Sep 05, 2024
Updated Scheduling for Expansion of CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family to include Solana, Chainlink, Polygon and Ripple New York Variants
The Administrator announces a change to the previously published commencement date for the addition of four cryptocurrency Reference Rates to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family:
- CME CF Solana-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant (SOLUSD_NY)
- CME CF Chainlink-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant (LINKUSD_NY)
- CME CF Polygon-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant (MATICUSD_NY)
- CME CF Ripple-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant (XRPUSD_NY)
Four corresponding Real-Time Indices will also be added to the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products Family.
Publication of these new indices is now scheduled to commence on September 16th, 2024, instead of the previously published date of September 9th, 2024.
The reference rates will be published once a day at 16:00 New York Time.
The real-time index prices will be published once a second, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
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