<p>Bitcoin.com, the firm backed by cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver, is preparing to launch a futures contract for bitcoin cash (BCH), currently the world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.</p> <p>David Shin, head of Bitcoin.com’s <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/34538/roger-ver-moves-on-from-ceo-to-executive-chairman-of-bitcoin-com/">recently launched</a> crypto exchange, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-12/ver-s-bitcoin-com-seeks-to-launch-derivative-for-bitcoin-cash?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=bd&amp;cmpId=google">told</a> Bloomberg in a report published Thursday that he has initiated talks to list a BCH derivatives product on a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated exchange.</p> <p>“We’ll try to list a BCH future on one of these exchanges that’s CFTC regulated to therefore have a product that can be traded into the U.S. with institutional traders,” Shin said.</p> <p>The move is aimed at making BCH the second-or third-largest crypto by market cap “within a year,” he said, adding: “To get from No. 4 to No. 3 or No. 2, we have to see more volume.”</p> <p>Shin added that he would "love to speak with CME about listing a BCH future.” CME Group, which already offers bitcoin futures contracts since as early as 2017, is also gearing up to launch another bitcoin derivatives product, as reported by <a href="https://www.theblockresearch.com/cme-group-is-sharing-details-on-bitcoin-options-that-could-signal-an-imminent-product-launch-38462/">The Block</a> last week. It could launch before the end of this year.</p>