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The CFB index behind BlackRock’s Bitcoin Private TrustThe availability of a choice of bitcoin indices published by CF Benchmarks, a tried and tested (and regulated) cryptocurrency Benchmark Administrator, undoubtedly helped give BlackRock the confidence to begin offering spot bitcoin exposure to institutional clients.
Ken Odeluga
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Expansion of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include 3 new Digital AssetsThe Administrator hereby announces the addition of the below 3 cryptocurrency reference rates and real-time indices to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family:
* Avalanche (AVAX)
* Filecoin (FIL)
* Tezos (XTZ)
Each reference rate will publish the U.S. dollar price of each digital asset once a day at 16:00 London time. Each respective real-time index price will be published once per second, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
Publication of these reference rates and real-time indic
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CF Benchmarks launches CF Bitcoin Interest Rate CurveThe CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve (CF BIRC), the first index of its kind published by CF Benchmarks, measures the underlying economic reality of Bitcoin borrowing and lending, whether on an outright basis or an implied basis in tradeable instruments.
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Ether Options settling to CME CF ETHUSD_RR launched by CMEEther options began trading on CME yesterday led by a block trade between Genesis and Cumberland. As the Ethereum merge approaches the opportunity for investors to hedge price risk for Ether (ETH) through CFTC regulated, centrally cleared options contracts will be invaluable.
The launch of Ether options further extends the suite of instruments that investors and product providers can utilise to create differing pay-off structures, an invaluable tool as investors seek to integrate digital assets
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Pre-Merge Dynamics Rippling Through MarketsThe world's most popular programmable blockchain is set for a major upgrade this week: the Ethereum blockchain will switch over its process for executing transactions and mining to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. This change may seem to be superficial at first glance, but it has so far had a profound impact on crypto markets.
Firstly, we have seen ETH dominate its competitors since the Ethereum Foundation publicly announced their planned 'Merge' timeline in mid-July. So-called ETH K
Gabriel Selby
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CFB Portfolio Indices - Ethereum MergeThe Ethereum Merge fork event that will transition Ethereum from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus, is set to take place in the coming days.
The majority of Constituent Exchanges have confirmed that the Ethereum PoS chain will retain the ETH ticker after the Merge, with no anticipated disruptions to trading at or around the time of the Merge. Therefore, there will be no change to the underlying markets observed by the CME CF Ether- Dollar Reference Rate, which is a constitue
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Why the London Market Close is the best time to strike NAV for new Aussie Crypto ETFsCF Benchmarks has leveraged its unique position as administrator of the most liquid, established and trusted, regulated Bitcoin benchmark, CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR), to determine the optimal time to strike NAV for Aussie Bitcoin ETFs.
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Expansion of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include 11 new Digital AssetsCF Benchmarks, the leading provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices announces the launch of 11 new cryptocurrency reference rates and real-time indices to the CME CF Cryptocurency Pricing Products, which will be calculated and published daily beginning April 25 and give benchmark index pricing for the below assets:
* Algorand (ALGO)
* Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
* Cardano (ADA)
* Chainlink (LINK)
* Cosmos (ATOM)
* Litecoin (LTC)
* Polkadot (DOT)
* Polygon (MATIC)
* Solana (SOL)
* Stellar L
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Hashdex to launch world's first pure-play Web 3.0 ETF, WEB311, powered by CF Web 3.0 Smart Contract Platforms IndexThe CF Web 3.0 Smart Contract Platforms Index is a liquid, investible benchmark portfolio index that tracks the return performance of smart contract platforms within the digital asset space
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CF Benchmarks launches Settlement Prices and Spot Rate indices for AMP, CRV, GRT, MKR, SNX, YFICF Benchmarks is continuing to broaden its range of regulated benchmarks for the leading platform tokens, ensuring that the highest standards of price accuracy and governance are in place as institutional volumes approach critical mass.
Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga
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CF Benchmarks launches Settlement Price and Spot Rate indices for AAVE, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SOLDogecoin now reaches another definitive milestone with the launch of regulated Benchmark Indices calculated by CF Benchmarks, the only UK FCA regulated cryptocurrency Benchmark Administrator, providing reliable, representative, and replicable DOGE pricing.
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Bitcoin futures ETFs with end-to-end regulation in focusAccepting that the series of the statements has been a coherent, deliberate build-up to Gensler’s August remarks, the probability—if not the inevitability—of the SEC approving a form of Bitcoin ETF in the relatively near future appears to increase.
Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga
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CF Benchmarks launches Settlement Price and Spot Rate indices for DeFi coins UNI and COMP, plus utility tokens ADA and FILDecentralised finance (DeFi) is receiving one of its strongest corroborations yet as a force to be reckoned with across the established financial world as CF Benchmarks brings its regulated Benchmark Methodology to prices for Uniswap and Compound
Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga
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ProFunds launches First U.S. Bitcoin Mutual Fund – with CF Benchmarks-powered Performance IndexBTCFX instantly becomes the first widely available U.S. cryptocurrency fund – distinct from numerous crypto funds that are only available to accredited investors. This fact alone makes the news a true watershed moment for Bitcoin and crypto.
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BRR Power: updated research backs the index againUltimately, demonstrating that the BRR continued to meet the most stringent standards of those qualities underpins the stated aim of the research in the first place: to validate the BRR as a superior reference price for providers of regulated Bitcoin financial products, chiefly ETFs.
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Ether Futures settling to CF Benchmarks' Ether Dollar Reference Rate start tradingEnd-to-end oversight will make CME Ether Futures the only fully regulated Ether market in the world. Consequently, participants can have complete confidence in its integrity, regulatory compliance, transparency and accuracy.
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CF Benchmarks appointed Calculation Agent for Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI)Nasdaq, Inc. has launched the Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI) with CF Benchmarks as Calculation Agent. The NCI is a benchmark index that has been designed to measure the performance of a significant portion of the digital asset market and to provide a benchmark for institutional investment in this new and emerging asset class. The Index is specifically designed to be dynamic in nature, broadly representative of the market, and readily trackable by investors. The first licensee of the index is digital
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UPDATED - CF Benchmarks Cryptocurrency Tax and Reporting CalendarOur unique cryptocurrency reporting tool now includes the ill imprtant index values for December 31st 2020
How CF Benchmarks Cryptocurrency Price Indices can help you report the value of cryptocurrency holdings and earnings to tax authorities, auditors and other stakeholders that might scrutinise your valuations.
This is not and is not intended to be tax advice in any jurisdiction of the world. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors for any advice on tax matters.
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Not quite a crypto cliff-hangerThough a clear election end point may still be days away, as votes continue to be counted, wrangled over, and possibly even argued over in court, it’s clear that stocks and other risky assets—including crypto—are taking cues from clear probabilities and a handful of certainties in the bag so far.
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Press release: CF Benchmarks to Provide Crypto Price Indexes for BlockFi Lending Products"With FCA-regulated cryptocurrency indexes behind our products, our clients can be confident knowing they’re getting the most trusted information to best inform their investment strategies and decisions no matter what time of day it is,” said Zac Prince, CEO of BlockFi.
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Press release: CF Benchmarks pioneers world’s first crypto market benchmark indexThe “CF Benchmarks Ultra Cap 5” Cryptocurrency Index is the first true beta benchmark for crypto, covering about 75% of the entire crypto market
LONDON, 19 August 2020 -- CF Benchmarks, the leading cryptocurrency index provider, has launched an index that accurately reflects the circulating supply of each comprising crypto (or index constituent). The CF Benchmarks Ultra Cap 5 is fully rules-based and free float market capitalisation weighted. The index represents more than 75% of the entire cr
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Introducing the CF Cryptocurrency Ultra Cap 5 IndexThe CF Cryptocurrency Ultra Cap 5 Index accurately reveals which coins are driving the crypto market
There’s no mistaking that the crypto world is evolving at a dizzying pace. ‘Total Value Locked’ in DeFi (decentralized finance) recently passed $4bn for the first time. High profile investors like Paul Tudor Jones and hedge fund Renaissance Technologies have piled in of late. Ether futures volumes notched new daily highs in early August after Bitcoin’s turbo-charged acceleration a few months ea
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Ether posts strong returns of 11.9% in May and 2020 gains hit 82.5% * 2020 gains continue for Ether through May but Ether-Dollar Reference Rate shows the second largest crypto is still in negative territory (-9.3%) over the past 12-months
* Returns since ETH hit its 2020 low ($113.62 March 16) stand at over 108%
* Volumes trended lower but were still well ahead of the lull seen in January
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Bitcoin Returns 7.7% in May and 32.6% for 2020 * May saw the BRR almost touch $10,000, hitting a month high of $9,952 on May 8, on that day the BRR showed Bitcoin returned a staggering 96.6% from its 2020 low ($5082.7 March 16)
* The annual return stood at 13.2% with YTD returns even better at 32.6%, but from its 2020 low ($5062.68, March 16) the BRR shows Bitcoin returning a staggering
* Volumes remained strong and May 21 saw a volume surge as Bitcoin pared back some of its gains
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CF Benchmarks Launches Indices for Tezos, Stellar Lumens and EOSCF Benchmarks will begin publishing benchmark indices for Tezos (XTZ), Stellar Lumens (XLM) and EOS (EOS) to USD from today.
