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CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 23: March 2024 QARs - Spot Bitcoin ETFs Awaken Animal Spirits

Digital assets just saw one of their best quarters since 'Crypto Winter', with the stunning success of new spot Bitcoin ETFs playing a major part. But that's not the whole story, of course!

Ken Odeluga
Ken Odeluga

Ken Odeluga

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CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 22: Lifting the lid on multibillion dollar crypto ETFs, with Bloomberg’s James Seyffart

With net inflows of more than $7 billion in just two months, spot Bitcoin ETFs are now the fastest growing funds of their kind in history. But despite surging demand, could this still be a case of 'you ain't seen nothing yet?'

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CF Benchmarks Quarterly Attribution Reports - March 2024

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

Gabriel Selby
Gabriel Selby

Gabriel Selby

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Market Recap: ETF Demand Surge Broadens Market Rally

Our market recap report offers a brief summary of the blockchain economic categories and their recent price performance amid a broader market landscape.

Gabriel Selby
Gabriel Selby

Gabriel Selby

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Suitability Analysis of the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant as a Basis for Regulated Financial Products

This paper seeks to understand whether the regulated CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate – New York Variant (ETHUSD_NY) achieves the qualities required of a regulated Benchmark: that it is representative of the underlying market, resistant to manipulation, and replicable by market participants.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CFB Research Bytes Ep 01: Bitcoin, A Universal Store of Value for the Digital Age

CF Benchmarks' Lead Research Analyst, Gabe Selby, CFA, explores how Bitcoin functions as a decentralized digital asset, its potential as a portfolio diversifier, and the investment thesis for adding Bitcoin to portfolios.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CF Benchmarks Publication Notice

Please disregard the email sent earlier today, titled 'CF Meta Lab Index Family – Free Float Supplies Announcement - MARCH 2024 DRAFT'. It was sent in error.

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CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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CF Meta Lab Index Family – Free Float Supplies Announcement

The reconstitution and rebalance of the CF Meta Lab GameFi Index will take place on March 1st, 2024.

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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 March 1st, 2024.

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 March 1st, 2024.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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How Does a Benchmark Benefit Bitcoin ETF Investors?

In the case of ETFs, the primary purpose of a benchmark is to determine the cash value of the investments held by the ETF, so a Net Asset Value (NAV) can be calculated. This facilitates a number of processes that are crucial to the operation of an ETF and serve its investors.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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Suitability Analysis of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant as a Basis for Regulated Financial Products - February 2024 Update

This paper seeks to understand whether the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant (BRRNY), the benchmark for six U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs that, on aggregate, hold AuM of $9.2bn at the time of writing, achieves the qualities required of a regulated benchmark.

CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks

CF Benchmarks

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