $317.75 over 24 hours, outperforming Bitcoin’s 0.25% gain. The divergence has fueled discussion about interest in established Bitcoin forks. Yet falling trading volume complicates the bullish picture. The warning offers a possible scenario rather than evidence of an imminent market breakdown.
Bitcoin Crash Warning Links Fed Policy to Yield Pressures The Bitcoin crash warning argues that the Fed faces conflicting pressures from inflation, borrowing costs, and slowing growth. Higher rates could increase financing expenses, while easing could strengthen demand and revive inflation risks.
The post claims long-term Treasury yields have reached their highest levels since 2007. It also cites roughly $40 trillion in U.S. debt and compares potential American policy constraints with Japan. Those claims belong to the account’s forecast and require checking against specific Treasury maturities and reporting dates.
Source: X Long-term yields differ from the overnight policy rate. Treasury publishes market-based readings across maturities rather than one universal yield. U.S. Department of the Treasury
Official Federal Reserve guidance describes a broader process. Policy changes affect borrowing costs and financial conditions, but their economic effects are neither direct nor immediate. That weakens any suggestion that one rate decision automatically produces a crash.
For the Bitcoin crash warning, the proposed transmission mechanism is tighter liquidity followed by falling asset values. The account includes stocks, bonds, silver and Bitcoin among assets vulnerable to forced selling.
Such selling can occur when investors need cash or leveraged positions breach margin requirements. However, identifying that possibility does not establish its scale, timing or likelihood.
Another distinction concerns the calendar. The Fed lists its next scheduled policy meeting for October 27–28, rather than October 5. Markets can still move before meetings as investors reassess inflation and growth.
The Benner cycle comparison therefore remains an interpretation of past patterns. The Bitcoin crash warning supplies no demonstrated link between that pattern and a particular Monday selloff.
BCH Gains as Thinner Trading Volume Clouds Bullish Momentum The Bitcoin crash warning contrasts with relative strength in Bitcoin Cash, although that strength does not remove broader risks. Social commentary has linked interest in BCH and Bitcoin SV to derivatives headlines and possible rotation.
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That explanation remains tentative. Differences in returns do not prove investors sold Bitcoin to fund purchases of its forks. The rally also lacks a clearly identified BCH-specific announcement in the accompanying market commentary.
Technical readings place Bitcoin Cash above its seven-day simple moving average at $313.88. Its 14-period relative strength index stands at 63.52, indicating positive momentum below the conventional overbought threshold.
However, 24-hour trading volume fell approximately 37% to about $152.9 million. Less turnover provides weaker confirmation of the advance, although volume alone does not measure available market liquidity.
The nearest outlined support is $306.59, corresponding to the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement. Holding that area could support another test of $328.44, followed by the wider 328–330 resistance band. These Fibonacci levels trace the latest correction from a recent BCH swing high of $363.75.
A sustained move through resistance would need stronger participation to improve the technical case. Losing $306.59 would expose the 50% retracement at $288.93.
The Bitcoin crash warning also keeps attention on Bitcoin’s stability and spot ETF flows. Sustained inflows could improve sentiment, while outflows could add pressure across related assets.
Bitcoin Cash remains sensitive to those broader conditions despite its daily outperformance. Bitcoin holding above $84,000 remains a near-term reference point, alongside BCH volume and its response around Fibonacci support.
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Stellar (XLM) has surpassed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in crypto market capitalization rankings as a fresh wave of buying pressure sends XLM higher.
XLM has risen over 13% in the last 24 hours, building on a weeklong rally that followed a major golden cross on its daily chart over the past weekend.
The move has taken Stellar two spots above Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in crypto market rankings. According to CoinMarketCap data, Stellar (XLM) ranks 16th largest with a market capitalization of $7.55 billion, followed by Near Protocol (NEAR), which sits in the 17th spot with a market cap of $6.66 billion. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ranks as the 18th largest crypto with a market valuation of $6.61 billion.
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Stellar XLM began to rise from a low of $0.172 on September 16, which coincided with a broader market rebound and the launch of the Adapter (Protocol 28) upgrade on Mainnet.
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The Adapter upgrade launched on September 16 brought improvements including faster consensus, even under load; atomic upgrades for fleets of contracts; and a safer, standard way to migrate contract data.
P28's mainnet launch also brought performance gains to Stellar, allowing ledgers to close in about 5 seconds, down from about 5.7 seconds. Throughput rose 10–15% on mainnet, while a peak of 216.1 TPS was recorded across 100 consecutive blocks and up to 2x fewer instructions on some contract calls.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Rally PausesBitcoin Cash (BCH) saw a strong surge earlier in the week after CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, announced that it will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review.
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The listing will enable market participants to trade larger and micro-sized contracts of Bitcoin Cash futures (250 BCH) and Micro Bitcoin Cash futures (25 BCH).
Before this news, Bitcoin Cash was rallying from a $213 low on September 16 to a $365 high on September 23, 2026, before bulls retreated.
At the time of writing, BCH was down 4.53% in the last 24 hours to $331.
CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19. The standard BCH contract will have a size of 250 BCH, with its micro contract set at 25 BCH. For Uniswap, the standard contract size is 10,000 UNI, and the micro contract is 1,000 UNI.
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH): CME futures plans and improving institutional access helped BCH surge toward $350 after weeks of consolidation.
Zcash (ZEC): ZEC remains in a powerful uptrend near $1,550, but extreme technical overextension increases the risk of a correction.
Uniswap (UNI): UNI’s rally above $10 has been supported by its expanding fee-and-burn mechanism, although heavy profit-taking emerged near $10.90.
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Shiba Inu (SHIB): SHIB’s push above $0.0000060 was rejected, putting its attempted breakout and recovery above the 200-day moving average under pressure.
Bitcoin Cash: rally out of nowhere After spending the majority of September stuck between $220 and $260, Bitcoin Cash made one of its biggest daily moves in months, rising toward $350. CME Group announced plans to launch regulated Bitcoin Cash futures in October, which is a clear fundamental catalyst behind the move, in contrast to many sudden altcoin pumps.
BCH/USDT Chart by TradingViewBoth standard and Micro BCH contracts are part of the proposed offering. Because CME offers institutional investors a regulated derivatives infrastructure, the announcement is significant. Additionally, it arrived soon after Grayscale made progress on turning the Bitcoin Cash Trust into an exchange-traded product.
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The institutional-access narrative surrounding an asset that had received comparatively less attention than Bitcoin has been revitalized by the developments taken together. The initial response was then amplified by derivatives positioning. As the breakout intensified, about $4.9 million in BCH short positions were liquidated over the course of a day, essentially compelling further purchases into a market that was already rising quickly.
However, the daily RSI has entered overbought territory, and BCH is now significantly extended from its shorter moving averages on the price chart. The immediate resistance range is between $360 and $380. While losing that area could result in a deeper retracement toward $300 and ultimately $270–$280, holding above $320 would preserve the breakout structurally.
Zcash overextendsZEC is currently trading at about $1,550 after momentarily rising to about $1,680 on the daily chart. Zcash is still in an incredible uptrend. After rising from about $500 in August to become one of the market's best large-cap performers, the cryptocurrency has now surpassed all major moving averages, thanks to the most recent surge.
ZEC/USDT Chart by TradingViewHowever, ZEC is overly stretched technically. While the longer averages remain around $1,000, $900, $800, and $630, respectively, the short-term moving average has risen above $1,200. In addition to showing remarkable momentum, this separation indicates that there is little technical support just below the current price.
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Thus, the $1,450–$1,500 range is becoming crucial. In recent sessions, ZEC has frequently traded around this region, making it the first significant support level in the event that momentum wanes.
Holding it would make another $1,600–$1,680 challenge feasible. The psychological $1,750 and eventually $2,000 levels could open up if there is a clear breakout above the recent high.
Uniswap retreatsUNI briefly reached about $10.90 before retreating toward $9.14, extending Uniswap's September breakout into an increasingly aggressive rally. From its August levels of about $4, the token has now more than doubled, and the most recent move coincided with a significant increase in trading volume.
UNI/USDT Chart by TradingViewAdditionally, the overall fundamental context for UNI has improved. Following the UNIfication governance proposal, Uniswap implemented a protocol-fee system that directs a portion of trading fees toward a mechanism that entails the burning of UNI. Beyond Ethereum, protocol fees have spread to a number of other networks.
A fresh governance proposal released in September aims to bring the same fee-and-burn infrastructure to Arc, where Uniswap debuted alongside the network.
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As a result, UNI now has a much stronger value-accrual narrative than it did in the past, because protocol activity can now result in a decrease in the token supply rather than UNI serving primarily as a governance asset. But from a technical standpoint, UNI is becoming very overburdened.
