May 30, 2025 – CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s largest derivatives exchange, in partnership with CF Benchmarks, the leading provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices, announced the launch of four new cryptocurrency reference rates and real-time indices. The additions—covering Arbitrum, Ondo, NEAR, and Sui—aim to further enhance transparency and pricing accuracy across the rapidly growing digital asset market.
These new benchmarks are not tradable futures but are designed to support a broad array of market participants, including institutional investors, asset managers, and product developers.
“Our new benchmarks are designed to provide clear and transparent pricing data to a broad range of market participants, allowing them to more accurately value portfolios or create structured products,” said Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group’s Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products. “With 28 cryptocurrencies now represented in our suite, we are providing pricing benchmarks that span over 96% of the investible crypto market cap.”
Trusted Data, Institutional Standards
The reference rates and indices are calculated using pricing data from at least two of CME CF Benchmark’s eight trusted partner exchanges: Bitstamp, Bullish, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini, itBit, Kraken, and LMAX Digital. This methodology aligns with existing benchmarks such as the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR), which underpins over $100 billion in regulated crypto financial products.
“As the range of investible crypto assets continues to grow, institutions require benchmarks that uphold the same standards they rely on in traditional finance,” said Sui Chung, CEO of CF Benchmarks. “This expansion ensures market participants can engage with emerging tokens like Arbitrum and Sui using institutional-grade indices.”
Publishing Details and Global Accessibility
Each reference rate will provide the daily U.S. dollar price of its respective digital asset, published at 4 p.m. London time. Real-time indices will update every second, around the clock, year-round. Additionally, Ondo and Sui will also have reference rates published at 4 p.m. New York time, offering expanded coverage for North American market participants.
