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Dec 22, 2025

Expansion of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include Hedera, Bittensor and Aptos Reference Rates and Real-Time indices

The Administrator announces the addition of the Reference Rates and Real-Time indices listed below to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family.

*The ticker of the respective index in the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family before its cessation was HBARUSD_AP_RR

Each Reference Rate will publish the U.S. dollar price of its respective digital asset, once a day, at 16:00 London Time, 16:00 New York Time (for New York Variants), or 16:00 Hong Kong Time (for Asia Pacific Variants).

Real-Time Index prices will be published once a second, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Publication of these indices will commence on December 29th, 2025.

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