
We're pleased to share a short video overview of the Q1 2026 Reconstitution of our CF Capitalization Series — a suite of indices regulated under the UK Benchmark Regulation (BMR) — presented by our Head of Product, Thomas Erdösi.

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Crypto’s retreat deepened into the end of last week, with Bitcoin -6.5% and ETH -9%. DeFi and Culture tokens were also particularly pressured. Just as concerning, APT's staking reward rate halved, realized BTC volatility overshot implied, and Bitcoin funding kinked sharply at the front end.

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The market's strongest four-week rally of 2026 saw liquidity top weekly factor rankings for the first time, signaling broadening risk appetite beyond value and growth. Downside beta's lead is eroding fast. The rotation is encouraging, but with YTD losses at -28.4%, a full risk-on pivot is premature.

Mark Pilipczuk
Global M2 has grown over 12% in the past year while Bitcoin has declined roughly 12%. We analyzed two decades of cross-asset data to determine whether this is a temporary dislocation or a structural regime change in how Bitcoin responds to monetary expansion.

Gabriel Selby
Hashi will unlock institutional Bitcoin participation at scale, bringing core financial services like credit origination and lending to a transparent, compliant environment on Sui using both Bitcoin and stablecoins as collateral.

Ken Odeluga
It's notable that key institutional products have not subsisted on marginal demand in their first few weeks, which is obviously constructive.

Ken Odeluga
Crypto rebounded in the past week, with AVAX +5.1% and Ether +3.5%, though the regime call remains unresolved. Infrastructure led CF DACS tiers +8.8% on average driven by TAO +41.5%. Still, all factors fell, while short-term BTC funding surged to 11%, hinting at recovery with low appetite for risk.

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Demising the CF Vaulta-Dollar Settlement Price (AUSD_RR) and CF Vaulta-Dollar Spot Rate (AUSD_RTI).

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The factor rotation enters its second week as growth tops the weekly standings for the first time this year and value holds positive territory YTD. With downside beta fading from its early-year dominance, the market is beginning to reward on-chain activity over pure defensiveness.

Mark Pilipczuk
By embedding ETHUSD_NY within ETHB, BlackRock is expanding its Ether ETF format to include staking, while retaining a benchmark architecture already embedded throughout its digital asset product suite.

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Thoroughly dissect and comprehend the performance of our flagship portfolio indices at the constituent, category, sub-category, and segment levels during the course of each portfolio rebalance period.

Gabriel Selby
Geopolitical strains kept digital assets on the defensive in the past week, with Bitcoin down 2.1% and Cardano -12.0%. Realized BTC volatility and our BVXS implied vol. index both inched higher, by 5.8 and 1.7 points, but Culture tokens in our CF DACS taxonomy were worst hit on average, at -8.7%.

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