CF Benchmarks Newsletter - Issue 67
The ‘main case’ remains, from our perspective, that Ether ETFs are on track for full approval and listing – relatively imminently.
Ken Odeluga
Expansion of the CF Digital Asset Index Family to include CF Shiba Inu-Dollar Settlement Price and Spot Rate
The Administrator announces the addition of a new cryptocurrency Settlement Price and Spot Rate to the CF Digital Asset Index Family.
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CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 28: Why our CF Bitcoin Volatility Index is the Missing Link for Institutional Crypto Risk Management and Trading
Our Head of Product, Thomas Erdösi joined Ken Odeluga and Gabe Selby, CFA, on the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast, for a step by step guide – on the CF Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVXS), and crypto volatility in general.
Ken Odeluga
Market Recap: 'June Gloom’ Prevails Amidst Building Tailwinds
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
CF Benchmarks Newsletter - Issue 66
The launch of spot Ether ETFs in the U.S. remains locked-on.
Ken Odeluga
Exploring Bitcoin Basis Trades: How Price Singularity in ETFs and Futures is Bolstering Market Activity
Spot Bitcoin ETFs and CME futures contracts using the same price benchmark (BRRNY) enables precise arbitrage. This alignment facilitates efficient basis trades and streamlines ETF creation and redemption processes, enhancing market efficiency.
Gabriel Selby
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 27: June 2024 QARs - A Balancing Act between Industry Milestones and Macro Headwinds
2024 is already crystallised as one of the most consequential years ever for digital asset adoption, but unfortunately, the recent quarter saw asset prices mostly consolidating - at best...
Ken Odeluga
Suitability Analysis of the CME CF Solana-Dollar Reference Rate as a Basis for Regulated Financial Products
The likelihood that institutional participation in Solana will continue to increase underscores the need for price benchmarks that are demonstrably fit for the purpose of pricing this growing asset.
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Volatility, Deepening Institutional Participation in Crypto
Watch a recording of CF Benchmarks’ CEO, Sui Chung deliver his keynote presentation at DigiAssets by TradeTech in London, May 2024.
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Expansion of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Indices
The Administrator hereby announces the addition of a Cryptocurrency Reference Rate and Real-Time Index to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family.
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CF Benchmarks Quarterly Attribution Reports - June 2024
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
CFB Talks Digital Assets Episode 26: Monochrome's Grayson McLeod on Australia's first direct access Bitcoin ETF
One of our earliest and longest-standing clients, Monochrome, just forged another major step for institutional digital asset adoption in Australia, by listing Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (ticker: IBTC), the first and only Aussie fund that invests directly in Bitcoin.
Ken Odeluga