The Administrator announces the addition of four cryptocurrency Reference Rates to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family:
The reference rates will be published once a day at 16:00 New York Time.
The real-time index prices will be published once a second, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
Publication of these new indices will commence on September 9th, 2024.
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