CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate

E74506

benchmark reference rate cryptocurrency price index financial index

The CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate is a benchmark index that provides a once-a-day U.S. dollar price for Ether based on trading activity across major cryptocurrency exchanges.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate canonical	3
CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rates	2
CME CF Cryptocurrency Indices	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T595650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate
Context triple: [CME Ether futures, priceReference, CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate]

A. CME Ether futures
CME Ether futures are standardized, cash-settled derivatives contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow institutional and professional traders to gain regulated exposure to the price of Ether (ETH).
B. ETH
ETH is a leading Swiss public research university in Zurich renowned for its excellence in science, engineering, and technology.
C. ERC
The ERC is a major European funding body that supports pioneering, investigator-driven research across all scientific disciplines.
D. CME FX futures
CME FX futures are standardized foreign exchange derivative contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow participants to hedge or speculate on currency price movements.
E. AAVE
AAVE is a distinct, rule-governed variety of English historically spoken by African Americans, characterized by unique grammatical, phonological, and lexical features.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate
Target entity description: The CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate is a benchmark index that provides a once-a-day U.S. dollar price for Ether based on trading activity across major cryptocurrency exchanges.

A. CME Ether futures
CME Ether futures are standardized, cash-settled derivatives contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow institutional and professional traders to gain regulated exposure to the price of Ether (ETH).
B. ETH
ETH is a leading Swiss public research university in Zurich renowned for its excellence in science, engineering, and technology.
C. ERC
The ERC is a major European funding body that supports pioneering, investigator-driven research across all scientific disciplines.
D. CME FX futures
CME FX futures are standardized foreign exchange derivative contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow participants to hedge or speculate on currency price movements.
E. AAVE
AAVE is a distinct, rule-governed variety of English historically spoken by African Americans, characterized by unique grammatical, phonological, and lexical features.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	benchmark reference rate ⓘ cryptocurrency price index ⓘ financial index ⓘ
administrator	CF Benchmarks ⓘ
assetClass	cryptocurrency ⓘ
assetType	Ethereum native token ⓘ
associatedExchange	Chicago Mercantile Exchange ⓘ
baseCurrency	Ether ⓘ
benchmarkType	reference rate ⓘ
blockchain	Ethereum blockchain ⓘ surface form: Ethereum
brand	CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CME CF Cryptocurrency Indices
calculationFrequency	once per day ⓘ
calculationMethod	volume-weighted median price ⓘ
calculationTime	once daily at a fixed time in London ⓘ
calculationTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ surface form: London time
category	digital asset benchmark ⓘ
dataIntegrityFeature	methodology to exclude anomalous trades ⓘ
dataSourceType	constituent cryptocurrency exchanges ⓘ
denomination	U.S. dollars ⓘ
designedFor	derivatives exchanges ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ
geographicScope	global Ether markets ⓘ
marketCoverage	major Ether spot markets ⓘ
pricingSourceType	spot market transactions ⓘ
publisher	CF Benchmarks ⓘ CME Group ⓘ
purpose	to provide a once-a-day U.S. dollar price for Ether ⓘ
quoteCurrency	US dollar ⓘ US dollar ⓘ surface form: USD
regulatoryCharacteristic	designed to meet benchmark governance standards ⓘ
relatedIndexFamily	CME CF Cryptocurrency Real-Time Indices ⓘ CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rates
riskManagementUse	reference for margining and risk models ⓘ
sponsor	CME Group ⓘ
statedObjective	to provide a representative Ether price in U.S. dollars ⓘ
symbolPair	ETH/USD ⓘ
tickerStyleName	ETHUSD_RR ⓘ
underlyingAsset	Ether ⓘ surface form: ETH Ether ⓘ
useCase	benchmark for financial products ⓘ settlement of derivatives ⓘ valuation of Ether holdings ⓘ
usedBy	CME Ether futures ⓘ CME Ether futures ⓘ surface form: CME Ether options
usesInputData	Ether spot trading volumes ⓘ Ether spot transaction prices ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CME Ether futures → priceReference → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate ⓘ

CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate → brand → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CME CF Cryptocurrency Indices

CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate → relatedIndexFamily → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CME CF Cryptocurrency Reference Rates

ETHUSD_RR → fullName → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate ⓘ

ETHUSD_RR → tickerSymbolFor → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate ⓘ

CME CF Cryptocurrency Real-Time Indices → relatedProductFamily → CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate ⓘ