Jun 03, 2024
Amendment of Restatement & Republishing Materiality Threshold for CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products
The Administrator announces that the Restatement & Republishing materiality threshold for all Reference Rates within the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products will be amended on June 11th, 2024.
The Restatement & Republishing materiality threshold will be amended from 0.20% to 0.10%. This change will be implemented at 11:00 London Time on June 11th, 2024.
Going forward, this means the Administrator will only Restate and Republish CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rates when the following conditions are met:
- Timeliness – where the Administrator can RESTATE and REPUBLISH a CME Cryptocurrency Reference Rate value before 23:59:59 of the given Calculation Day
- Materiality - where the RESTATED CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rate has an absolute variance greater than 0.10% for the respective CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rate of the given Calculation Day
In case of any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].
Any users wishing to file a complaint regarding this process can do so confidentially by writing to [email protected].
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