With the shortest moving average at $7.10 and the others grouped around $6.00, $5.50, $5.00, and $4.60, the price has moved significantly above its major moving averages. Additionally, the RSI has been in overbought territory for a long time. The $10.90 rejection is the current concern. A large red candle with a long upper wick signifies significant profit-taking between $10.50 and $11.00.
The bulls must now defend between $8.50 and $8.70. Another attempt at $10–$11 is still technically feasible if that area holds. If it were lost, $7.80 and eventually the quickly rising moving average around $7.00 would be exposed.
Was the Shiba Inu rally shut down?Shiba Inu has finally made an effort to break free from the trading range that dominated the majority of September, but the breakout has run into a significant roadblock. Before declining to about $0.00000564, SHIB surged above $0.00000600 and momentarily approached $0.00000625.
SHIB/USDT Chart by TradingViewCompared to the August structure, this change is a significant improvement. SHIB recovered all of its shorter moving averages and set increasingly higher lows; these are currently concentrated around $0.0000050–$0.0000053. The 200-day moving average remains an issue.
After initially breaking through, SHIB has now returned to the long-term average, which is located nearly precisely at $0.00000057. The present region is therefore exceptionally significant.
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A September supply zone of approximately $0.0000055 had already been identified by recent analysis, which also pointed out that the buying pressure behind the earlier advance was still rather weak. That picture is improved by the most recent volume spike, but confirmation is still lacking due to the rejection above $0.0000060.
A daily recovery above roughly $0.0000058–$0.0000060 would reintroduce $0.0000062–$0.0000063 as a target. The long-term technical breakout would be much cleaner if that area were cleared.
On the other hand, the most recent spike would become another unsuccessful breakout if SHIB failed to hold around $0.0000055. After that, a number of moving averages converge at $0.0000052, where the first significant support cluster appears.
The crucial defensive level is $0.0000050. The RSI has already dropped sharply from its most recent peak, indicating that the rejection caused short-term momentum to cool quickly.
In This Article Why Are CME Futures Such a Big Deal for BCH?How Much of This Move Was a Short Squeeze?AI Predicts BCH Key Levels: Where Does Bitcoin Cash Go Next? Bitcoin Cash just had the kind of day altcoins rarely get. BCH tore from the $260s to above $360 after CME Group confirmed it is listing Bitcoin Cash futures, dragging short sellers out of their positions on the way up. Claude AI predicts BCH has further to run on the institutional story behind the move, though the speed of the rally leaves the chart vulnerable in the short term.
BCH is trading near $357.60, up 15.5% over 24 hours and roughly 35% from where it started the week. The scale of participation is what stands out: 24-hour volume hit $1.7 billion, a 220.5% jump, against a market cap of $7.18 billion. Nearly a quarter of the entire market cap changed hands in a single day.
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Why Are CME Futures Such a Big Deal for BCH? Get ready to trade new larger- and Micro-sized Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures in our 24/7, CFTC-regulated marketplace. pic.twitter.com/uixnqsgMjV
— CME Group (@CMEGroup) September 22, 2026
CME Group will launch Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, pending regulatory approval, alongside contracts for Uniswap. Traders will have two contract sizes: a standard contract of 250 BCH and a micro contract of 25 BCH.
The significance is about who can now participate. CME is a regulated US exchange, so funds and institutions that cannot hold BCH directly can finally get regulated, round-the-clock exposure to it.
For context, CME’s existing crypto derivatives averaged 279,800 contracts a day in the first half of 2026, around $8.3Bn in notional daily volume.
There is a second catalyst too. Grayscale filed on September 11 to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust into an exchange-traded product that would trade on NYSE Arca under the ticker BCHG. Two institutional doors opening at once is a rare thing for an asset that has spent years out of the spotlight.
How Much of This Move Was a Short Squeeze? A meaningful chunk. Roughly $6.67M of BCH positions were liquidated over 24 hours, and about $4.90M of that came from shorts against $1.77M in longs.
In other words, three-quarters of the damage landed on traders betting BCH would fall. That forced buying explains why the move was so vertical rather than gradual, with the price gapping from the $270s to above $320 in a single hourly candle.
The distinction matters for what comes next. News-driven demand tends to persist, but squeeze-driven demand disappears the moment the last short is closed.
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AI Predicts BCH Key Levels: Where Does Bitcoin Cash Go Next? BCHUSDT Chart 1D TradingView The chart has changed structure, but it is also stretched. BCH has already pulled back from its $358 high toward $353, a normal reaction after a move this sharp.
Claude AI predicts BCH will run into the following levels:
The first target: $388. The 50-period EMA sits here and marks the immediate resistance the rally must clear to keep going. The bigger objective: $450. The 0.236 Fibonacci retracement level sits at $449.90, where analysts see the move extending if institutional flows follow through. The floor to defend: $300. The round number where the breakout began. Holding it keeps the structure intact. The risk is straightforward. A 35% move in a few days invites profit-taking, and the October 19 launch is still weeks away, which leaves plenty of time for the excitement to fade. A drop back under $300 would suggest the squeeze, rather than the institutional story, was doing most of the work.
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Bitcoin Cash [BCH] price jumped 27.71% at press time, after CME Group announced plans to launch regulated BCH Futures on October 19, pending full regulatory review.
Particularly, the announcement provided an important institutional catalyst as the token recorded one of its strongest recent price rallies. Besides, the CME’s planned contracts would also introduce regulated exposure to Bitcoin Cash without mandating market participants to hold the asset directly.
Additionally, trading activity also expanded sharply following the development, with spot volume climbing 285.6% to $1.38 billion. More importantly, the market responded weeks before the scheduled October 19 launch instead of waiting for Futures trading.
The approaching launch could therefore widen institutional reach while giving market participants another regulated element for BCH exposure.
Fresh leverage follows BCH higher As BCH price rallied, the interest across derivatives markets also expanded alongside BCH’s as traders increased their exposure.
Specifically, the derivatives volume surged 300.13% to $2.35 billion as of writing, substantially exceeding the percentage increase recorded across the spot markets.
Furthermore, the token’s Open Interest (OI) also jumped 38.71% to $588.06 million as traders established fresh positions. Also notably, the rise emerged as BCH’s price appreciated, implying that new exposure entered instead of the existing positions closing.
This combination, therefore, provided another component of market participation behind BCH’s upward move towards its key resistance level.
Noteworthy, the sharply expanding leverage, however, also left price more vulnerable to sudden positioning shifts around the key resistance zone.
BCH Open Interest Chart on CoinGlass Why BCH traders must watch THIS key resistance On the weekly chart, BCH’s technical structure changed significantly after the price finally broke above its descending channel, crossing the crucial $309.2 change of character (CHoCH) level.
Notably, the bullish CHoCH challenged the previous bearish structure as BCH recovered from the $200 support area. The price subsequently hit the $340.6 level, stopping just short of the major $346.9 resistance.
A successful breakout above that major resistance zone could expose the larger $480 resistance region as the next crucial upside area. Supporting buyers, the RSI indicator also climbed to 54.31 at the time of writing, and crossed above its neutral midpoint during the price increase.
Additionally, the MACD indicator also strengthened above its signal line, as its positive histogram rose to 17.8 as the metric reversed from the negative territory.
However, a price rejection at $346.9 resistance could return the token towards the $309.2-CHoCH area before attempting another breakout.
BCH/USDT Weekly Chart on TradingView Long liquidations expose leverage pressure Despite BCH’s broader strength, the liquidation data provided another crucial dimension as leveraged longs absorbed most forced closures.
As per CoinGlass data, the total liquidations reached roughly $420.15K, with long positions accounting for nearly $288.78K. The short liquidations, meanwhile, recorded about $131.37K, considerably below the amount recorded among the leveraged buyers.
This imbalance reflected considerable intraday volatility as the leveraged traders positioned themselves around BCH’s rapid price increase. That volatility, therefore, carried additional significance as the token’s OI climbed 38.71% to $588.06 million.
Additionally, leverage growth could trigger fluctuations as BCH confronts the $346.9-resistance. But still, price had already cleared the $309.2 CHoCH and shifted its broader weekly structure.
BCH Liquidations Chart on CoinGlass Final Summary CME’s October 19 Futures launch could bring deeper institutional participation into the BCH market. BCH’s bullish CHoCH shifted its structure, with $346.9 now deciding further upside.
Bitcoin falls back below 86,000 dollars this Wednesday, September 23, while capital moves towards Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Zcash (ZEC). At the same time, on-chain data tells another story with BlackRock bringing in 1.02 billion dollars into its IBIT ETF in just four sessions.
