Update to CF Cryptocurrency Index Family - Multi Asset Series Ground Rules
The Administrator announces an update to the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family - Multi Asset Series Ground Rules has now been published. The impacted benchmarks are: CF Cryptocurrency Ultra Cap 5 The updated rules come into effect immediately and oversight to these changes was provided by the CF Oversight Function
CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 30
Anthony Scaramucci’s First Trust Skybridge Bitcoin ETF Trust officially named CF Bitcoin US Settlement Price as proposed NAV calculation index
Ken Odeluga
The consultation on changes to the methodology of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rates is now open
The consultation on proposed changes to the methodology for the CME CF References Rates is now open and will impact the following benchmarks only: · CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) · CME CF Ether Dollar Reference Rate (ETHUSD_RR) The Administrator proposes changes relating to the below sections of the Methodology only · Section 5 - Contingency Calculation Rules · A new Section 6 – Restatement & Republishing · A new Section 7 – Market Failure Events The proposed changes are provided be
CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 29
For the last several months there’s really been only one game in the institutional crypto town, and it’s all about those steps to a potential first U.S. Bitcoin ETF
Ken Odeluga
The CF Benchmarks-powered ETFs at the top of the SEC’s queue
The fact that two of the three Bitcoin ETF filings under active review at the SEC propose to use a CF Benchmarks index as their daily valuation price is welcome, to say the least, and may turn out to be significant.
Ken Odeluga
Announcing a Consultation on Changes to the CME CF Reference Rates Methodology
The Administrator announces that it will initiate a consultation on proposed changes to the methodology for the CME CF References Rates: · CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) · CME CF Ether Dollar Reference Rate (ETHUSD_RR) The Administrator shall propose changes relating to the below sections of the Methodology only · Section 5 - Contingency Calculation Rules · A new Section 6 – Restatement & Republishing · A new Section 7 – Market Failure Events The proposed changes are provided below,
Sui Chung
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 28
Three simultaneously launched Ether ETFs underlined their sponsors’ willingness to go head-to-head.
Ken Odeluga
Why price liquidity matters for Evolve’s ETHR ETF
Only Evolve Ether ETF, which uses the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate as its reference index, is backed by a pricing source with a fully public and transparent methodology.
Ken Odeluga
Announcement: Evolve ETFs is set to launch the world’s first Ether ETF, powered by the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate
ETHR’s daily NAV will be calculated using the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate, the only regulated Ether benchmark price
CF Benchmarks
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 27
Evolve ETFs edged ahead of rivals with Friday’s announcement of what’s set to be the world’s first Ether ETF
Ken Odeluga
BRR Power: updated research backs the index again
Ultimately, demonstrating that the BRR continued to meet the most stringent standards of those qualities underpins the stated aim of the research in the first place: to validate the BRR as a superior reference price for providers of regulated Bitcoin financial products, chiefly ETFs.
Ken Odeluga
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 26
Crypto attention is already shifting to the next opportunity – a potential direct listing of Coinbase’s best-established rival, Kraken, in 2022
Ken Odeluga