CF Benchmarks Newsletter Issue 92
CME Group closes the chapter on almost 230 years of tradition, with crypto contracts set be the venue operator’s first non-stop trading products, all settling to CF Benchmarks indices.
Ken Odeluga
Rate Cuts & Regulatory Clarity: From Red Tape to Greenlights
Crypto markets are entering a phase where regulatory clarity and monetary easing outweigh macro headwinds. Stablecoin adoption, expanding ETF pipelines, and Fed rate cuts are set to create tailwinds for digital assets.
Gabriel Selby
Fed Easing & SEC Progress Counter Seasonal Weakness
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
Weekly Index Highlights, September 29, 2025
Digital assets dipped further last week, with Bitcoin again exhibiting the least drag among mega caps, while Avalanche, -8.2%, was a big loser among majors. ETH was best staking performer. Bitcoin implied volatility revived, and the front of its curve flattened.
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REX-Osprey lists first US ETH ETF with direct staking rewards
CF Benchmarks is delighted that REX-Osprey has once again opted to select a regulated CF Benchmarks index as the reference price for another of its crypto ETFs, this time our CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate – New York Variant (ETHUSD_NY).
Ken Odeluga
Reserve Protocol deploys Large Cap Index DTF (LCAP), first institutional-grade, on-chain crypto portfolio
CF Benchmarks congratulates Reserve Protocol on the successful deployment of the Large Cap Index Decentralized Token Folio (LCAP) — the first ever fully collateralized, on-chain, multi-asset index tracker.
Ken Odeluga
Transition of CF Maker-Dollar indices to CF Sky-Dollar indices
According to the CF Settlement Price Methodology, the correct price of this asset is now represented by the SKY token.
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Weekly Index Highlights, September 22, 2025
Digital assets consolidated last week as majors diverged. Bitcoin anchored with mild gains, Avalanche led layer-1s with double-digit returns, and XRP fell 1%. BTC volatility eased, while its rate curve flattened on a short-end spike.
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CF Benchmarks Newsletter Issue 91
Those Generic Listing Standards (GLS) for ‘commodity based trust shares’ that tracked into focus less than a couple of months ago have now been crystallized by an accelerated approval order.
Ken Odeluga
Crypto's Swensen Moment: What Generic Listing Standards Mean for Product Issuers and Allocators
The SEC has normalized digital asset filings by applying standard ETF listing rules. For institutions, the question is no longer whether to allocate, but how quickly they will adapt their portfolios.
Gabriel Selby
REX-Osprey debuts first US spot XRP ETF, powered by CF Benchmarks
REX-Osprey XRP ETF (XRPR) offers Wall Street access to a third crypto mega cap for the first time.
Ken Odeluga
REX-Osprey launches REX-Osprey DOGE ETF (DOJE), first US Dogecoin ETF
REX-Osprey DOGE ETF (DOJE) brings meme-coin culture to Wall Street, in an institutional-grade ETF wrapper
Ken Odeluga