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# BCH this week: +2% in seven days, positive funding on perps
- URL: https://zipmex.com/blog/bch-weekly-2026-09-08/
- Published: 2026-09-08T13:48:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T13:48:46.000Z
- Description: Bitcoin Cash closed the week at $252.72 (+2.3% in 7 days, +16.8% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.
- Author: ZIPMEX
- Tags: BCH, Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trades at $252.72 on September 8, 2026: -3.0% over 24 hours, +2.3% over seven days and +16.8% over thirty. That leaves it 93% below the all-time high of $3,785.82 set on 2017-12-19\. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

## The numbers

| Price                   | $252.72 |
| ----------------------- | ------- |
| 24 hours                | \-3.0%  |
| 7 days                  | +2.3%   |
| 30 days                 | +16.8%  |
| Market cap              | $5.1B   |
| 24h volume (all venues) | $208.3M |
| Market rank             | #20     |
| Perp open interest      | $2.4K   |
| Perp 24h volume         | $68.58  |
| Max leverage            | 10x     |

## Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the BCH/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0071% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0074%), $2.4K of open interest and $68.58 traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 10x.

## Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:48 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the [BCH landing](https://zipmex.com/tokens/bch/) refresh every minute.

*Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.*

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