CME Launches Crypto Index That Excludes Bitcoin and Ether
The 10-asset emerging benchmark is free-float market-cap weighted, with real-time pricing and London, New York and Asia-Pacific settlement variants. CME Group made two multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks live Monday, adding both a broad-market gauge and a separate index designed to measure large crypto assets outside bitcoin and ether.

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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The 10-asset emerging benchmark is free-float market-cap weighted, with real-time pricing and London, New York and Asia-Pacific settlement variants.
- Fact 2: The more differentiated of the pair, the CME CF Emerging Crypto Index, excludes bitcoin and ether and tracks 10 assets: BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, LINK, Lumens, SUI, UNI, AVAX and AAVE.
- Fact 3: The companion CME CF Crypto Market Index holds the same 10 assets plus bitcoin and ether, according to CME’s index FAQ.
- Fact 4: CME says each real-time version is calculated every second, 24 hours a day.
The 10-asset emerging benchmark is free-float market-cap weighted, with real-time pricing and London, New York and Asia-Pacific settlement variants. CME Group made two multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks live Monday, adding both a broad-market gauge and a separate index designed to measure large crypto assets outside bitcoin and ether.
The more differentiated of the pair, the CME CF Emerging Crypto Index, excludes bitcoin and ether and tracks 10 assets: BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, LINK, Lumens, SUI, UNI, AVAX and AAVE. The companion CME CF Crypto Market Index holds the same 10 assets plus bitcoin and ether, according to CME’s index FAQ. CME says each real-time version is calculated every second, 24 hours a day.
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