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Our Weekly Crypto Recap

• Kraken becomes First Crypto Bank • DeFi still defying gravity, lifting ETH • How much Ether exists? Our take

All the Ether you can trade

What if your very existence depended on finding a practical answer to the question of how much Ether exists?

An early look at the CF Benchmarks weekly newsletter

Look out for our newsletter each week for updates on our indices and other products, plus news and thoughtful views about the markets we list.

Crypto Market-Cap Concerns solved - ‘FUD’ not so much

The chief concern for the institutional market segment is that the task of replicating an asset class becomes more difficult following actual or even just perceived liquidity changes

Implementation Change to the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for all CME CF Real Time Indices

The Administrator announces a change to the implementation of the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter as described in section 5.3 of the CME CF Real Time Indices Methodology Guide that

Implementation Change to the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for all CF Spot Rates

The Administrator announces a change to the implementation of the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter as described in section 5.3 of the CF Spot Rate Methodology Guide that will become

Crypto Busts Highlight Fake Price Risks

With recent reminders that the crypto market boom can all too easily be followed by busts of one kind or another, the need for rock solid price data of the standard set by CF Benchmarks is only set to increase.

How BlockFi beats the great crypto pricing conundrum

One of the crypto world’s greatest (and oldest) conundrums: how to establish the price of an asset, like Bitcoin, at any given time

Press release: CF Benchmarks to Provide Crypto Price Indexes for BlockFi Lending Products

"With FCA-regulated cryptocurrency indexes behind our products, our clients can be confident knowing they’re getting the most trusted information to best inform their investment strategies and decisions no matter what time of day it is,” said Zac Prince, CEO of BlockFi.

Bitcoin and Ether Price Integrity Now comes in Euros

CF Benchmarks was already the only UK and EU-authorised provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices. Now, it’s the only regulated benchmark administrator that provides euro-denominated Ether and Bitcoin indices.

Press release: CF Benchmarks launches PAX Gold-USD benchmark price index

"Traditional gold markets only operate Monday through Friday, so this new offering opens new opportunities for financial markets.” said Sui Chung, CEO of CF Benchmarks.

Press release: CF Benchmarks pioneers world’s first crypto market benchmark index

The “CF Benchmarks Ultra Cap 5” Cryptocurrency Index is the first true beta benchmark for crypto, covering about 75% of the entire crypto market LONDON, 19 August 2020 -- CF Benchmarks, the leading cryptocurrency index provider, has launched an index that accurately reflects the

Introducing the CF Cryptocurrency Ultra Cap 5 Index

The CF Cryptocurrency Ultra Cap 5 Index accurately reveals which coins are driving the crypto market There’s no mistaking that the crypto world is evolving at a dizzying pace.

Ether posts strong returns of 11.9% in May and 2020 gains hit 82.5%

2020 gains continue for Ether through May but Ether-Dollar Reference Rate shows the second largest crypto is still in negative territory (-9.3%) over the past 12-monthsReturns since ETH hit

Bitcoin Returns 7.7% in May and 32.6% for 2020

May saw the BRR almost touch $10,000, hitting a month high of $9,952 on May 8, on that day the BRR showed Bitcoin returned a staggering 96.6%

CF Benchmarks Launches Indices for Tezos, Stellar Lumens and EOS

CF Benchmarks will begin publishing benchmark indices for Tezos (XTZ), Stellar Lumens (XLM) and EOS (EOS) to USD from today. Each asset will be represented by both a once a

ETH returns 61% in April, the best monthly return since May 2019 (64%), recovering most of its March losses

ETH remains 24.4% off its 2020 high yet still shows an impressive 60.6% YTD returnAggregate volumes in April (713,389) trail March (934,680) but were still significantly

Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, but remains 14.4% below its 2020 high

BRR shows Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, on April 30th BRR was $8848.5 sitting just 3.1% below the March high of $9127.1 set on March

Website improvements

At CF Benchmarks, we're always trying to improve our infrastructure. One area we've been focusing recently is our website. Last year we spent some time revamping the site. We gave

BRR sees record volumes as Bitcoin falls 24.6% in March

BRR sees record monthly volumes of 103,765 XBT traded in March, more than double FebruaryOver 14,000 XBT were traded on March 13th - Black FridayBitcoin ends the month

BRR falls 7.5% in Feb'20 on strongest monthly volumes since July'19

Total aggregate volumes traded in Feb'20 increased by 27.1% vs Jan'20, reaching 44,538 BTC, despite a short monthFeb'20 (44,538 BTC, $434.9M) saw the strongest monthly volumes

Ether-Dollar Reference Rate posts 23.2% return in Feb'20 amidst record breaking volumes

Best monthly return for ETH-USD Reference Rate since May'19 and second best month on recordAggregate volumes in Feb'20 (534,707 ETH, $130.5M) smash all previous records - Dec'18 (457,

Bitcoin climbs 28.7% in Jan, amidst smoother trading volumes than Dec

CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate January 2020Aggregate volume captured by the BRR in Jan '20 15% lower than Dec '19 Highest volume day in (Jan 14) saw 42% less volume

Announcement

Amendment to the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products

The Administrator announces that the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for all indices within the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products will be amended on February 10th 2020.

Announcement

Amendment to the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family

The Administrator announces that the Potentially Erroneous Data Parameter for all indices within the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family will be amended on February 10th 2020.

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