Bitcoin Cash price falls 6.14 percent to 283.91 USD on October 16, 2026

Published on 10/16/2026 at 18:50 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

CME plans BCH futures for October 19, pending regulatory review. Hashrate measured 3.71 EH/s while the Bitcoin Cash price remained volatile.

Network data and futures

On October 16, 2026, BCH recorded a 301.89 USD daily high as its price moved 6.14 percent lower.
Bitcoin Cash network hashrate stood at 3.71 EH/s at block 973,052 on October 16, 2026.
The Bitcoin Cash price stands at 283.91 USD as of October 16, 2026, 6.14 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
CME Group futures are scheduled for October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) falls 6.14 percent to 283.91 USD on October 16, 2026, marking a move of more than 5 percent. The Bitcoin Cash price is 283.91 USD as of October 16, 2026, according to Investing.com. CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory review, according to Crypto.com.

CME Group sets an October 19 futures date

The planned contracts would add a regulated derivatives venue for BCH exposure without requiring participants to hold the cryptocurrency directly. Crypto.com reported that CME Group's plan includes standard contracts sized at 250 BCH and micro contracts sized at 25 BCH. The October 19, 2026, date remains subject to regulatory review, so the scheduled date is not the same as a completed launch.

The futures plan follows a period of sharp movement in BCH. Investing.com shows the cryptocurrency down 6.14 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The price move and the planned futures date are separate developments because the cited futures report does not establish a direct connection between them.

Bitcoin Cash network records 3.71 EH/s

Network data from the Selene Cash explorer showed a Bitcoin Cash hashrate of 3.71 exahashes per second on October 16, 2026. Hashrate measures the computing power used to secure and process the network. The same dashboard listed block height 973,052, an average block time of 5.3 minutes over the latest 10 blocks, and an estimated transaction rate of 0.147 transactions per second over the latest 144 blocks, according to Selene Cash.

The explorer also showed 136 transactions in the mempool and a latest-block miner fee of 0.00206149 BCH on October 16, 2026. Those figures describe current network conditions, while the planned futures contracts concern market infrastructure and do not measure on-chain usage.

BCH trades at 283.91 USD

Bitcoin Cash trades at 283.91 USD as of October 16, 2026, according to Investing.com. The price is 6.14 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 301.89 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 280.29 USD. Investing.com lists market capitalization at 5.70 billion USD, rank 18, and 24-hour volume at 220.82 million USD. Circulating supply is 20.10 million BCH.