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CME Adds Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures as Regulated Crypto Lineup Keeps Growing

By Isaac • September 22, 2026 7:22 pm • Comments

CME Group is widening the regulated end of the crypto market again, this time with futures tied to Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap.

CME Group said Tuesday that it plans to launch BCH and UNI futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. Both assets will come with standard and micro contracts, giving larger institutions and smaller traders different ways to size exposure.

The standard Bitcoin Cash contract will represent 250 BCH, while the micro version will cover 25 BCH. For Uniswap, the standard contract will represent 10,000 UNI and the micro contract will cover 1,000 UNI.

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That structure matters. The smaller contracts can lower the capital needed to hedge or express a view, while the larger contracts are built for firms managing meaningful crypto exposure.

CME also plans to list the products in its round-the-clock regulated marketplace, giving firms a familiar clearing venue for managing weekend and overnight moves. The announcement extends a deliberate expansion beyond Bitcoin and Ether rather than treating altcoin futures as a one-off experiment.

CME put the announcement plainly in its launch post:

A broader regulated crypto shelf

The new contracts will join a lineup that already includes futures tied to Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui. This is no longer a two-coin experiment.

CME is steadily building a regulated derivatives shelf around a wider set of liquid crypto assets.

According to the company, its crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts a day during the first half of 2026, representing $8.3 billion in notional value. Average open interest reached 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion notional.

Decrypt’s report noted that the rollout follows CME’s 2026 additions of Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. Those newer products have already generated more than $1 billion in total notional value this year, according to CME.

For BCH, the listing gives market participants another regulated way to hedge a long-running large-cap proof-of-work asset. For UNI, it puts one of DeFi’s best-known tokens into the same institutional futures framework now used for several major crypto networks.

Why Uniswap is drawing attention

The UNI listing arrives as Uniswap’s infrastructure continues to show up in new corners of on-chain finance. Token Terminal reported Tuesday that Uniswap versions account for more than 99% of Robinhood stock-token deposits in DeFi on Robinhood Chain, with total deposits up sharply over the prior 30 days.

A futures listing does not guarantee higher spot prices, and the October launch still depends on regulatory review. What it does show is that regulated crypto derivatives are moving beyond the original Bitcoin-and-Ether core.

CME is responding to demand for more ways to manage altcoin risk around the clock. If BCH and UNI attract durable volume and open interest, the exchange will have another reason to keep expanding that list.

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