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CME reported nearly half of its crypto volume year to date came from non-U.S. trading hours and around 11% from the Asia Pacific region.

Chainlink and CF Benchmarks to Bolster Onchain Transparency via CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve Product

On Wednesday, the decentralized oracle network platform, Chainlink, announced the launch of a market-wide interest rate product for Web3 protocols and the decentralized finance (defi) economy, called the CF Bitcoin Interest Rate Curve (CF BIRC). Chainlink revealed the new product at Smartcon 2022 in New York City, and the newly launched CF BIRC product aims to provide “a reliable and transparent…

BlockFi Adds an Independent Pricing Partner to Guard Against Flash Crashes

Crypto lender BlockFi is partnering with an independent crypto pricing provider to value customer deposits and collateral.

CF Benchmarks will price customers’ assets based on data it has sourced from five crypto exchanges that have passed the criteria in its methodology for pricing crypto: Bitstamp, Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini and itBit. 

“You might see other providers in the market that operate…

CME’s Bitcoin Index Provider Wins First Crypto Benchmark License in EU

CF Benchmarks has become the first cryptocurrency index provider to be recognized as a Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation (EU BMR).

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorized CF Benchmarks as an administrator on Friday, affirming that financial institutions can use the company’s indices in any European financial products after the BMR takes full effect…