CFB Talks Digital Assets CF Benchmarks

Recorded March 27, 2024. The CFB TDA crew hosts David Lawant, Head of Research at FalconX, a leading institutional digital asset prime brokerage that provides secure, efficient, and compliant access to digital asset markets.
Join us as we lift the veil on one of the more exciting yet less covered areas of the market and get an insider's view on the OTC trading segment: who are the institutions making markets for the new spot ETFs? What are the latest key developments? With his extensive experience in digital asset research and market analysis, David provides unique insights into this rapidly evolving sector.

Recorded 15 March 2024. Digital asset markets just saw one their best quarters since the end of ‘Crypto Winter’ - and you guessed it, the unprecedented influx of demand, liquidity and inflows into the new investment product class of Bitcoin ETFs played a major part. But that’s not the whole story of course! CF Benchmarks’ Head of Research Gabe Selby CFA, talks through the December-March quarter’s rip roaring performance with Ken Odeluga, Head of Content, through the lens of our portfolio indices.

Recorded March 1, 2024. Political intrigue at the SEC, the fastest-growing ETFs in history, and what chance of a spot Ether ETF by this summer? Exclusive insights from James Seyffart, one half of the Bloomberg Intelligence ETF team that successfully predicted the launch of the first U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, and who now place the odds of a spot Ether ETF approval at 60%.

Recorded 21 December 2023. It’s time for another episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets and this time we’re featuring our latest Quarterly Attribution Report (QAR)! This QAR is written, as usual, by Lead Research Analyst, Gabe Selby, CFA. In this episode, Ken and Gabe discuss the following topics:
Could SEC-approved crypto ETFs spark mainstream adoption?CME futures interest is surging on ETF hopes. Are spot Bitcoin and Ether funds a watershed moment?Our crypto indices beat stocks again. Are Web 3.0 and DeFi leaving equities in the dust?Interest rate expectations shift for 2024.What's the outlook for crypto as inflation declines?This is an instalment that you do not want to miss!

Recorded 20 December 2023. It's crunch time for the seven major investment management firms aiming to use our CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant (BRRNY) to benchmark the first U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs!
The SEC is expected to come to a final decision in coming days.
A 'yes' will change the face of mainstream investing forever.
At this critical juncture, we are honoured and unbelievably fortunate to have Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise, as our guest on the latest CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast.
Matt is, of course, one of the best-known, and most widely respected, institutional digital asset leaders, at one of the longest established institutional crypto investment firms.
You do not want to miss his accredited insider's view of the run-up to this potential watershed moment!
Plus, his assessment of how things will shake out if, and when, access to Bitcoin in the mass-market ETF wrapper finally becomes a reality.
Listen in to our exclusive conversation for Matt's take on the highlights below, and more...
Will the SEC approve all 13 ETFs at once? Or just a select few?Don't believe the FUD - spot bitcoin ETFs really will transform access to cryptoWhy in-kind creation and redemption is the best share creation method, and why it's likely to prevail in time, despite the SEC's preference for cashHow BRRNY's unmatched institutional liquidity gives the firms using our benchmark the edge for tracking and replicationHow 'The Most Interesting Man In the World' came to star in 'The Most Viral Investing Commercial For Years'!Matt's outlook for crypto in 2024

Recorded 16 November 2023. On the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets, we’re fortunate to be joined by Yubao Flora Lou, Chief Product Officer of Meta Lab HK, the fast-growing #digitalassets unit of Harvest Global Investments Limited!
This follows the recent launch of our CF Meta Lab GameFi Index.
Key talking points:
What is #GameFi exactly? (AKA, Play-to-Earn Gaming.)A look under the hood of our new GameFi indexRising institutional interest in Web 3.0/GameFi in Hong Kong (HK)How HK asset managers can create funds, structured products and strategies, based on our GameFi indexPlans for more indices under the Meta Lab-CFB partnershipMeta Lab's ultimate goal to launch spot #crypto #ETFs