CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 61: CPI Upends Rate Reckoning, CME BTC Vol. Futures Go Live in June, CLARITY Markup Moves Forward
The team talk through this week's hot CPI print; the CLARITY Act clearing the Senate, Kevin Warsh scraping through to become Fed Chair designate, and CME launching Bitcoin Volatility futures on June 1.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 60: Saylor's Pivot, NFP Heat and CLARITY Countdown: Crypto's Cross-Currents
A surprisingly strong NFP print, Michael Saylor's signal that Bitcoin sales aren't off the table at Strategy, Circle's 20% pop on stablecoin-rewards optimism, and a forensic walk-through of the recent ~$300 million Kelp DAO cross-chain exploit.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 59: Crypto vs. a Fractured Fed: Warsh Incoming, Powell Stays, Plus Morgan Stanley and Goldman BTC ETFs
Uncertainty continues over succession at the Fed, while the FOMC hasn't been this divided for decades - what are the implications for rates? Plus, Morgan Stanley and Goldman want a piece of the US's Bitcoin ETF pie.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 58: BlackRock's Matt Kunke on the Launch of ETHB and Staking ETF Mechanics
We're stoked to welcome BlackRock's Matt Kunke, CFA — US iShares Digital Assets ETFs Product Strategist — to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 57: Live X Space - Warsh Hearing, Weekend Trading, and a $300M Hack
In the second CF Benchmarks Live X Space, Head of Research Gabe Selby, is joined by Kraken Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo, CF Benchmarks Head of Product Thomas Erdosi, and Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, for another packed markets discussion.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 56: Live X Space - Bitcoin In Crisis
Head of Research Gabe Selby, CFA is joined by Kraken's Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo, CFA, CF Benchmarks Research Analyst, Mark Pilipczuk, and Senior Product Manager, Cristian Isac.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 55: xStocks: Inside Kraken's Tokenized Equities Revolution
We explore the rise of Kraken's xStocks with Mark Greenberg, Head of B2B at Payward Services / Kraken, and Thomas Erdösi, Head of Product at CF Benchmarks.
Sui Chung
Monochrome's Jeff Yew and Grayson McLeod on What Makes a True Spot Crypto ETF, Asia Expansion and More
With IBTC recently passing US$100 million in AuM and Monochrome now expanding in South-East Asia, we're stoked to sit down with Monochrome CEO Jeff Yew and Chief Operating Officer Grayson McLeod.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 53: Bitwise's Juan Leon on the 2026 Playbook: allocator adoption, regulatory catalysts, and production
We’re delighted to welcome Juan Leon, Senior Strategist at Bitwise, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 52: Reserve's Thomas Mattimore on how DTFs are revolutionizing crypto and Real-World Asset Tokenization
To walk us through how DTFs work, plus the accelerating tokenization trend, we're delighted to welcome the Head of Reserve Protocol, Thomas Mattimore, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 51: How MicroBit Capital created one of Hong Kong's fastest-growing Bitcoin ETFs, with CIO Kenny Khuong
We’re delighted to welcome MicroBit Capital Management's Chief Investment Officer, Kenny Khuong, as our first Hong Kong-based investment management guest on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 50: 21Shares’ Federico Brokate on Staking, Solana, and how to win in the coming altcoin ETF flood
We're excited to sit down with Vice President of 21shares US, Federico Brokate, for a timely episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 49: Bitwise's Rasmussen on the new SEC cliffhanger, Ethereum's renaissance, and BTC eyeing $1.3M by 2035
With institutional adoption again on the brink of a major inflection point, we're delighted to welcome Bitwise's Head of Research, Ryan Rasmussen to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast, for exclusive insights.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 48: John Todaro on Wall Street’s Crypto Embrace: IPOs, Treasuries & Regulatory Clarity
Crypto IPO activity is heating up, corporate treasuries are accumulating at an accelerating pace, and with the Clarity Act bringing long-awaited regulatory certainty, institutional adoption is poised to accelerate into the end of 2025.
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CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 47: Q3 2025 Outlook Special - 'Alpha in the Aftermath: Moving Beyond the 60/40'
Join Head of Research, Gabe Selby, CFA, and Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, as they talk through their report: 'Alpha in the Aftermath: Moving Beyond the 60/40', on the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 46: Evolve's Elliot Johnson on the second wave of North American crypto ETFs
The recent debut of Evolve's XRP ETF (XRP), and Evolve Solana ETF (SOLA), show the firm remains at the cutting edge. Forward-thinking investment management has been key, and that's been consistently supplied by Evolve's CIO, Elliot Johnson.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 45: 3iQ's Pascal St-Jean on crypto's next institutional watershed: SOL staking, and beyond
For a timely overview on Canada's regulated crypto space, exclusive insights on how staking works in ETFs, plus pointers on what 3iQ's building right now, we're delighted to welcome their CEO, Pascal St-Jean, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 44: What's next for CME Group in crypto, after Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP?
