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Weekly Index Highlights, May 26, 2025Digital assets gained last week, led by Bitcoin and Solana. Broader indices rebounded, volatility rose, and funding rates spiked—signaling renewed risk appetite. Still, sentiment remains cautious as appetite rebuilds unevenly across high-beta and thematic assets.
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Weekly Index Highlights, May 19, 2025Digital assets reversed course last week as high-beta segments sold off and thematic indices deepened YTD losses. ETH held firm, while BTC outperformed. Volatility dropped and the BIRC shifted downwards, reflecting de-risking. Despite resilience in select large-cap assets, sentiment remains fragile.
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Weekly Index Highlights, May 12, 2025Digital assets rallied sharply, led by ETH and meme coins. Diversified and cap-weighted indices rose sharply, though staking yields varied. Volatility stayed low with elevated skew. Despite mixed rate signals, earlier losses in thematic indices underscore the need for downside protection.
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Weekly Index Highlights, May 5, 2025The digital asset market dipped after a rebound, with broad losses. Diversified-weighted indices underperformed, and speculative sectors lagged, while large-caps outperformed, showing a shift to quality. Bitcoin volatility and interest rates fell, signaling reduced leverage and risk appetite.
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Weekly Index Highlights, March 24, 2025The week saw a broad recovery, with the CF Broad Cap Index (Diversified Weight) advancing 2.84%, led by large caps and select mid caps. Meanwhile, the CF Bitcoin Volatility Index Settlement Rate (BVXS) dropped, despite a rise in realized volatility, and short-term borrowing costs surged.
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Weekly Index Highlights, March 10, 2025Last week’s market downturn hit all CF DACS categories. BCH (+7.26%) was the sole gainer, while FTM (-29.54%) and WIF (-35.71%) led losses. Infrastructure tokens fell 16.06%. ETH & SOL staking yields dipped to 2.75% and 7.07%. BVXS dropped to 56.64 and a negative skew signaled rising hedging demand.
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Weekly Index Highlights, March 3, 2025TIA led gains, up 21.06%, while LDO and the CF Digital Culture Index lagged. Infrastructure tokens declined, with the Blockchain Infrastructure Index down 4.59%. ETH and SOL staking yields rose. BVXS signaled higher volatility, and BIRC's SIRB increase showed greater demand for short-term borrowing.
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Weekly Index Highlights, February 24, 2025Sector trends drove select tokens up amid a broad decline. Fantom led (+40.24%), while Immutable X (-15.59%) and CF Digital Culture Index (-7.42%) lagged. Infra tokens fell (-5.80%). ETH staking yields hit 3.01%, SOL 7.04%. BVXS dropped to 48.70 (lower volatility), while SIRB fell to 3.95%.
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Weekly Index Highlights, February 17, 2025The crypto market saw mixed moves last week. XRP (+12.53%) and Cardano (+10.23%) led gains, while Solana (-6.50%) lagged. Infrastructure and culture tokens rebounded. ETH staking yields fell, SOL staking rates rose. Volatility declined, options market turned bullish and liquidity conditions shifted.
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Weekly Index Highlights, February 10, 2025The digital asset market declined, led by Cardano (-7.56%) and Chainlink (-6.61%). Infrastructure and Culture lagged, with JASMY (-9.56%) and PRIME down 17.97%. ETH staking yields fell to 2.69%, SOL rose to 7.00%. BVXS hit 53.38, with downside risk. SIRB rebounded to 1.38% amid shifting liquidity.
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Weekly Index Highlights, February 3, 2025Crypto saw broad declines in the past week, with SOL -9.88% and Avalanche -9.56% leading the losses. ETH staking yields fell to 2.75%, whilst volatility eased with BVXS down to 55.18. The CF BIRC & Cap Series saw sharp declines, reflecting risk-off sentiment & continued institutional repositioning.
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Weekly Index Highlights, January 27, 2025Digital assets declined this week: XRP (-6.02%) and ADA (-6.34%) led losses, while staking diverged as ETH yields fell to 2.73% and SOL held at 6.91%. Volatility eased with our BVXS dropping to 59.70, but short-term rates spiked, with 1-Week tenor hitting 4.96% amid shifting institutional trends.
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Weekly Index Highlights, January 20, 2025Crypto rallied, led by SOL (50.68%) and Chainlink (34.12%). The CF Capitalization Series posted robust gains and CF Classification Series also advanced. ETH staking yields hit 3.19% and SOL held 6.82%. BTC volatility surged to 64.02 as short-term rates spiked marking renewed institutional optimism.
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Weekly Index Highlights, January 13, 2025Digital assets weakened broadly last week. XRP rose 3.19%, while ADA fell 9.39%. The CF Web 3.0 Index dropped 12.31%, and diversified indices lagged. Staking yields declined (ETH: 2.69%, SOL: 6.79%), and Bitcoin volatility rose as 2-month interest rates fell to 3.36%.
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Weekly Index Highlights, January 6, 2025Digital assets started off 2025 strongly, led by Cardano's 30.82% weekly gain. The CF Web 3.0 Index surged 17.90%, with diversified indices outperforming. Staking diverged: ETH rose 9.24bps, SOL fell 6.43bps. Bitcoin volatility tightened, with 2-month interest rates rising to 5.53%.
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Weekly Index Highlights, December 23, 2024Volatility triggered by last Wednesday’s Fed rate decision handed Bitcoin it’s first weekly drop since Trump’s re-election, amid sharp declines across most of our crypto indices between December 16th to December 22nd. Still, large and mega caps remain on course for strong gains for 2024.
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Weekly Index Highlights, December 16, 2024Markets paused after gains: Chainlink rose 16.93%, Bitcoin hit $102,840.89. DeFi surged, led by AAVE (+35.38%) and ONDO (+15.36%), while Culture tokens and Meme Coins fell. The CF DeFi Index rose 9.90%, up 79% YTD, with volatility and ETH staking rewards easing.
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Weekly Index Highlights, December 2, 2024Explore the latest crypto trends, covering the period November 25 to December 1, 2024. Our comprehensive analysis dives deep into token movements of our indices, CF DACS sub-categories, and shifts in volatility and interest rate curves—giving you the edge for informed decisions in a dynamic market.
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