Each asset will be represented by both a once a day Settlement Price and a per second Spot Rate, published 365 days a year. Transaction and Order Book data for these indices will be drawn from Coinbase and Kraken. The new indices will become the latest members of the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family - full index methodology and governance documents can be found here.
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ETH returns 61% in April, the best monthly return since May 2019 (64%), recovering most of its March losses * ETH remains 24.4% off its 2020 high yet still shows an impressive 60.6% YTD return
* Aggregate volumes in April (713,389) trail March (934,680) but were still significantly ahead of January (247,500) and February (534,707)
* April 23rd saw volumes of 120,812 ETH traded, only slightly behind "Black Thursday" - March 13th (123,248)
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Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, but remains 14.4% below its 2020 high * BRR shows Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, on April 30th BRR was $8848.5 sitting just 3.1% below the March high of $9127.1 set on March 7th.
* YTD returns at April 30th are a healthy 22.8% but Bitcoin is still 14.4% below its 2020 high of $10,336.0 set on February
* Aggregate BRR volume of 74,656 XBT for April was significantly lower than March's record volumes (103,765 XBT) but still a long way ahead of volumes seen in Jan (35,034 XBT) and Feb (44,538 XBT)
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BRR sees record volumes as Bitcoin falls 24.6% in March * BRR sees record monthly volumes of 103,765 XBT traded in March, more than double February
* Over 14,000 XBT were traded on March 13th - Black Friday
* Bitcoin ends the month 24.6% lower, after recovering towards the second half, losses stood at 41% on March 16th
* Rolling 24hr volatility of the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index reached 70% on March 13th 0305 UTC https://twitter.com/CFBenchmarks/status/1238477558401904640
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Website improvementsAt CF Benchmarks, we're always trying to improve our infrastructure. One area we've been focusing recently is our website.
Last year we spent some time revamping the site. We gave it more of a dashboard feel, improving the graphs and adding a bit more data content. Once that was deployed, the data looked great, but we felt we could do more to improve our news posts.
Until recently, our news items were all simple text based posts that were difficult to write and publish. We wanted the abili
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Ether-Dollar Reference Rate posts 23.2% return in Feb'20 amidst record breaking volumes * Best monthly return for ETH-USD Reference Rate since May'19 and second best month on record
* Aggregate volumes in Feb'20 (534,707 ETH, $130.5M) smash all previous records - Dec'18 (457,417 ETH) and May'18 ($79M)
* Feb 15th 2020 saw all-time record dollar volume of $15.9M, topping the previous high of $11M set on Nov 21st 2019
* Month high of $279.94 (Feb 19th) is highest since July 10th 2019
* Volumes recorded surged 127.8% vs Jan'20
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BRR falls 7.5% in Feb'20 on strongest monthly volumes since July'19 * Total aggregate volumes traded in Feb'20 increased by 27.1% vs Jan'20, reaching 44,538 BTC, despite a short month
* Feb'20 (44,538 BTC, $434.9M) saw the strongest monthly volumes since July'19 (83,151 BTC, $883.1M)
* Feb 11th 2020 saw 7,268 BTC/ $72.9M traded, the highest daily volumes recorded for the BRR since Nov 21st 2019 - 12,577 $95.3M
* Coinbase gained over 5% in share vs. the previous month
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Bitcoin climbs 28.7% in Jan, amidst smoother trading volumes than Dec * Aggregate volume captured by the BRR in Jan '20 15% lower than Dec '19
* Highest volume day in (Jan 14) saw 42% less volume than the highest volume day in previous month (Dec 9), pointing to smoother trading volumes in Jan
* Bitstamp increased share of volume by 4 percentage, whilst Coinbase share fell 3.5 percentage points month to month
* Average trade size in Jan'20 fell to 0.2598 BTC from 0.2879 BTC in Dec'19
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