In brief Bitcoin falls below 86,000 dollars and hits 85,500 dollars, while BCH soars by 28% and ZEC by 9%. The macro context does not help: rising oil, US 2-year Treasury yield at cycle highs, increasing bet on a Fed rate hike in October. BlackRock, on the other hand, doesn’t care about the decline: 1.02 billion dollars flowed into IBIT in four days, and its portfolio now holds 787,075 BTC. Bitcoin Falls Below 86,000 Dollars and Capital Flows Elsewhere Bitcoin replayed its weekly high of 87,300 dollars on Monday and then stalled there. Result:
Sellers lying in wait; Drop to 85,500 dollars during the session, before stabilizing around 85,800-86,000 dollars. Nothing dramatic in itself but the money did not stay idle. It moved to Bitcoin Cash which first benefited with +28% in 24 hours, up to nearly 349 dollars. This, after the announcement by CME Group that it will list futures on BCH and Uniswap starting October 19. Also, Zcash follows with +9%, around 1,646 dollars. XRP manages to gain 3% around 1.59 dollars, while TRX falls by 2%.
Analysts see this as a temporary shift of crypto capital towards altcoins rather than a bitcoin flight. Especially since this type of rotation has in the past slowed BTC without ever reversing the fundamental trend because dips attract new buyers who had stayed on the sidelines until then.
Oil and US Rates Move Wall Street Bitcoin’s decline is not happening in a bubble since WTI oil has rebounded by more than 2 dollars from its session lows at 90.93 dollars per barrel. This comes amid concerns reported by the Wall Street Journal about a possible US embargo on diesel exports. This movement then pushed the US 2-year Treasury yield to a new cycle high at 4.79%. In response, the odds of a Fed rate hike in October rose above 53%, which is a bad sign.
BlackRock Keeps Buying Bitcoin While everyone watches BTC price falter, BlackRock accumulates. According to Arkham data, the IBIT ETF received 1.02 billion dollars in inflows over the last four trading sessions. In the past 12 to 16 hours, BlackRock’s wallet received a series of nearly identical transfers of 300 BTC each, worth 25.9 million dollars each. They come from Coinbase Prime’s hot wallet, at regular intervals. So this is not a single order, but an accumulation rhythm. Overall, BlackRock’s crypto portfolio now weighs 77.6 billion dollars, including 787,075 BTC, worth 67.77 billion dollars at the current price.
Added to this, a technical signal spotted by on-chain analyst Rafael (@n3ocortex), on bitcoin’s 30-day moving average which just crossed back above the 50-week moving average, for the first time since 2023. These crossovers have often preceded prolonged bullish phases. Nothing guaranteed, of course, as a chart never prevented a crash. But between institutional purchases that do not weaken and a technical signal that had not reappeared for two years, the drop below 86,000 dollars looks less like a flight than a simple test of nerves.
Bitcoin’s 30-day moving average above the 50-week moving average. What to take Away from BTC Under 86,000 Dollars? Bitcoin falls back to 85,500 dollars after hitting 87,300 dollars, the rotation benefits Bitcoin Cash (+28%) and Zcash (+9%). Oil, bond yield at 4.79%, and bets on a Fed rate hike in October call for short-term caution. BlackRock injects 1.02 billion dollars into its IBIT ETF in four sessions, bringing its portfolio to 787,075 BTC. The 30-day moving average crossing above the 50-week, unprecedented since 2023, often precedes bullish phases. Bitcoin price falters, rotation to altcoins makes noise and the macro context doesn’t help. But as long as on-chain flows show BlackRock buying BTC and technical signals remain green, it will be difficult to call a reversal. To be closely watched in the next sessions… very closely.
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) surged after CME Group announced plans to launch regulated futures contracts for both assets, culminating in a weekly gain of over 63% for each.
In a September 22 X post, leading derivatives marketplace CME informed the crypto community to get ready to trade new larger- and micro-sized Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures.
CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review.
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The latest expansion of CME Group's cryptocurrency suite responds to strong client demand for institutional-grade risk management tools across high-liquidity altcoin markets.
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Market participants will be able to trade both larger- and micro-sized contracts of Bitcoin Cash futures (250 BCH) and Micro Bitcoin Cash futures (25 BCH); Uniswap futures (10,000 UNI) and Micro Uniswap futures (1,000 UNI).
The new contracts further expand CME Group's product suite, which includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures.
Bitcoin Cash, Uniswap bulls unleashedAt the time of writing, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was up 30% in the last 24 hours to $347 as its price resolved higher after a sharp surge on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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BCH started rising from a low of $213 on September 16 to rise above the daily MA 50 at $241. A brief pause created a bullish pennant which later resolved into a breakout above the daily MA 200 at $316 following Tuesday's surge. The rise reached $366 early Wednesday, with Bitcoin Cash set to mark its third straight day of gains.
Uniswap broadly began to rise in mid-August 2026 from a low of $3.16 following a major golden cross formation on its price chart. The rally gained momentum after the SEC opened the door to compliant trading on Uniswap v4, validating the AMM model for regulated securities.
On September 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued what it calls the "Innovation Exemption," a historic five-year conditional order allowing eligible platforms to trade tokenized National Market System (NMS) stocks through permissioned AMM liquidity pools.
Analysts pointed to this as a short- to medium-term catalyst for Uniswap. Recent buying pressure, as well as the CME Group listing, boosted the price in the last 24 hours. According to Lookonchain, whales continue to buy Uniswap: a newly created wallet, '0xEFC4,' bought 269,477 UNI worth $2.84 million, while another, '0xf415,' bought another 138,442 UNI worth $1.23 million.
At the time of writing, Uniswap traded up 14% in the last 24 hours to $9.94, reaching a high of $10.93 early Wednesday following three straight days of increases.
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CME Group said Tuesday it will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, adding the two altcoins to a regulated crypto derivatives lineup that already spans nine single-asset contracts. In a statement published September 22, the Chicago-based exchange said the expansion responds to “strong client demand” for institutional-grade tools to manage price risk across high-liquidity altcoin markets.
Standard and Micro contracts Market participants will be able to trade the new products in both larger and Micro sizes. Bitcoin Cash futures will be sized at 250 BCH with a 25 BCH Micro contract, while Uniswap futures carry a 10,000 UNI notional alongside a 1,000 UNI Micro version. “As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset related price risk,” said Giovanni Vicioso, global head of cryptocurrency products at CME Group. He described the contracts as “designed for greater versatility and capital efficiency,” letting clients manage risk or gain exposure within a 24/7 regulated marketplace.
An expanding altcoin lineup The BCH and UNI contracts join a single-asset crypto suite that already includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. Crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts a day in the first half of 2026, equal to roughly $15.4 billion in notional value, the exchange said. Its 2026 expansion into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures has already contributed more than $1 billion in total notional value year to date. CME has increasingly become the venue where U.S. institutions hedge crypto exposure, a shift tracked in earlier coverage of XRP futures open interest moving to CME.
Institutional demand meets regulatory review “Institutions managing cryptocurrency exposure need around-the-clock access to regulated derivatives, underpinned by the clearing and financing infrastructure to match,” said Noel Kimmel, president at Ripple Prime. “The addition of Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures marks another important step in the continued expansion of CME Group’s crypto futures offering,” added Justin Young, chief executive of Volatility Shares. The launch remains subject to regulatory review, and Bitcoin Cash has separately been drawing institutional products, including a Grayscale filing to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust into a spot ETF.
The contracts will be listed on and subject to the rules of CME. Until the October 19 launch date, the announcement leaves the door open for regulators to weigh in, while signaling that demand for regulated altcoin exposure is spreading beyond the largest assets.
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Uniswap (UNI) price is up by 19% today, September 23, to trade at $10.44 at the time of writing, making it the second-biggest gainer among the top 20 biggest cryptos after Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
UNI is now up by 66% within seven days as the bullish momentum across the broader crypto market and the upcoming addition of UNI to the CME boost sentiment.
Uniswap’s Open Interest Soars Ahead of CME Futures Launch Uniswap will be added to the CME futures exchange on October 19, making it the first DEX token to be added to the CME. UNI will be added to the exchange alongside Bitcoin Cash.
The launch could boost institutional access to Uniswap, allowing funds to get exposure to UNI on a regulated platform like the CME. High institutional access also means that liquidity could improve.
The upcoming launch has pushed Uniswap’s open interest to $1.01 billion, per data from CoinGlass. This is the highest OI reading for UNI since September 2020.
Uniswap Open Interest (Source: CoinGlass) UNI’s open interest on Binance also increased from $251 million to $343 million.
The rising OI suggests the demand for UNI by futures traders is rising as they open positions betting on the future Uniswap price outlook.