We're stoked to welcome Brian Burke, CFA, senior director overseeing crypto options at CME, as our extra special guest on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 43: FalconX's David Lawant on the Tariff Aftermath, and What to Watch in The Next 100 Days
As markets contemplate what the next 100 days hold in store, we're stoked to have another dose of exclusive insights from FalconX's Head of Research, David Lawant, from his vantage point serving the biggest investors in the world.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 42: Macro Tension and Crypto Momentum: Inside the Q2 Market Outlook
We break down our research team's Market Outlook: Q2 2025 report – “The New Equilibrium: Unraveling Economic Tension & Thematic Tailwinds.”
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 41: Matt Hougan on Bitcoin’s New Bull, Strategic Reserves, and 60/30/10 portfolios
We're delighted to welcome one of the most esteemed and authoritative institutional crypto practitioners back to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast - Matthew Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 40: Executive Orders & Market Disorder - Q1 2025 Market Review
Time for the Q1 market review edition of our CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast - where the CF Benchmarks research team, Gabe Selby, CFA, and Mark Pilipczuk, put that complex first quarter under the microscope...
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 39: Bitcoin and Ether made EZPZ with Franklin's Roger Bayston and David Mann
Following Franklin Templeton's recent launch of Franklin Crypto ETF, ticker EZPZ, the asset management giant now has three digital asset ETPs in its roster.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 38: Ink Founder Andrew Koller on Memes, tokenized RWAs, and Ethereum's approach to scaling
One of Ethereum’s newest and most exciting Layer-2s is, of course Ink, unleashed by Kraken on the Optimism Superchain in December - so we’re thrilled to welcome Andrew Koller, Ink’s founder, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 37: Crypto’s Attorney - Marco Santori on De-Banking, a Crypto Strategic Reserve, and CFTC Rumors
We’re beyond stoked to welcome Marco Santori as our guest on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 36: Goodbye to ‘Random Walks’: How CF Benchmarks built a robust Factor Model for Digital Assets
For the clearest possible exploration of our research, the CFB podcast team were stoked to welcome back CF Benchmarks quant and product manager Cristian Isac.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 35: Market-Making AI Agents and the New Crypto ETF Regime: Welcome to 2025!
Join CF Benchmarks' Head of Research, Gabe Selby, CFA, Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, and Head of Content, Ken Odeluga, as they tally up crypto’s seismic 2024, and surface everything to watch going into another critical year.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 34: Bond Vigilantes, AI Agents and The Stablecoin Takeover - CFB 2025 Outlook Special
The final CF Benchmarks podcast episode of 2024 is the perfect companion for exploration of our 2025 Market Outlook Report! Join Head of Research Gabe Selby, CFA, and Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, as they unpack the highlights with Head of Content, Ken Odeluga.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 33: Bitcoin hits $100k, altcoins surge, and Gensler quits - Get CFB's Q4 review
Join Head of Research Gabe Selby, CFA, and Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast - as they talk through the major global market, on-chain, macro and blockchain highlights from their latest quarterly market report!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 32: Bitcoin ETF Options are here! Featuring FalconX's David Lawant and Nello Cafcules
As crypto’s banner year draws to a close, we’re stoked to welcome two of the most insightful experts in the capital markets space to CFB Talks Digital Assets.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 31: CF Benchmarks’ Q4 Market Outlook as the Trump 2.0 Era begins
CF Benchmarks’ recently launched quarterly market outlook series is on tap for an extra special episode of the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 30: Inside 3 Comma Capital's Global Crypto Fund, with Nuno Serafim
For the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets we sat down with Nuno Serafim, Managing Partner at Lisbon-based 3 Comma Capital, who recently launched their Global Crypto Fund, deploying our regulated CF Ultra Cap 5 EUR index as its benchmark.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 29: The Ether Investment Case and what the ETF approvals say about regulatory changes, with Sui Chung
Spot Ether ETFs are finally here! Just like for Bitcoin ETFs though, the path to approval has been full of suspense and drama.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 28: Why our CF Bitcoin Volatility Index is the Missing Link for Institutional Crypto Risk Management and Trading
Our Head of Product, Thomas Erdösi joined Ken Odeluga and Gabe Selby, CFA, on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast, for a step by step guide – on the CF Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVXS), and crypto volatility in general.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 27: June 2024 QARs - A Balancing Act between Industry Milestones and Macro Headwinds
2024 is already crystallised as one of the most consequential years ever for digital asset adoption, but unfortunately, the recent quarter saw asset prices mostly consolidating - at best...
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 26: Monochrome's Grayson McLeod on Australia's first direct access Bitcoin ETF
One of our earliest and longest-standing clients, Monochrome, just forged another major step for institutional digital asset adoption in Australia, by listing Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (ticker: IBTC), the first and only Aussie fund that invests directly in Bitcoin.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 25: We launched it here first! Europe's thriving crypto ETP market, with ETC Group's Chanchal Samadder, CFA
We were fortunate enough to sit down with ETC's Head of Product, Chanchal Samadder, CFA, in the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets, for the most informed take on Europe's crypto product market around.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 24: Crypto's Hidden Giants - FalconX's David Lawant on the Institutions Shaping the Market
We're super fortunate to have David Lawant, Head of Research at crypto's largest prime brokerage, FalconX, as our guest on the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 23: March 2024 QARs - Spot Bitcoin ETFs Awaken Animal Spirits
Digital assets just saw one of their best quarters since 'Crypto Winter', with the stunning success of new spot Bitcoin ETFs playing a major part. But that's not the whole story, of course!
