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CF Benchmarks Launches CFB Oracle to Deliver Institutional Pricing Data Onchain

The Kraken subsidiary is bringing benchmarks backing BlackRock and CME products to Ethereum, HyperEVM, and Robinhood Chain.

Editorial oversight: Julian Mercer, Chief Editor
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At a glance Announced

What happened
CF Benchmarks launched CFB Oracle to provide institutional benchmark pricing across crypto, equities, and commodities directly onchain.
Why it matters
DeFi applications can now utilize the exact pricing data underpinning major institutional products like BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF and CME futures.
Who is affected
Onchain developers on Ethereum, HyperEVM, and Robinhood Chain, alongside oracle competitors like Chainlink and Pyth.
Takes effect
2026-10-27
What's next
Payward's upcoming U.S. perpetual futures platform awaits regulatory clearance before deploying the oracle data.
Primary source
coindesk.com: CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock

Key points

  • CF Benchmarks introduced CFB Oracle, bringing its index pricing feeds for crypto, equities, bonds, FX, and commodities onchain 1.
  • The oracle is live on Ethereum, HyperEVM, and Robinhood Chain with digitally signed data published at uniform intervals 1.
  • Kraken parent Payward plans to use the service for a pending U.S. perpetual futures product powered by Hyperliquid 1.

Cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks launched CFB Oracle on Oct. 27, bringing its traditional market pricing benchmarks directly onto blockchain networks 1. The service provides onchain applications with pricing data across cryptocurrencies, stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies 1. CF Benchmarks, a subsidiary of Kraken parent Payward, stated that its indices currently underpin financial products managing over $120 billion in assets, including the reference prices used by BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund and CME Group's crypto futures contracts 1. At the time of writing, $BTC was trading at $79,861 and $ETH stood at $2,317.

The deployment allows developers to reference institutional-grade data for onchain index funds, structured derivatives, and collateral valuation for lending protocols without having to construct proprietary data feeds 1. CFB Oracle delivers digitally signed pricing updates across the $ETH network, HyperEVM, and Robinhood Chain, with plans to expand to additional compatible chains 1. CF Benchmarks noted that all customers receive index updates at identical publication intervals, eschewing tiered latency pricing models 1.

Competitive Oracle Landscape

The launch positions CF Benchmarks as a direct competitor to decentralized oracle networks such as Chainlink and Pyth, which currently provide primary data feeds across decentralized finance 1. While competitors have expanded into real-world asset collateral networks, such as the Chainlink and Anchorage Digital launch of CustodySync, CF Benchmarks relies on its existing standing with regulated institutions 1. CF Benchmarks confirmed that the oracle service will strictly deliver reference prices, without directly executing transactions or issuing funds 1.

Internally, Payward plans to integrate CFB Oracle into an upcoming U.S. perpetual futures product developed alongside Hyperliquid ($HYPE) 1. Deployment of that derivatives platform remains subject to regulatory approval 1.

Sources

  1. [1] CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock — coindesk.com, October 27, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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