Uniswap’s weighted funding rate also briefly reached a ten-month high of 0.023% on September 22, amid an increase in the number of long positions. The funding rate has since dropped to 0.0096% but still shows bullish positioning as geopolitical tensions ease.
Hyperliquid Whales Ramp Up Short Bets After 66% Rally Data from the Hyperliquid whale tracker on CoinGlass shows that large addresses are opening new positions betting on a decline in the price of UNI.
Out of the six biggest positions opened on HYPE on the platform, four of them are short positions, while only two are long positions.
Short positions have totaled $4.5 million, and they are all sitting on unrealized losses, while long positions have totaled $2 million.
Hyperliquid Whale Tracker (Source: CoinGlass) The short positions come despite ongoing short liquidations on UNI that are causing forced buying that is also pushing Uniswap price higher. Per CoinGlass, Uniswap’s short liquidations have outweighed long liquidations for three straight days since September 21.
Uniswap Price Flashes an Overbought Signal as Bulls Test Key Resistance The one-week chart shows that Uniswap price is testing the resistance at $11. Uniswap has not closed above this resistance since August 2025, suggesting that it could be the ideal price at which sellers are booking profits.
If the buying pressure remains strong and UNI value closes above $11, it could rise to the December 2024 high of $17.
The RSI reading of 75 suggests that the bullish momentum is strong, and this could aid the move above $11. Still, this RSI is close to the overbought region of 80, where UNI price could correct once buyers reach exhaustion.
UNI/USDT: 1W Chart (Source: TradingView) A correction could push Uniswap price to support at the Point of Control (PoC) line at $6,.64. This PoC line is the price at which many past buyers entered the market.
TLDR CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. Both products will come in standard and micro contract sizes. Bitcoin Cash rose more than 25% to $338 after the news. CME’s 2026 altcoin futures have produced over $1 billion in notional value this year. The new contracts will be CME’s tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto futures. CME Group plans to add Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures to its list of regulated crypto products. The exchange said Tuesday the contracts will launch on October 19, pending regulatory review.
The new products will come in two sizes. Traders can choose between standard contracts and smaller micro contracts.
Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, while the micro version will cover 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI, and its micro contracts will cover 1,000 UNI.
Bitcoin Cash traded at $338 per coin at the time of the announcement, up more than 25% on the day. It has a market cap of about $6 billion.
Uniswap’s token traded at $9.28, up 5.5% over 24 hours. Its market cap stood at $5.75 billion.
What the Two Tokens Do Bitcoin Cash split off from Bitcoin in 2017. It was built with a larger block size to support cheaper payments, rather than to act as a store of value.
Uniswap runs the largest decentralized exchange in crypto. Its token is used for governance, which lets holders vote on upgrades to the protocol. Holders do not collect dividends.
Giovanni Vicioso, CME’s global head of cryptocurrency products, said market participants need broader, regulated tools to manage price risk as crypto markets mature. He said the contracts offer capital efficiency and exposure to “key crypto networks” in a round-the-clock, regulated venue.
CME Continues Its Altcoin Rollout This is not CME’s first altcoin launch this year. In February, the exchange rolled out futures for Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar.
In April, it announced Avalanche and Sui futures, which began trading on May 4. Before Tuesday’s news, CME’s crypto lineup also included Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, and Solana.
CME said its 2026 futures for Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui have produced more than $1 billion in total notional value so far this year.
Across all of its crypto products, futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts per day in the first half of 2026. That equaled $8.3 billion in daily notional volume. Average open interest reached 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion.
Justin Young, CEO and co-founder of Volatility Shares, called the move “another important step” in the growth of CME’s crypto futures. His firm already runs leveraged crypto ETFs tied to several of the same altcoins.
Noel Kimmel, president of Ripple Prime, said institutions “need around-the-clock access to regulated derivatives.” Ripple built the prime brokerage after buying Hidden Road in 2025. In May, the firm secured a $200 million facility to expand its lending.
If the review stays on schedule, trading will open on October 19. Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap will then become CME’s tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto futures products.
Bitcoin Cash ripped 28% higher over the past 24 hours, making it the top performer among the 100 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. The move pushed BCH’s price toward intraday highs near $330 to $347, vaulting its market capitalization into the $6-7 billion range.
Trading volumes exceeded $1 billion during the session.
What lit the fuse The bigger trigger was CME Group’s announcement that it plans to launch Bitcoin Cash futures contracts on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory approval. The exchange will offer both standard contracts sized at 250 BCH and micro contracts at 25 BCH, giving traders flexibility across different capital bases.
CME’s average daily notional volume in crypto futures hit $8.3 billion in the first half of 2026.
The second catalyst arrived a bit earlier. Around September 11, Grayscale filed to convert its existing BCH Trust into a spot ETF that would trade on NYSE Arca.
Why BCH and why now The BCH protocol receives annual updates aimed at improving scalability and smart contract functionality, but none of those coincided with this price move. This was a pure sentiment and positioning trade, driven by the prospect of regulated futures and ETF products bringing new capital into the asset.
That pattern rhymes with what happened in August 2026, when BCH surged roughly 29% on macroeconomic tailwinds without any direct BCH-specific developments.
Bitcoin Cash’s circulating supply sits around 20.09 million coins, approaching its hard cap of 21 million.
The institutional validation playbook CME futures first, then a potential spot ETF via Grayscale’s conversion filing. If regulators greenlight both products, BCH would join a small club of crypto assets with full institutional market infrastructure in the US.
Grayscale’s filing is particularly noteworthy because the firm has a track record of successfully navigating the trust-to-ETF conversion process. Its Bitcoin trust conversion helped unlock billions in new capital flows.
What to watch from here The October 19 date for CME’s futures launch is the next critical milestone. Regulatory approval isn’t guaranteed, and any delay or rejection could reverse some of the gains BCH just posted.
The sustainability of BCH’s current price level, fluctuating in the $300-$340 range after the initial spike, will depend on whether the volume surge reflects genuine new positioning or short-term momentum trading.
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Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: BCH) exploded 21% Tuesday after CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced new futures contracts for BCH and Uniswap (CRYPTO: UNI).
• CME Group shares are experiencing downward pressure. Why are CME shares declining?
What CME AnnouncedCME Group said in a Tuesday press release that the new contracts respond directly to client demand for institutional-grade risk tools in high-liquidity altcoin markets. Traders get a choice of contract sizes:
Bitcoin Cash futures — 250 BCH, or Micro Bitcoin Cash futures at 25 BCH Uniswap futures — 10,000 UNI, or Micro Uniswap futures at 1,000 UNI “As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset-related price risk,” said Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group’s Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products.
Ripple Prime President Noel Kimmel added that institutions need round-the-clock access to regulated derivatives, and these contracts extend that access alongside CME’s existing XRP and Bitcoin products.
Why This Adds to a Bigger TrendCME’s crypto suite already spans Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA), Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK), Stellar (CRYPTO: XLM), Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) and Sui (CRYPTO: SUI).
The numbers behind that lineup show institutional appetite keeps growing:
First half of 2026 average daily volume: 279,800 contracts, worth $8.3 billion notional First half of 2026 average open interest: 264,600 contracts, worth $15.4 billion notional 2026 altcoin expansion: Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui alone added over $1 billion in total notional value year-to-date BCH and UNI Technical AnalysisBitcoin Cash surges 21%, reclaiming the 200-day EMA at $308 for the first time since the May breakdown.
The move also clears the $240 to $260 resistance shelf that capped every rally since June, flipping that zone into fresh support.
Resistance: $328.94 (today’s high), then $330 to $340 Support: $308 (200-day EMA), then $240 to $260 Uniswap climbs 3%, breaking out above the descending wedge that has compressed price since the 2024 highs.
All four EMAs now line up bullish for the first time in months, with the RSI Divergence Indicator reading 73.13, overbought but backed by a clean bullish divergence off the summer lows.
Resistance: $9.74 (weekly high), then the wedge apex near $10 to $11 Support: $7.83 (200-day EMA), then $6.01 (100-day EMA) Photo via Shutterstock
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Bitcoin Cash gained 14% in the hour CME Group said it would list futures on the token and kept climbing through the afternoon, finishing the session up 27% on more than twice Monday's volume. Bitcoin SV rose 20% alongside it. Uniswap, named in the same release, spiked 11%, gave the whole move back within two hours, then recovered to close up 5.4%. Bitcoin ended lower. Of the 125 largest non-stablecoin tokens, 64 rose and 61 fell.
