May 02, 2024
CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate - Asia Pacific Variant: Explainer Video
The CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate - Asia Pacific Variant (ETHUSD_AP) is a once a day benchmark index price for Ether that aggregates trade data from multiple Ether-USD markets operated by major cryptocurrency exchanges that conform to the CME CF Constituent Exchange Criteria. It is the pre-eminent index price for Ether risk settlement that is synchronized to the traditional US financial market close of 1600 Hong Kong Time. The CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate - Asia Pacific Variant was incepted on September 11th 2023. 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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