CME Group will list Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on Oct. 19, the exchange said Sept. 22, expanding its single-token crypto derivatives suite to eleven contracts, seven of which would have launched in 2026.

The contracts remain subject to regulatory review. CME currently lists futures on Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui.

What do the new contracts look like?

Bitcoin Cash futures will be sized at 250 BCH per contract, with a Micro version at 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will be sized at 10,000 UNI, with a Micro at 1,000 UNI.

At Tuesday's prices, the standard BCH contract carried a notional value of roughly $78,500, while the UNI contract sat near $89,400. Contract specifications have not been posted.

Both contracts will settle against CME CF reference rates administered by CF Benchmarks, which already publishes 4 p.m. London-time benchmarks for both tokens.

How is the existing lineup performing?

CME's crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts per day in the first half of 2026, equivalent to $8.3 billion in notional value. Average open interest over the same period reached 264,600 contracts, or $15.4 billion in notional.

The five contracts added in 2026 — ADA, LINK, XLM, AVAX and SUI — have collectively traded more than $1 billion in notional volume since their respective launches. The Avalanche and Sui contracts were announced in April and went live May 4. Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures were announced in February.

What does management say?

Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group's global head of cryptocurrency products, framed the expansion as a response to institutional demand.

"As crypto markets continue to mature, participants require broader, regulated tools to navigate evolving digital asset related price risk," Vicioso said. "Designed for greater versatility and capital efficiency, these new BCH and UNI contracts allow clients to manage price risk and gain exposure to key crypto networks within our 24/7, regulated marketplace."

How are the underlying tokens positioned?

Bitcoin Cash traded at $314.13 on Tuesday, up 17.5% over 24 hours and 39.8% over the prior seven days, according to CoinGecko. Its market capitalization stood at $6.31 billion on $684.4 million of daily trading volume. Bitcoin Cash forked from Bitcoin in 2017 over block size, and 20.09 million of its 21 million total supply are in circulation.

Uniswap traded at $8.94, up 1.2% on the day and 39.4% on the week, with a market capitalization of $5.55 billion and $1.17 billion in daily volume. Most of UNI's weekly gain came before the CME announcement.

What else is happening in the Uniswap ecosystem?

Uniswap's onchain token sale tool went live on Robinhood Chain earlier this month, extending the protocol's deployment footprint. DefiLlama data shows the protocol holds $3.83 billion in total value locked, distributed as follows:

• $2.57 billion on Ethereum
• $472 million on Base
• $273 million on Robinhood Chain

On Sept. 22, a temperature check to extend Uniswap protocol fees to the Arc network was posted to the protocol's governance forum.

What should market participants watch next?

The Oct. 19 launch depends on regulatory sign-off, and CME has not yet published full contract specifications. Seven single-token contracts have launched in 2026 alone, signaling continued institutionalization of altcoin derivatives. The new products will need to demonstrate volume traction comparable to the $1 billion in cumulative notional already recorded by this year's earlier launches.