Bitcoin Cash gained 14% in the hour CME Group said it would list futures on the token and kept climbing through the afternoon, finishing the session up 27% on more than twice Monday's volume. Bitcoin SV rose 20% alongside it. Uniswap, named in the same release, spiked 11%, gave the whole move back within two hours, then recovered to close up 5.4%. Bitcoin ended lower. Of the 125 largest non-stablecoin tokens, 64 rose and 61 fell.
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In brief CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, in both standard and Micro contract sizes. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH (Micro: 25 BCH), and Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI (Micro: 1,000 UNI). CME's crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts daily in H1 2026, worth $8.3 billion in notional volume, the exchange said. CME Group is adding Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap to its regulated futures lineup. The exchange said Tuesday it plans to launch BCH and UNI contracts on October 19, pending regulatory review.
Traders get a choice between standard-sized contracts and smaller micro versions. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, with micro contracts covering 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI, and its own micro contracts will trade at 1,000 UNI.
Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction.Bitcoin Cash currently trades for $338 per coin, up more than 25% on the day, on a $6 billion market cap. Uniswap’s native token UNI meanwhile is changing hands at $9.28, up 5.5% in the last 24 hours, with a market cap of $5.75 billion.
Bitcoin Cash split off from Bitcoin in 2017, built for a larger block size and cheaper payments rather than store-of-value use. Uniswap runs the largest decentralized exchange in crypto, and UNI works as the protocol's governance token—holders vote on upgrades rather than collect dividends.
"As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset related price risk," said Giovanni Vicioso, CME's global head of cryptocurrency products, in a statement. He described the new contracts as built for capital efficiency and exposure to "key crypto networks" inside a round-the-clock, regulated venue.
Part of a broader patternBCH and UNI aren't CME's first altcoin bet this year. The exchange announced Avalanche and Sui futures in April, which launched May 4, following February's rollout of Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar contracts. Those five, plus Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana, made up CME's crypto suite before Tuesday's announcement.
That expansion is already paying off. CME said in its press release that its 2026 push into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures has generated more than $1 billion in total notional value year-to-date. Across the whole crypto complex, futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts daily in the first half of 2026—worth $8.3 billion in notional volume—with average open interest of 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion.
Volatility Shares CEO and co-founder Justin Young called the addition "another important step in the continued expansion of CME Group's crypto futures offering," framing it as more tools for clients to "access these assets within a regulated futures framework." The firm already runs leveraged crypto ETFs tied to several of the same altcoins.
Ripple Prime president Noel Kimmel added that institutions managing crypto exposure "need around-the-clock access to regulated derivatives, underpinned by the clearing and financing infrastructure to match." The prime brokerage, which Ripple built from its 2025 acquisition of Hidden Road, secured a $200 million facility in May to expand its own lending capacity.
If regulatory review clears on schedule, Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap will become CME's tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto futures products, joining Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui when trading opens October 19.
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In brief CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, in both standard and Micro contract sizes. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH (Micro: 25 BCH), and Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI (Micro: 1,000 UNI). CME's crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts daily in H1 2026, worth $8.3 billion in notional volume, the exchange said. CME Group is adding Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap to its regulated futures lineup. The exchange said Tuesday it plans to launch BCH and UNI contracts on October 19, pending regulatory review.
Traders get a choice between standard-sized contracts and smaller micro versions. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, with micro contracts covering 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI, and its own micro contracts will trade at 1,000 UNI.
Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction.Bitcoin Cash currently trades for $338 per coin, up more than 25% on the day, on a $6 billion market cap. Uniswap’s native token UNI meanwhile is changing hands at $9.28, up 5.5% in the last 24 hours, with a market cap of $5.75 billion.
Bitcoin Cash split off from Bitcoin in 2017, built for a larger block size and cheaper payments rather than store-of-value use. Uniswap runs the largest decentralized exchange in crypto, and UNI works as the protocol's governance token—holders vote on upgrades rather than collect dividends.
"As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset related price risk," said Giovanni Vicioso, CME's global head of cryptocurrency products, in a statement. He described the new contracts as built for capital efficiency and exposure to "key crypto networks" inside a round-the-clock, regulated venue.
Part of a broader patternBCH and UNI aren't CME's first altcoin bet this year. The exchange announced Avalanche and Sui futures in April, which launched May 4, following February's rollout of Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar contracts. Those five, plus Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana, made up CME's crypto suite before Tuesday's announcement.
That expansion is already paying off. CME said in its press release that its 2026 push into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures has generated more than $1 billion in total notional value year-to-date. Across the whole crypto complex, futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts daily in the first half of 2026—worth $8.3 billion in notional volume—with average open interest of 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion.
Volatility Shares CEO and co-founder Justin Young called the addition "another important step in the continued expansion of CME Group's crypto futures offering," framing it as more tools for clients to "access these assets within a regulated futures framework." The firm already runs leveraged crypto ETFs tied to several of the same altcoins.
Ripple Prime president Noel Kimmel added that institutions managing crypto exposure "need around-the-clock access to regulated derivatives, underpinned by the clearing and financing infrastructure to match." The prime brokerage, which Ripple built from its 2025 acquisition of Hidden Road, secured a $200 million facility in May to expand its own lending capacity.
If regulatory review clears on schedule, Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap will become CME's tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto futures products, joining Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui when trading opens October 19.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group), the world’s largest derivatives exchange, announced today that it will launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, following regulatory review.
This latest expansion of CME Group’s cryptocurrency product portfolio comes in response to strong customer demand for institutional-level risk management tools in highly liquidity altcoin markets.
According to the official announcement, market participants will have the option to trade both large-scale and micro-scale contracts.
Uniswap futures (10,000 UNI) and Mikro Uniswap futures (1,000 UNI)”
Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, stated: “As cryptocurrency markets continue to mature, participants need broader, regulated tools to manage evolving digital asset price risk. Designed for greater versatility and capital efficiency, these new BCH and UNI contracts enable clients to manage price risk and gain access to key crypto networks in our 24/7 open, regulated marketplace.”
At this point, CME is further expanding its comprehensive portfolio of single-asset cryptocurrency products, which includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures, along with BCH and UNI contracts.
Following the news, BCH and UNI prices increased.
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CME Group plans to add Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures contracts to its crypto derivatives lineup on Oct. 19, the company said Tuesday. Both products will be available in standard and Micro contract sizes.
Pending regulatory approval, the Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, while Micro Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI and Micro Uniswap futures will cover 1,000 UNI.
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The launch comes after CME rolled out futures tied to Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui this year.
The company said the new contracts respond to client demand for institutional-grade risk-management tools as crypto markets develop. CME’s crypto futures and options recorded average daily volume of 279,800 contracts in the first half of 2026, with average open interest of 264,600 contracts.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose from $270 to $303, marking a 12% gain, while Uniswap (UNI) increased 11% to $9.7 from $8.7 following the announcement.
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CME Group plans Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures for an October 19 market debut. Bitcoin Cash futures will include standard and smaller Micro contract sizes. Uniswap futures will offer regulated exposure through standard and Micro deals. CME crypto derivatives posted $8.3 billion in H1 average daily notional volume. New altcoin futures have generated over $1 billion in notional value this year. CME Group (CME) stock closed at $275.53, down 0.17%, before gaining 0.17% to $276.00 during Tuesday’s pre-market session. The derivatives operator plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, subject to regulatory review. The additions will extend CME Group’s regulated cryptocurrency lineup and give market participants more tools for managing altcoin exposure.
CME Group will offer standard Bitcoin Cash futures representing 250 BCH, alongside Micro contracts covering 25 BCH each. The two contract sizes will give traders different ways to manage Bitcoin Cash exposure within CME Group’s regulated marketplace. CME Group designed the products for market participants seeking flexible derivatives with established clearing, financing, and around-the-clock trading infrastructure.
The planned Bitcoin Cash launch extends a cryptocurrency suite that already includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and several altcoins. CME Group also lists futures for Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui following several product additions during 2026. Those newer contracts generated more than $1 billion in combined notional value year-to-date, according to the company’s latest figures.
Crypto trading activity has also remained substantial across CME Group’s wider futures and options business during the first half. Average daily volume reached 279,800 contracts, representing approximately $8.3 billion in notional value across its cryptocurrency derivatives products. Average open interest stood at 264,600 contracts, equal to roughly $15.4 billion in notional exposure during the same period.
Uniswap Futures Add Regulated UNI Market Access CME Group will introduce standard Uniswap futures covering 10,000 UNI, while Micro contracts will represent 1,000 UNI each. The structure will provide larger and smaller contract choices for participants seeking regulated exposure to the decentralized finance token. CME Group expects UNI contracts to support risk management, market positioning, and portfolio strategies across its expanding cryptocurrency marketplace.
