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Sell-Off Intensifies Amid Fed Uncertainty

Our market recap offers a concise overview of key blockchain categories and their recent price action within the broader market context, providing valuable insights for investors and industry practitioners.

Gabriel Selby
Gabriel Selby

Gabriel Selby

4 mins read
Weekly Index Highlights, December 1, 2025

Large caps rebounded in a beta-led rally as Sectors like DeFi and Culture mean reverted. Staking rate changes wavered. Bitcoin implied volatility fell despite realized vol's rise; funding rates diverged: BTC (BIRC) steeper, USDT softer. In Factors: Downside Beta and Liquidity edged Growth and Value.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CF Benchmarks Newsletter Issue 96

The checklist for a durable low—lower implied volatility, term structure back to contango, skew nearer neutral—has been partially met, but not conclusively so, as yet.

Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga

Ken Odeluga

7 mins read
CORRECTION: CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series – Free Float Supplies Announcement

The Administrator announces a correction of the recently published Free Float Supplies Announcement for the reconstitution and rebalance of the CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series taking place on December 1st, 2025. This correction affects the following basket indices: 

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series – Free Float Supplies Announcement

The reconstitution and rebalance of the CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series will take place on December 1st, 2025.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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Nasdaq Crypto Index Family – Free Float Supplies Announcement

The reconstitution and rebalance of the Nasdaq Crypto Index Family will take place on December 1st, 2025.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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Weekly Index Highlights, November 24, 2025

Mega caps extended losses but remained orderly, with DACS sectors and cap tiers showing tight, beta-led declines. Classification indices softened in parallel, while volatility firmed and staking shifts stayed modest. Factors were mixed but not market-defining this week.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

5 mins read
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 52: Reserve's Thomas Mattimore on how DTFs are revolutionizing crypto and Real-World Asset Tokenization

To walk us through how DTFs work, plus the accelerating tokenization trend, we're delighted to welcome the Head of Reserve Protocol, Thomas Mattimore, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.

Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga

Ken Odeluga

1 mins read
CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Indices

The CME CF Volatility Series provides transparent, replicable indices measuring implied volatility in CME digital asset options—offering forward-looking, market-based insights into expected return dispersion over specific time horizons.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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Celebrating Nine Years of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) - The Bridge to Institutional Crypto Adoption

Around this time of the year, we typically take a moment to reflect on the launch of a certain index. It’s one that turned out to be foundational, not just for us, but also the global project of institutional of crypto adoption as a whole.

Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga

Ken Odeluga

5 mins read
CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series Reconstitution Announcement

The Administrator announces that the Reconstitution of the CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series will take place on December 1st, 2025.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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Nasdaq Crypto Index Family - Reconstitution Announcement

The Calculation Agent announces that the reconstitution of the Nasdaq Crypto Index Family will take place on December 1st, 2025.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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