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CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 4

- New LINK-USD Benchmarks - Fidelity even more bullish Bitcoin - Stoneridge reveals 10,000 BTC custody empire

Why Bitcoin sidesteps OKEx Freeze

Both the price and volume response warrant careful scrutiny, because to be sure, there was no ‘melt-down’.

It’s time for a LINK Benchmark

Guess which DeFi-linked coin is now the biggest by market capitalisation? With a full market cap of around $10.9bn, LINK wins that accolade.

Square’s Bitcoin news was bigger than it looked

The importance for Bitcoin price sentiment was underscored by a spike in trading volume. The jump ought to be regarded as just as unequivocal as the price move. There was strong corroboration from CF Benchmarks’ regulated volume data.

Recap: Our weekly newsletter

• FCA makes its move • Not so Square Inc., buys BTC • Why crypto shrugs off BitMEX

Why Crypto shrugs off BitMEX’s Disintegration

The charges obviously have several major implications for the cryptocurrency industry. Even so, the market reaction speaks volumes about the dwindling influence of BitMEX on the Bitcoin market.

This week's Recap

News that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and federal prosecutors levelled multiple charges against the high-profile crypto and crypto-derivatives platform BitMEX, had a slight chilling effect on market prices.

Goodbye to Crypto Hold-outs’ last stand

Though price-manipulation fears are among the last remaining misgivings institutional market participants have against investing in digital assets, methodologies are now available that go a long way towards neutralising those concerns

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

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