Uniswap will join the exchange operator’s growing group of single-asset cryptocurrency futures as demand broadens beyond Bitcoin and Ether. The launch also reflects CME Group’s continuing push into altcoin derivatives after adding five additional cryptocurrency futures during 2026. That expansion gives market participants more ways to hedge individual token exposure without relying entirely on unregulated offshore derivatives venues.
CME Group will list both Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures under CME rules, with the launch scheduled for October 19. The company continues expanding regulated digital asset products as cryptocurrency derivatives become a larger part of its global marketplace. CME Group’s broader platform also spans interest rates, equities, foreign exchange, energy, agriculture, metals, cash markets, and clearing services.
CME is adding BCH and UNI to a crypto derivatives business that averaged $8.3 billion in daily notional volume during the first half of 2026. Standard and Micro futures are scheduled for October 19, pending regulatory review, widening access to both proof-of-work and DeFi exposure. BCH returned to the $320 region on the news, while UNI extended a rally that had already lifted it roughly 60% from its September low. Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap rallied sharply on September 22 after CME Group selected the two assets for the next expansion of its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives market.
The exchange plans to launch standard and Micro futures for both BCH and UNI on October 19, pending regulatory review. Rather than simply adding two more altcoin contracts, CME is extending its product range into two distinct parts of the crypto market: a legacy proof-of-work asset and the governance token of one of decentralized finance’s largest trading protocols.
CME Group’s official BCH and UNI futures announcement
CME Pushes Beyond the Largest Crypto Assets Bitcoin Cash emerged from the 2017 Bitcoin fork and remains focused on peer-to-peer payments. UNI sits at the opposite end of the market, providing exposure to the ecosystem around decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap.
They will join a CME single-asset lineup that already includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui. CME said demand for institutional-grade risk-management tools across liquid altcoin markets was behind the latest expansion.
The contract specifications show how CME intends to accommodate different position sizes. Standard Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, while the Micro contract will cover 25 BCH. For Uniswap, the respective sizes are 10,000 UNI and 1,000 UNI.
Using prices at the time of writing, those sizes translate into approximately $74,300 and $7,430 of BCH notional exposure, and about $96,200 and $9,620 for UNI.
Those figures are not the margin required to open a position. They represent the approximate value referenced by each contract and illustrate the substantially smaller exposure available through the Micro products.
BCH Breaks Above $320 as UNI Extends September Rally The announcement produced strong price reactions, but the charts show two different setups.
Bitcoin Cash opened the September 22 Coinbase session at $267.32 before surging to an intraday high of $324.99. BCH traded at $319.05 at the time of writing, up 19.31% on the day.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged 19.31% to $319.05 on September 22. Source: TradingView Daily-chart The move carried BCH decisively beyond the $300 area that capped its August rally. After falling toward $215 in mid-September, the token has gained roughly 48% from that low, with the September 22 session accounting for a large part of the recovery.
The price structure has therefore changed from the earlier snapshot. Rather than merely retesting $300, BCH has pushed through the previous August high and established $325 as the new immediate upside reference. The former $300 resistance area now becomes the first level to watch if the rally loses momentum.
The size of the daily candle also separates BCH from a gradual recovery: the move from the $267.32 open to $319.05 represents a gain of about 19.4%, while the session’s $324.99 high was roughly 21.6% above the open.
Uniswap entered September 22 with considerably more momentum.
UNI opened at $8.99, reached $9.70 and traded at $9.62 at the time of writing, a daily gain of 7.04%.
Uniswap (UNI) rose 7.04% to $9.6198 on September 22. Source: TradingView Uniswap traded at $9.62 at the time of writing after reaching an intraday high of $9.70.
Unlike BCH, UNI’s advance did not begin with the CME announcement. The chart shows the token trading near $6 around September 10, meaning its rise to $9.62 represents an increase of roughly 60% in less than two weeks.
CME therefore arrived as an additional catalyst for an existing UNI uptrend, while BCH experienced the more abrupt repricing on September 22.
Futures Demand Will Not Equal Spot Buying The new contracts will allow traders to gain or hedge BCH and UNI price exposure without holding the underlying cryptocurrencies directly.
That can lower operational barriers for market participants already using regulated futures infrastructure. It also creates instruments for both sides of the market: traders can use futures for long exposure, short positions or hedging.
For that reason, rising futures activity should not automatically be interpreted as equivalent buying pressure in BCH or UNI spot markets.
A large open futures position represents price exposure, not necessarily ownership of an equivalent quantity of tokens. The September rally therefore measures the spot market’s reaction to broader regulated access, while actual demand for CME’s products remains unknown until trading begins.
CME’s New Altcoin Futures Have Already Cleared $1 Billion BCH and UNI are entering a crypto derivatives franchise that has expanded quickly beyond Bitcoin and Ether.
CME reported that its Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures, all added during 2026, had generated more than $1 billion in combined notional value year-to-date by September 22.
The broader numbers are substantially larger.
During the first half of 2026, CME cryptocurrency futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts per day, representing approximately $8.3 billion in daily notional value. Average open interest reached 264,600 contracts, equivalent to $15.4 billion.
That provides a more useful benchmark for judging BCH and UNI than their announcement-day price moves.
CME also confirmed that the contracts will operate within its 24/7 regulated marketplace, allowing participants to manage exposure throughout the week rather than leaving weekend cryptocurrency moves outside the futures trading window.
October 19 Will Put the Rally to the Test Three figures should provide the clearest indication of adoption once trading begins: volume, open interest and activity across the standard versus Micro contracts.
Volume will measure how actively BCH and UNI futures change hands, while open interest will show whether traders maintain positions beyond short-term launch activity. The contract-size split can provide another view into how participants choose to express exposure.
Until then, the spot market offers only the first signal.
BCH has returned to a price region last tested during its August rally, while UNI has extended a much broader September advance. CME, meanwhile, has already demonstrated that newer altcoin futures can generate meaningful notional activity alongside its larger Bitcoin and Ether markets.
CME has supplied the regulated infrastructure. October 19 will show whether traders supply the liquidity.
Alex is a financial markets journalist and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, and he's spent close to ten years trying to answer one stubborn question: what's really driving this? It started in 2016, when Bitcoin refused to make sense to him - and rather than shrug, he stayed with it until it did. That patience became his method. He's less interested in what an asset is doing today than in the plumbing behind it: how liquidity flows, where risk hides, what a chart is quietly telling you that the headline isn't. That lens eventually stretched well past crypto into traditional markets, because the same forces - fear, leverage, incentives, timing - show up everywhere once you know how to look. Most coverage, in his view, insults the reader by stopping at the surface. Price up, price down, moving on. He'd rather leave someone genuinely understanding a move than merely informed that it happened. His path into markets ran through a Tourism degree at New Bulgarian University - proof, maybe, that curiosity beats credentials. With more than 200 deep analyses and over 10,000 articles behind him, he still walks away from most trading days having learned something he didn't know that morning.
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has entered the discussion regarding the cautious stance of major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Coinbase, toward listing Bitcoin BLAKE2b, a new asset forked from Bitcoin but operating on a distinct blockchain.
Debate over exchange support for Bitcoin forksThe debate was triggered when an X user questioned why leading exchanges such as Coinbase, Kraken, and wallet provider Trezor have declined to list Bitcoin BLAKE2b, despite previously supporting other Bitcoin forks like Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV. In earlier fork events, these platforms had provided users the ability to claim and trade forked coins, leading to broad adoption and trading activity.
Bitcoin BLAKE2b operates on a separate blockchain and distinguishes itself by utilizing the BLAKE2b mining algorithm, as opposed to Bitcoin’s conventional SHA-256. By forking the network, it formed a new coin on its independent chain, similar to past forks but with different technical foundations.
Despite sharing some origins with Bitcoin, the response from exchanges and wallet providers to this fork has starkly differed from previous episodes. Many in the cryptocurrency community have called this stance inconsistent, particularly noting the support given to Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, which also launched as separate chains.
This divergence has raised concerns among users, with some perceiving the exchanges’ refusal to support Bitcoin BLAKE2b as unfair or at odds with their historical approach.
Schwartz points to security and engineering risksDavid Schwartz responded to these concerns by emphasizing the technical risks involved with integrating newly forked assets. Schwartz, who played a key role in the development of Ripple, suggested that exchanges may be prioritizing user protection and taking time to evaluate potential vulnerabilities.
One major point highlighted by Schwartz is the importance of replay protection—a mechanism that prevents transactions intended for one blockchain from being valid on another after a network split. Without robust replay protection, traders could inadvertently lose funds or face transaction failures.
Platforms that choose not to list a new forked coin may be implementing replay protection to mitigate vulnerabilities, especially given the complexity of a new chain and the risk that users could lose their assets due to flawed engineering or insufficient security measures.
