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Jan 15, 2024

CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant: Explainer Video

The CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant (BRRNY) is a once a day benchmark index price for Bitcoin that aggregates trade data from multiple Bitcoin-USD markets operated by major cryptocurrency exchanges that conform to the CME CF Constituent Exchange Criteria. It is the pre-eminent index price for Bitcoin risk settlement that is synchronized to the traditional US financial market close of 1600 New York Time. The Index is a Registered Benchmark under UK BMR and as such is a Third Country benchmark under the EU BMR Regime.

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