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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Changes to the Token Market Price Benchmarks Series - Market Prices – 06 October 2026
The Administrator has confirmed changes to the Token Market Price Family for the period 29 September 2026 to 06 October 2026
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Bitcoin Remains Flat as Yields Soar
Digital assets traded flat over the week as softer US data failed to lift the majors against firm long-end yields. Breadth was weak and leadership narrow: gaming and virtual-world tokens and a few interoperability names carried returns, implied volatility held steady, funding costs eased.
Mark Pilipczuk
Factor Friday - October 2, 2026
Size led the factor table at 8.86% as the Market finished flat, with Downside Beta and Liquidity next and Momentum last. Much of the move traces to Quant (QNT), up 200% on the week, so the rotation is narrower than the rankings suggest.
Mark Pilipczuk
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