CME plans Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures for October 19 pending review

CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH. Micro Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI. Micro Uniswap futures will cover 1,000 UNI. Bitcoin Cash traded at $338 per coin and was up more than 25% on the day. Bitcoin Cash had a $6 billion market cap. UNI traded at $9.28 and was up 5.5% in the last 24 hours. UNI had a $5.75 billion market cap. Bitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin in 2017. Uniswap operates a decentralized exchange, and UNI serves as its governance token. Giovanni Vicioso, CME's global head of cryptocurrency products, said crypto market participants need broader regulated tools for digital asset price risk. Vicioso described the contracts as tools for capital efficiency and exposure to key crypto networks in a regulated venue operating around the clock. CME announced Avalanche and Sui futures in April. Those contracts launched on May 4. CME introduced Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar contracts in February. CME's futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts daily in the first half of 2026. That activity represented $8.3 billion in notional volume. Average open interest was 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion. CME said its 2026 Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui futures generated more than $1 billion in total notional value year-to-date. Justin Young, CEO and co-founder of Volatility Shares, called the additions another important step in CME's crypto futures expansion. Noel Kimmel, president of Ripple Prime, said institutions need around-the-clock access to regulated derivatives. Ripple Prime secured a $200 million facility in May to expand its lending capacity. Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap will become CME's tenth and eleventh single-asset crypto futures products if regulatory review clears on schedule.