Schwartz noted that Bitcoin BLAKE2b, given its recent emergence and the technical transition from SHA-256 to BLAKE2b, could present engineering challenges that exchanges must assess before moving forward with listings.
Replay protection is considered essential when a blockchain split occurs, as it helps ensure that transactions performed on one chain cannot unintentionally affect another, thereby avoiding accidental fund transfers or security breaches.
Mini dictionary: Replay protection, a technique used in blockchain systems to stop a transaction broadcast on one chain from being valid on another, thereby protecting users from unintended duplicate transactions after a fork.
By comparison, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV had implemented such protective measures early after their splits, making it easier for major exchanges to support them from launch.
ForkMining AlgorithmReplay Protection at LaunchMajor Exchange SupportBitcoin CashSHA-256YesYesBitcoin SVSHA-256YesYesBitcoin BLAKE2bBLAKE2bUncertainNoAs exchanges and wallet providers continue to monitor Bitcoin BLAKE2b, users remain cautious about the asset’s future listing prospects and potential risks involved in trading across multiple forks.
Grayscale Investments is moving to convert its Bitcoin Cash Trust into a spot exchange-traded fund. An amended S-3 registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11 would rename the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust as the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust ETF and list its shares on NYSE Arca under the BCHG ticker, according to the SEC filing. The move is the asset manager’s latest effort to bring one of its single-asset crypto trusts onto a major U.S. exchange.
How the Conversion Would Work The trust is a Delaware statutory trust that issues shares representing fractional ownership in Bitcoin Cash. Its shares currently quote on the OTCQX market under BCHG, with Coinbase Custody Trust Company serving as custodian, Coinbase acting as prime broker, and The Bank of New York Mellon as transfer agent and administrator. Once the registration statement, filed as Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, is declared effective and the shares are listed on NYSE Arca, the sponsor, Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC, intends to rename the vehicle Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust ETF. The registration covers an indeterminate number of shares in a continuous offering, with sale prices tied to the underlying Bitcoin Cash holdings and the shares’ NYSE Arca trading price.
A Familiar Grayscale Playbook The filing mirrors Grayscale’s earlier conversions of single-asset trusts into spot ETFs. In a separate filing this month, the firm moved to convert its Litecoin Trust (LTCN) into a spot Litecoin ETF, and it already debuted the first U.S. spot Zcash ETF on NYSE Arca. The planned listing would lean on the exchange’s proposed Rule 8.201-E, a generic listing standard for commodity-based exchange-traded products that NYSE Arca submitted to the SEC on July 30, 2025. Grayscale has framed such conversions as a way to align trust share prices more closely with the value of the digital assets they hold.
What Comes Next The filing remains subject to SEC approval, and the documents do not set a timeline for effectiveness or listing. Grayscale also noted that the trust has historically not met its investment objective, with OTCQX shares trading at both premiums and discounts to the value of the Bitcoin Cash it holds — a gap an exchange-listed ETF is intended to narrow. Any conversion depends on the SEC clearing both the registration statement and the exchange listing rules, leaving the timing of a potential BCHG listing on NYSE Arca uncertain.
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Bitcoin Cash [BCH] declined roughly 10% over the past day.
Interestingly, whale-sized orders dominated activity across BCH’s Spot and perpetual markets during the decline.
What were BCH whales doing? Analysis showed whale-sized orders dominated both markets during the past 24 hours.
Average Order Size measures the average volume traded per transaction. The Futures Average Order Size stood at 164.47, compared with the Spot Average Order Size at 152.51.
Source: CryptoQuant Whale involvement can shape market direction. However, Average Order Size alone cannot reveal whether those orders were buys or sells. Their actual Spot and Perpetual positions offered a clearer view of their directional influence.
Positioning split: spot holds, futures sells There’s a split in the positioning across both sides of the market. In the futures market, the surge in order size corresponded with a growth in selling pressure in the perpetual market.
The Bitcoin Cash [BCH] Open Interest Weighted Funding Rate, at the time of this writing, has become extremely negative, with a reading of -0.0244% on the chart.
Source: CoinGlass This implies that, in relation to the capital in BCH’s perpetual market, roughly $356 million, the majority of the positions are from sellers in the market. This implies whales are more likely to have opened short positions on BCH within this period.
The scenario is on the flip side in the spot market, where there’s been active buying, based on the Spot Netflow Analysis. According to the data from CoinGlass, the Spot Netflow in the past 24 hours reached roughly -$3.45 million in the market.
A negative Netflow of this scale in the market often simply implies that there’s heavy buying of the asset from centralized exchanges, with traders moving into holding on private wallets. A move that’s often associated with long-term purchases.
Source: CoinGlass Where’s BCH price next direction The Liquidation Heatmap showed a large concentration of liquidation liquidity below BCH’s current price. The one-month Liquidation Heatmap placed more than $4 million in liquidation liquidity near $208.
Such clusters can attract price during volatile moves, though they cannot guarantee a decline.
Source: CoinGlass The spot traders’ activity would play a critical role. If this group begins selling more than they buy, it could weaken the structure and force the asset lower. For now, spot remains more critical for price at this level.
Final Summary BCH’s negative Open Interest Weighted Funding Rate reflected aggressive short positioning in the Perpetual Market. Spot Netflow reached -$3.45 million, showing exchange outflows countered bearish futures positioning.
Bitcoin Cash [BCH] is down 7.7% in the past 24 hours and has shed 12% over the past week. The quick, bearish price reaction was likely a result of the hawkish fears following the speech of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole.
BCH’s Open Interest was down 9.6% in a day, reinforcing the bearish short-term pressure on the altcoin. Interestingly, the long-term trend was also bearish.
Was the recent rally only a minor reprieve for Bitcoin Cash? Source: BCH/USDT on TradingView For two years, BCH traded within a range (purple), which it lost in May. The August rally has only been a retest of the lower bounds of this long-term range as resistance. The rejection from $300 showed sellers still have the upper hand.
The technical indicators were firmly bearish, too. The CMF was at -0.24 to signal heavy capital outflows, and the RSI was at 39 to show that bearish momentum was prevalent. The OBV was trending downward in 2026 as well.
The $188 support from 2023 has been defended so far. Based on the weekly chart, it appeared to be only a matter of time until this support, too, was broken.
Bitcoin Cash tends to trade like a leveraged Bitcoin asset. This means a bull market for the latter could see a recovery for BTC and a potential rally beyond $300 later in 2026 for BCH.
Traders’ call to action – Keep an eye on the bullish case Source: BCH/USDT on TradingView On the 1-day timeframe, the structure has begun to shift bullishly. A local high of $250 from July has been flipped to support. At the time of writing, the altcoin was testing this area as a demand zone.
The CMF and momentum signaled capital inflows and upward momentum, but the $250 area is critical. A price drop below $222 would considerably hurt the chances of a Bitcoin Cash recovery in the coming weeks.
As things stand, traders can be hopeful of a price bounce but should be ready to cut a losing trade in case of a Bitcoin Cash price drop below $222.
Final Summary Bitcoin Cash presented a firmly bearish outlook in the long-term after its rejection at $300. If Bitcoin can climb past $82k, and if BCH can defend the $220-$240 pocket, a Bitcoin Cash recovery could become much more likely.
Bitcoin Cash [BCH] saw an 18% surge in price over the past day. However, in a broader context, the move remains relatively small, as the asset has yet to recover after losing more than 52% over the past 90 days.
While the rally continues, leverage remains a growing concern as it largely drives the current run and could leave price vulnerable to a significant pullback. This leaves BCH at risk of a further decline despite its present bullish outlook.
BCH may be overvalued, risking a decline The market appears heated, with longs dominating capital and liquidity in the perpetual market, while the Spot market has failed to match the demand.
The perpetual market saw a massive surge in the Funding Rate on the chart, with the reading jumping to 0.0102%, indicating that there’s been a major increase in the number of long positions in the market.
In fact, at the peak on the 21st of August, the Funding Rate hit 0.0210%, as longs kept paying the funding fee to maintain price disparity.
Source: CoinGlass Interestingly, the perpetual market capital also expanded, with Open Interest surging 13% to about $567 million at the time of writing.
The perpetual market’s positive outlook isn’t concerning on its own, but the weak Spot market raises questions about whether traders have overheated the market.
The Spot market has seen very minimal demand, which shows that the price may struggle to sustain its present level.
This is because there’s been more selling than buying, which has lasted 10 days straight, with a netflow of about $33.39 million within that period.
Price could still move higher There’s a clear sign that BCH may, in fact, trend higher based on the reading of the liquidation heatmap.
