Mar 19, 2025
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...
Key themes:
- How sharp does a crypto market tumble need to be to constitute a correction? And when does a crypto correction become a bear?
Get our analysts’ take on the crypto equivalent of the down '10% but <20%' rule of thumb for stocks
- Even amid the overall downturn, our Diversified Broad Cap Index underperformed its free float counterpart by 800 basis points.
Find out why
- Takeaways from the broader negative breadth in Q1 2025 vs. Q3 2024
And what’s the story behind XRP’s solo positive performance among large caps?
- Flight-to-quality is no stranger to crypto! Detail and potential alpha in the aftermath of the ‘Meme-lash’...
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Value and Momentum Outperform in Q2 Rally
The CF Benchmarks' Factor Report applies a robust multi-factor model to digital assets, enabling investors to track key drivers of crypto returns (Market, Size, Value, Momentum, Growth, Downside Beta, and Liquidity) and understand how these factors evolve across different market regimes.
Gabriel Selby
Weekly Index Highlights, July 14, 2025
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Weekly Index Highlights, July 07, 2025
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