May 23, 2023
CFB Talks Digital Assets - Episode 11
Engineering and calculating UK Benchmarks Regulation-standard crypto indices is an intellectual capital-intensive enterprise!
Fortunately, some of the brightest index architects around work at CF Benchmarks - like Lucy Slee, a Software Engineer in our index team.
Our chat with Lucy on the latest CFB Talks Digital Assets is a rare chance to hear how we construct reliable, accurate, high-integrity price instruments.
Highlights:
- Crypto Index Creation for Dummies
- Ensuring maximum uptime - by design
- For even more complex indices like CF Bitcoin Interest Curve (CF BIRC) and Rolling CME Bitcoin Futures Index - where on earth did we start?
- Tips for would-be financial index engineers
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