Sep 23, 2024
Weekly Index Highlights, September 23, 2024
Explore the latest performance insights of CFB's leading reference rates and indices. This report covers the key movements from September 16 to September 22, 2024.
Avalanche (AVAX) saw the most benefit, +14.23%, among altcoins, as a ‘risk-on’ week lifted all boats in this series. However, AVAX is faring second-worst in this group on a YTD basis, -32.87%; only somewhat better off than ADA, -41.97%, YTD.
The Culture sector remained firm, with a +11.28% weekly rise, again propelled by Gaming; this time led by IMX, +31.30%. The General Purpose Smart Contract Platforms category also shone, amid a +39.16% weekly surge by Aptos (APT), and +38.17% by Sui (SUI). The programmable sub-category gained +14.43% overall, vs +5.44% by the non-programmable sub-category.
The ETH Staking Reward Rate’s YTD change turned positive during the week to stand at +1.65%, in step with the weekly change swinging firmly higher by 14.67%.
Another week of relatively evenly distributed positive returns across the series, reflecting unequivocally improved sentiment for large caps. The CF Broad Cap Index (Diversified Weight) notionally outperformed, gaining +9.29%, compared with this week’s relative series underperformer, the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index, +8.15%.
The CF Classification Series posts a similarly positive profile as our Capitalization Series, with all indices rising. The context for CF Digital Culture Composite Index’s +13.79% weekly rise is provided in the CF DACS section of this report.
Perhaps symptomatically, widespread gains across large cap cryptos and altcoins, coincided with the continued dispersal of bitcoin implied volatility. The CF Bitcoin Volatility Index Settlement Rate (BVXS) eased -2.37% lower, meaning BVXS’s YTD change worsened to -22.45%.
Weekly evolution of the term structure is still mostly inert, though 4-month and 5-month readings were finally discernible following several weeks of inactivity. Most attention remains at the shorter end, with the session rate falling roughly 8 basis points (bp) and the 1-week tenor rising 1.5bp.
Index data based on CF Benchmarks Settlement Rates, published at 16:00 London Time
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