Cessation of the CF Bitcoin US Settlement Price and CF Ether-Dollar US Settlement Price

The Administrator hereby announces the cessation of the below benchmarks from the CF Cryptocurrency Index Family:

To promote an orderly transition and minimise any market impact these benchmarks will continue to be published and provision shall cease from 1200 London time on April 25^th 2022, meaning that the last values to be published shall be for April 24^th 2022.

In accordance with the Administrators policies no consultation will be conducted prior to this cessation due to neither benchmark being utilised as a Benchmark under Article 3.7 of the Benchmarks Regulations.

Alternative Benchmarks

Alternative benchmarks to the two that are the subject of this announcement are available from the Administrator and are listed below, they are determined using the same calculation methodology and published at the same time as the benchmarks that are the subject of this announcement and are available to license from the Administrator

Should any market participants have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact info@cfbenchmarks.com

Should any users wish to file a complaint regarding this cessation process this can be done confidentially at complaints@cfbenchmarks.com