Dec 10, 2025
Re-admission of Kiln as a CF Constituent Staking Provider for the CF ETH Staking Reward Rate Index and related indices
The Administrator had previously announced the suspension of Kiln as a CF Constituent Staking Provider for the CF ETH Staking Reward Rate Index, and related indices in the CF Staking Series, following a vulnerability incident impacting a third party.
The indices affected were:
- CF ETH Staking Reward Rate Percentage
- CF ETH Staked Return Index - USD
- CF ETH Staked Return Index – Compounded
- CF ETH Staked Return Index Blends (90/10)
- CF ETH Staked Return Index Blends (80/20)
- CF ETH Staked Return Index Blends (70/30)
- CF ETH Staked Return Index Blends (60/40)
- CF ETH Staked Return Index Blends (50/50)
Following a review, the Administrator is satisfied that the performance of Kiln’s Ethereum validators was not compromised. Accordingly, Kiln will be re-admitted as a CF Constituent Staking Provider for the indices above.
Implementation Date
The re-admission of Kiln will take effect at approximately 11:00 a.m. London Time, on December 15th, 2025.
This process was supervised by the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family Oversight Function.
Questions and complaints
For questions regarding this suspension, please contact: [email protected].
To submit a confidential complaint, please email: [email protected].
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Re-admission of Kiln as a CF Constituent Staking Provider for the CF ETH Staking Reward Rate Index and related indices
Following a review, the Administrator is satisfied that the performance of Kiln’s Ethereum validators was not compromised by a vulnerability incident impacting a third party in September.
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