CF Benchmarks is an FCA-regulated digital-asset benchmark administrator whose indices underpin cryptocurrency futures and a significant share of the global digital-asset ETF and ETP market. CF Benchmarks's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #42,420 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
CF Benchmarks operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Payward, Inc. (Kraken), having been acquired in February 2019. Authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a Registered Benchmark Administrator, it was founded by Sui Chung, who served as Founding CEO and Chairman of the Board. The firm's flagship product, the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate, serves as the settlement benchmark for CME Group Bitcoin futures and as the net asset value benchmark for several U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, including the iShares Bitcoin Trust.
CF Benchmarks has established itself as a central piece of infrastructure in the digital-asset investment landscape. As of April 2025, more than $60 billion of approximately $100 billion invested in digital-asset ETFs and ETPs across referenced regions was benchmarked to its indices. Nasdaq serves as Calculation Agent, and CF Benchmarks is also affiliated with Reserve Protocol. CF Benchmarks has published 1,701 posts and has been mentioned by 65 accounts a total of 197 times, reflecting its standing among institutional market participants.
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The accounts that follow CF Benchmarks include 51 founders, 8 angel investors, 37 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Hsaka, Jesse Powell, The Block, Kraken and Matthew Graham.