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CME CF Single-Asset Cryptocurrency Benchmarks

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Registered benchmarks

Aligned to European Benchmarks Regulation (EU BMR) to enhance credibility and help facilitate greater market access globally.

Transparent oversight

Follows a robust, publicly available calculation methodology that is overseen regularly by a committee of industry experts.

Reliable and replicable

Continuous daily pricing proven through high volatility periods. Published every day, every second for real-time indices and once per day at key regional hours for reference rates.

Access institutional-grade pricing through 30+ standardized, regulated reference rates and spot price indices, developed in partnership with CF Benchmarks.

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View prices on featured leading cryptocurrencies by market cap.

Note: All reference rates are published at 4:00 p.m. London time and select reference rates are also published at 4:00 p.m. New York time and 4:00 p.m. Hong Kong/Singapore time. Cryptocurrency futures and options are cash-settled to the 4:00 p.m. London time reference rates, with the exception of Bitcoin Friday futures, which are cash-settled to the 4:00 p.m. New York reference rate. Pricing sourced from Bitstamp, Coinbase, Gemini, itBit, Kraken, LMAX Digital, Bullish and Crypto.com to ensure representative data.

View prices on all Single-Asset Cryptocurrency Benchmarks, which cover spot prices for individual assets and help facilitate the price discovery of cryptocurrency trading.

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Historical pricing

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Cryptocurrency data

Automate your crypto intelligence

Move beyond manual browser lookups. Integrate the global standard for digital asset valuation directly into your institutional trading or risk systems.

Flexible latencies

Access data in real time or download years of historical data

Connectivity & delivery

Consume data via direct connections, cloud, APIs or distributors

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Looking for more? Explore our full suite of Crypto data including futures, options and on-chain analytics.

Dive deeper into the benchmarks

  • Aggregate the trade flow of major cryptocurrencies on spot exchanges during specific calculation windows into daily reference rates of the fiat price of select cryptocurrencies.
  • Calculation rules built to maximize transparency and replicability in the underlying spot markets.
  • Designed around best practices for financial benchmarks.
  • Used to determine settlement prices for related futures contracts offered on select cryptocurrencies.
Reference Rate Methodology
  • Aggregate market inputs to reflect the fair, instantaneous fiat price (spot indices) or the real-time implied volatility. Represent a single, aggregate measure of the fair and instantaneous fiat price or implied volatility
  • Based on relevant transaction input data or variance swap pricing for low latency and timeliness. Suitable for marking portfolios, executing intra-day transactions and risk management.
Real-Time Index Methodology
  • Represents forward-looking, market-based implied volatility of the underlying Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin options.
  • BVX is published every second during our trading hours and the BVXS is published once a day at 4:00 p.m. London time.
  • Suitable for marking portfolios, executing intraday transactions and risk management.

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