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 22: Lifting the lid on multibillion dollar crypto ETFs, with Bloomberg’s James Seyffart
With net inflows of more than $7 billion in just two months, spot Bitcoin ETFs are now the fastest growing funds of their kind in history. But despite surging demand, could this still be a case of 'you ain't seen nothing yet?'
CF Benchmarks
CFB Talks Digital Assets Ep 21: Q4’23 Attribution Episode; unpacking the most recent rebalance period with Ken and Gabe
It’s time for another episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets and this time we’re featuring our latest Quarterly Attribution Report (QAR)! This QAR is written, as usual, by Lead Research Analyst, Gabe Selby, CFA.
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CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 20: An Insider’s View of the Spot Bitcoin ETF saga with Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
It's crunch time for the seven major investment management firms aiming to use our CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant to benchmark the first U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs!
CF Benchmarks
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 19: Spotlight on the CF Meta Lab GameFi Index, with Meta Lab product chief Yubao Flora Lou
On the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets, we’re fortunate to be joined by Yubao Flora Lou, Chief Product Officer of Meta Lab HK, the fast-growing digital assets unit of China's Harvest Global Investments.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 18: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: June-September 2023 Crypto Market Review
It’s time for another Quarterly Attribution (QAR) Report Edition. This one is for the June-to-September QAR, written, as usual, by Lead Research Analyst, Gabe Selby, CFA.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 17: How CF DACS brings 20/20 vision to crypto portfolio management, with Lead Quant Cristian Isac
Watch to discover how CF DACS provides institutional investment managers with the requisite level of precision and accuracy of digital asset performance measurement for credible crypto market analysis and portfolio attribution.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Podcasts Launches on New Audio Platforms
CFB Talks Digital Assets now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Read more
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 16: Diving deep into market risks with Cloudwall CEO and Co-Founder, Kyle Downey
Our guest on the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets is Kyle Downey, co-founder and CEO of crypto risk analytics firm Cloudwall.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Ep 15: CEO Sui Chung on spot Bitcoin ETF filings and why this time might be different
With the SEC now officially reviewing all Bitcoin ETF filings, listen in to the latest episode of the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast with Sui Chung as our guest, for exclusive insights.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 13: The Outlook for Institutional Crypto Adoption - with Peter Stern
Watch our stimulating conversation to hear how Peter spearheads CFB’s relationships with some of the most preeminent financial institutions, including BlackRock, which launched BlackRock Bitcoin Private Trust last year.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 14 - Quarterly Attribution Report
Join CF Benchmarks' Lead Research Analyst Gabe Selby, CFA, and Head of Content Ken Odeluga, on CFB Talks Digital Assets, as they spotlight Gabe's QAR for the quarter ending in June
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 11
Some of the brightest index architects around work at CF Benchmarks - like Lucy Slee, a Software Engineer in our index team.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 12
Our guest on the latest CFB Talks Digital Assets is Jeff Yew, founder and CEO of Monochrome — and one of the most influential and respected leaders of Australia’s institutional crypto industry.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 10
It's still a headache for European institutions to offer listed crypto exposure - and U.S. regs are even more painfully a work in progress. In the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets, we discuss how CF Benchmarks’ CF Rolling CME Futures Index Series offers a solution.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 9
Lead Research Analyst, Gabe Selby, CFA and Head of Content, Ken Odeluga, dive into the roller-coaster ride that has been crypto in the first quarter of 2023
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 8
We're stoked to have one of the most widely followed and highly regarded macro strategists as our guest on this latest episode, Bloomberg's Mike Mike McGlone.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 6
Time for CFB Talks Digital Assets 2023 Outlook Edition! Recorded January 23rd, 2023
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 5
A reminder of how much of a - genuinely - positive year it's been for blockchain technology, institutional and broader crypto adoption is well overdue, and one of the experts best-placed to deliver it is Marcelo Sampaio, co-founder and CEO of Hashdex. Recorded December 13th, 2022
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 4
In the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast we review yet another tumultuous quarter of deleveraging triggered by yet another big counterparty collapse. Recorded December 8th, 2022
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 3
Head of Content Ken Odeluga and Lead Research Analyst Gabe Selby were pleased to be joined by CFB CEO Sui Chung for the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets. Recorded on 22 November 2022.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 2
Ken Odeluga and Gabe Selby CFA do a quick recap in the latest CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast, and talk about what it all might mean for the industry and consumers going forwards. Recorded 15 November 2022.
Sui Chung
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 1
Join us for the first episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets, with Lead Research Analyst Gabe Selby and Head of Content Ken Odeluga
Sui Chung
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