Bitcoin Cash price stands at 278.76 USD as CME futures trade

Published on 10/26/2026 at 18:47 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

mF International reported holding 678,922 BCH in its Bitcoin Cash treasury. CME's first block trade covered 250 BCH on October 20, 2026.

Price, treasury and network data

On October 20, 2026, CME Group confirmed FalconX and GSR executed the first Bitcoin Cash futures block trade.
mF International reported holding 678,922 BCH as of October 15, 2026, equal to 3.23 percent of total supply.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 278.76 USD as of October 26, 2026, 2.18 percent above the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026.
Network hashrate measured 3.43 EH/s on October 26, 2026, according to a live network estimate.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trades at 278.76 USD as of October 26, 2026; the Bitcoin Cash price is up 2.18 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026. The market also has a new derivatives reference point: CME Group confirmed a first BCH futures block trade on October 20, 2026.

CME Group said on October 20, 2026, that FalconX and GSR executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures. CME Group described the contracts as tools for managing cryptocurrency risk and exposure. The announcement confirms that regulated BCH futures trading is active, while the spot market remains the direct market for the coin.

mF International holds 678,922 BCH on October 15

mF International said on October 23, 2026, that its board approved the wind-down of its legacy financial trading solutions business and would focus on digital asset initiatives. The company reported holding 678,922 BCH as of October 15, 2026, representing 3.23 percent of total Bitcoin Cash supply, according to Finviz. It also reported mining 2,265.42 BCH from July 30 through September 30, 2026. The report concerns a named corporate holder rather than the BCH protocol itself, so the holding figure does not change the coin's circulating supply reported below.

Hashrate reaches 3.43 EH/s on October 26

Hashrate, the computing power directed at securing a proof-of-work network, measured 3.43 exahashes per second on October 26, 2026, on a live Bitcoin Cash network estimate. The same source listed network difficulty at 480.56 gigadifficulty. MillionMiner said the estimate represents the SHA-256 computing power mining BCH and can change as mining equipment moves between networks. This figure describes network security activity and is separate from the 678,922 BCH corporate treasury reported by mF International.

Bitcoin Cash market data shows a 2.18 percent gain

The Bitcoin Cash price is 278.76 USD as of October 26, 2026, up 2.18 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 25, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 279.65 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 270.35 USD. Market capitalization is 5.58 billion USD, ranking BCH 18th, while 24-hour volume is 100.83 million USD. Circulating supply is 20.11 million BCH, according to Investing.com.