The heatmap shows unfilled liquidity clusters above the current price, with sell orders that could potentially push BCH toward $315.
While this is no guarantee that price would move in that direction, areas of dense liquidity clusters like this tend to have a strong pull on price.
Source: CoinGlass Likewise, on the downside, there’s a potential that BCH could still slide lower on the chart, with buy-side clusters at around the $260 mark.
The momentum in price could play a significant role in dictating what path BCH takes, and with more losses accumulated by long traders, the risk of a decline remains a major possibility.
Resistance ahead of price Structurally, price has shown a clear bullish trait. However, there’s still an obstacle in the form of a resistance line marked in dots that the price needs to overcome. Price needs to overcome this level before a bullish move could be set in stone.
The Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) indicator, as well as the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), has both signaled growing strength and that price could rally.
Source: BCH/USDT on TradingView The MACD formed a crossover, with the blue MACD line crossing over the orange signal line, which has preceded a rally. On the other hand, there’s been a surge in the accumulated volume of BCH, hitting 9.7 million.
Final Summary BCH’s 18% rally is increasingly leverage-driven, while Spot demand has remained weak for 10 consecutive days. The $315 area could attract a higher price, but rising long exposure leaves BCH vulnerable to a pullback toward $260.
A Singapore court has frozen about S$75 million ($58 million) in Bitcoin and USD Coin after a major crypto trading platform alleged that an internal ledger error caused it to mistakenly credit thousands of BTC and Bitcoin Cash to a long-standing customer.
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Singapore’s SICC froze about S$75 million in Bitcoin and USDC linked to a dispute between a major crypto platform and a long-time customer. The platform said an internal ledger error led it to mistakenly transfer 2,500 BTC and 2,500 BCH to the customer’s wallets in July 2024. The customer later moved 780 BTC off the platform and converted another 20 BTC into about 816,773 USDC. The court also ordered the customer to disclose the location of the disputed assets and their proceeds. The platform recovered the remaining 1,700 BTC and 2,500 BCH after discovering the alleged error in January 2025. The Singapore International Commercial Court said the interim proprietary injunction prevents the customer from disposing of, dealing with or reducing the value of about 780 BTC and 816,773 USDC, along with assets, profits or interest derived from them. The order was granted on March 26 after a hearing before Singapore High Court Justice Aidan Xu and SICC International Judges Anthony Meagher and David Goddard.
The dispute involves an anonymised group of companies that operates what the court described as one of the world’s largest digital asset trading platforms and a customer who had used the platform since around 2013. Court documents identified the parties only as DVA, DVB and DVC while an application for confidentiality orders remains pending.
Along with freezing the crypto, the court ordered the defendant to disclose where the disputed assets and their proceeds were being held. The judges declined, however, to give the platform group advance permission to use that disclosure to seek similar injunctions in other jurisdictions, leaving it free to apply for permission later if required.
Singapore court dispute traces back to unsupported wallets At the centre of the case are two specialised wallets that once contained 2,500 BTC and 2,500 Bitcoin Cash. According to the judgment, the wallets were designed as a self-custody product that required security credentials, including a user key held solely by the customer.
Support for the wallet product ended in April 2018, although customers could continue accessing the wallets for a period through an unsupported open-source tool. In March 2020, the entire 2,500 BTC and 2,500 BCH balance was transferred away from the specialised wallets, leaving them effectively empty.
The platform group alleged that a technical problem prevented those withdrawals from being recorded correctly on its internal ledgers. Because the ledger continued to show the assets as remaining in the specialised wallets, the companies operated for several years on the assumption that the customer was still entitled to the balances.
A relationship manager later tried to help the customer recover what the platform believed were assets trapped in the discontinued wallet product. Acting on its ledger records, the platform transferred another 2,500 BTC and 2,500 BCH into other accounts belonging to the customer in July 2024.
The claimants say those digital assets came from their own holdings inside the platform group’s omnibus wallets and were transferred solely because of the mistaken balance shown on the internal system. The customer disputes that account and has maintained that the assets transferred to him were rightfully his.
Mistaken crypto transfers have previously resulted in lengthy recovery disputes. In 2022, crypto.news reported on a Crypto.com transfer error in which the exchange mistakenly sent an Australian customer about $10.5 million instead of a $100 refund and discovered the error months later during an audit.
Customer moved 780 BTC and converted another 20 BTC to USDC After receiving the July 2024 transfers, the defendant began moving part of the crypto away from the platform.
Court records show that on July 13, 2024, the customer converted 20 BTC into about 816,773 USDC and transferred the stablecoins to an unhosted wallet. Five withdrawals between July 17 and Nov. 10 moved another 380 BTC to a separate unhosted address.
A further 200 BTC was transferred on Nov. 24, followed by another 200 BTC on Jan. 7, 2025, bringing the amount sent to a third external wallet to 400 BTC. Some 150 BTC from that wallet was later transferred elsewhere in February 2026, according to evidence submitted by the claimants.
The companies also told the court that subsequent transactions involving the 380 BTC and 816,773 USDC made their current locations difficult to determine. The defendant did not dispute making the transactions but maintained that he had been dealing with crypto that belonged to him.
By the time the platform acted, 1,700 BTC and the full 2,500 BCH transferred in July 2024 remained in the customer’s accounts. The companies froze those wallets on Jan. 29, 2025, and re-credited the remaining assets to themselves in an attempt to reverse part of the earlier transfer.
The platform group subsequently sought the return of the 780 BTC and 816,773 USDC that had already left its system, but the customer refused. The companies valued the assets at roughly S$75 million at the time of the injunction hearing.
Platform alleges unjust enrichment and constructive trust Proceedings were initially filed in the General Division of Singapore’s High Court in November 2025 before being transferred by consent to the SICC.
The claimants’ 62-page statement of claim contains four causes of action, including unjust enrichment, a proprietary claim, deceit or negligent misrepresentation, and an alleged breach of the contractual provisions governing the platform’s services. They are also seeking a declaration that the defendant holds the disputed assets on constructive trust for one of the claimant companies and must return them.
According to the claimants, the July 2024 transfers resulted from their incorrect understanding of the old wallet balances, while the customer allegedly knew about the mistake and took advantage of it.
The defendant has rejected that version of events. He told the court that he did not remember making the March 2020 transfers, although he accepted that blockchain records show the transfers occurred, and argued that the platform’s own admission of faulty internal ledger records weakened its claim that the assets transferred in 2024 belonged to the companies.
He also argued that the transferred crypto could have represented his own assets held elsewhere on the platform or assets belonging to other customers. Having maintained extensive crypto holdings and activity, the defendant said he relied on the platform to keep track of what he held and believed that the July 2024 assets belonged to him.
The customer has counterclaimed for the assets that remain frozen on the platform or compensation of equivalent value, while denying that he knew the companies had made any mistake.
Singapore courts have dealt with several high-value crypto disputes involving exchange operators over the past year. Earlier in August, Binance and RedotPay gave conflicting accounts over the status of a separate Singapore proceeding tied to claims worth nearly $473 million.
Singapore’s courts have also played a role in handling distressed crypto businesses, including proceedings involving WazirX’s Singapore-based parent Zettai, whose restructuring proposal returned to court after receiving 95.7% creditor support in August 2025.
Judges find serious ownership question to be tried For the interim stage of the case, the three-judge panel found enough evidence to establish a serious question over whether the platform companies retained a proprietary interest in some or all of the disputed assets.
The court said it was arguable that the specialised wallet balances were effectively zero before the July 2024 credits and that the platform transferred 2,500 BTC and 2,500 BCH because its internal records incorrectly showed the earlier holdings as still present.
Judges also found an arguable case that the customer knew about the platform’s mistake either when the transfers were made or, at the latest, after the platform discovered the issue and contacted him in 2025. Under that scenario, the court said an argument could be made that identifiable assets and traceable proceeds were held on constructive trust for the claimants.
On whether an injunction was necessary, the court considered the risk that the companies could win at trial but still be unable to recover the crypto if the assets were moved or dissipated.
The judges noted evidence that the defendant had used part of the disputed assets as security for a loan to cover legal costs and had not provided updated evidence about his financial position or current asset holdings. The court found sufficient doubt over his ability to satisfy a substantial judgment if the companies eventually succeeded.
At the same time, the platform group gave the court an undertaking to compensate the customer for losses caused by the injunction if it later turns out that the order should not have been granted.
The disclosure order requires the defendant to identify the whereabouts of assets covered by the injunction, including relevant crypto controlled through third parties acting under his direct or indirect instructions. The SICC left both sides free to return to court, including if the claimants later seek permission to use the disclosed information in civil proceedings outside Singapore.
