Why FTX and SBF may have triggered the next wave of institutional adoption
Ironically, it could well be that the legacy of Sam Bankman-Fried’s career in digital assets is the acceleration of regulatory clarity
Sui Chung
CF Benchmarks announces the addition of LMAX Digital and Gemini as Constituent Exchanges of certain CME CF Cryptocurrency Family indices
The Administrator announces that the following Constituent Exchange changes will come into effect at 10:00 London Time on Tuesday November 22nd, 2022.
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CF Benchmarks Monthly Market Recap
All our benchmark indices finished October in positive territory. Larger-cap tokens saw the strongest relative performance with the Ultra Cap 5 (+11.8%) and Diversified Large Cap (11.3%) outperforming.
Gabriel Selby
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 51
As well as continuing to creep higher in recent days, Bitcoin is also definitively holding above $20K for the first time since mid-September, with CME CF Bitcoin Realtime Index (BRTI) depicting constructive and unusually benign price action.
Ken Odeluga
Cessation of Certain Settlement Prices and Spot Rates of the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family
To promote an orderly transition and minimise any market impact, the benchmarks will continue to be published until provision ceases from 11:00 London time on October 31st 2022, meaning that the last values to be published shall be for October 30th 2022.
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Expansion of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include 3 new Digital Assets
The Administrator hereby announces the addition of the below 3 cryptocurrency reference rates and real-time indices to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family: * Avalanche (AVAX) * Filecoin (FIL) * Tezos (XTZ) Each reference rate will publish the U.S. dollar price of each digital asset once a day at 16:00 London time. Each respective real-time index price will be published once per second, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Publication of these reference rates and real-time indic
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CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 50
Recent selloffs have profoundly increased the volatility in the fiat-forex markets, with volatility now ranging from approximately 75% to over 100% that of bitcoin's.
Ken Odeluga
We need to talk about crypto oracles
An attacker would have to put such an exponentially high amount of capital at risk to move a CF Benchmarks MNGO RTI as to make the economics of the manipulation absurd.
Ken Odeluga
Why CME CF BRR and Coindesk XBX are far from "nearly identical"
During the course of the analysis as to the rights and wrongs of the SEC's decision, an assertion has been made that we believe needs to be corrected. Namely that the Coindesk XBX and the CME CF BRR are "nearly identical". They are not.
Sui Chung
Why there won’t be a regulated ETH Proof of Work Benchmark
In accordance with CF Benchmarks’ Hard Fork Policy, ETHW’s hard fork is not material.
Ken Odeluga
CF Benchmarks launches CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve
The CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve (CF BIRC), the first index of its kind published by CF Benchmarks, measures the underlying economic reality of Bitcoin borrowing and lending, whether on an outright basis or an implied basis in tradeable instruments.
Ken Odeluga
CF Benchmarks passes independent Deloitte audit for second time
Achieving this independent kitemark for the second time is further objective corroboration of CF Benchmarks’ transparency, the soundness of our operational processes, as well as the integrity of our Benchmark Methodology.
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