Factor Friday - Oct 23, 2026
Size led CF Benchmarks' factor table for a fourth week at 0.75% as the Market fell 1.88% and only 4 of 35 Broad Cap tokens closed higher. Liquidity turned negative at -1.03% as more liquid assets held up better, and Size's year-to-date lead extended to 23.74%.
Mark Pilipczuk
Changes to the Token Market Price Benchmarks Series - Market Prices – 20 October 2026
The Administrator has confirmed changes to the Token Market Price Family for the period 13 October 2026 to 20 October 2026
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Altcoins Lag as Bitcoin Tests The 50-Day Moving Average
Digital assets fell broadly over the past week as Bitcoin slipped to a moving average, with inflation prints and an equity sell-off in the background. Losses grew with distance from Bitcoin, hitting diversified and smaller-cap exposure hardest, while implied volatility rose.
Mark Pilipczuk
Factor Friday - October 16, 2026
Size led the factor table for a third week at 0.59% as the Market rebounded 0.40% and 15 of 35 Broad Cap tokens closed higher. Momentum fell 1.58% in a rebound led by laggards, and Size's weekly print has narrowed from 8.86% to 0.59% in three weeks, even as its year-to-date lead holds at 22.81%.
Mark Pilipczuk
Launch of the CF HODLife HARD Index
The Administrator announces the launch of the CF HODLife HARD Index, a co-branded benchmark developed by CF Benchmarks and HODLife, an insurance technology company.
Mark Pilipczuk
Changes to the Token Market Price Benchmarks Series - Market Prices – 13 October 2026
The Administrator has confirmed changes to the Token Market Price Family for the period 06 October 2026 to 13 October 2026
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Notice of the Demising of Certain CF Spot Rates
The Administrator announces that it will demise the CF Storj-Dollar Spot Rate (STORJUSD_RTI) and CF Badger DAO-Dollar Spot Rate (BADGERUSD_RTI) which are members of the CF Digital Asset Index Family
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Bitcoin Tests Its 50-Day Moving Average
Digital assets gave back some recent gains over the past week as Bitcoin retraced to test a key moving average and the broader market followed it lower. Diversified and smaller-cap exposures fell hardest, factor spreads compressed, downside protection richened and a scaling-token rally stood apart.
Mark Pilipczuk
Coinbase to be added as CF Constituent Exchange for CF PAX Gold-Dollar Indices
The Administrator announces that Coinbase will be added as a CF Constituent Exchange for CF PAX Gold-Dollar Indices from October 19th, 2026.
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Factor Friday - October 9, 2026
Size led CF Benchmarks' factor table for a second week at 2.58% as the Market fell 4.98%. Size held after QNT's reversal, though its cohort spread narrows sharply without three outlier tokens, and Downside Beta and Liquidity gave back part of last week's gains.
Mark Pilipczuk
Small Cap Tokens Outperform in September
The CF Free-Float Broad Cap Index rose 10.28% in September as Bitcoin supplied 59% of the gain while trailing the index. Returns across the Capitalization Series ran from +7.74% for Ultra Cap 5 to +14.01% for Emerging Crypto, which holds no Bitcoin, as altcoins outpaced Bitcoin.
Mark Pilipczuk
CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series – Extraordinary Rebalance Announcement
CF Digital Asset Index Family Multi Asset Series - Extraordinary Rebalance Announcement
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