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How Is the Settlement Price for CME’s Cash-Settled Bitcoin Futures Determined?

An independently calculated, aggregated price from multiple spot exchanges used as the official settlement price for cash-settled futures.
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How Is the Settlement Price for CME’s Cash-Settled Bitcoin Futures Determined?

A reference rate is a standardized, independently calculated price that aggregates data from multiple underlying spot exchanges. It is used as the official price for the final settlement of cash-settled futures contracts.

Its purpose is to provide a robust, transparent, and manipulation-resistant price that is not easily influenced by price action on a single venue.

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