CME yesterday (September 22) listed the BCH and UNI standard futures contracts together with micro contracts. BCH spot was lifted directly by +26.4%. On CoinDesk, it was reported as a 24-hour increase of 28%, with an intraday high reaching 32%, at a price of $342.8, with trading volume of $160 million. UNI rose along with it by 11.9%.

At the same time, BTC slid from Monday’s high of 87,300 down to below 86,000; over 24 hours it was -0.4%, and in the CoinDesk 100 index, 38 constituents were declining. The money didn’t run away—it just moved to a different pool.

I’ve watched this kind of play from CME for a few rounds now. Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui have all been added one by one like this. Once the contracts are listed, market makers have the tools to hedge, and institutions dare to get involved. This BCH move wasn’t narrative-driven—it was channel-driven.

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