CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain with CFB Oracle

CF Benchmarks has launched CFB Oracle, a service that delivers its market indices directly to blockchain applications. The company’s pricing data already sits underneath BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and CME Group’s crypto futures. What CFB Oracle actually does CF Benchmarks is a UK FCA-regulated benchmark administrator. It is owned by Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange. The new oracle gives blockchain apps access to CF Benchmarks’ real-time indices across a broad mix of asset classes. That includes crypto, stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies. CFB Oracle delivers its data through an API. Each data point carries a cryptographic signature, which lets anyone verify onchain where the number came from and that nobody tampered with it along the way. The initial rollout covers Ethereum, Ink, HyperEVM and Robinhood Chain. CF Benchmarks has signaled it wants to expand to more EVM-compatible networks over time. Same rules, new venue CF Benchmarks says the onchain indices follow the same regulated methodologies and oversight that apply under the UK Benchmarks Regulation. These are the same indices used in traditional financial products, including the ones unde...