Governance Overview

CoinDesk Indices is committed to the highest standards in its benchmark administration to promote the quality, reliability, and integrity of its benchmarks.

Methodologies & Policies

Our robust policies and procedures reflect our longstanding commitment to manage conflicts of interest, govern our benchmarks transparently, and align with industry best practices, including the International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.

CDI’s index committee serves as the primary governance body to oversee the design, maintenance, and publication of CDI’s indices and their corresponding methodologies to ensure each index achieves its stated objective and is calculated and reconstituted according to the rules detailed in its respective methodology.

Methodologies

CoinDesk Indices maintains and publishes transparent methodology and policy documents that describe the processes used to manage, reconstitute, calculate, and govern its benchmarks.

Methodologies

Index Policies

Benchmark Statements

Benchmark statements intend to define the economic reality measured by the indices and the circumstances in which such measurement may become unreliable. It also highlights instances where CoinDesk may use discretion or expert judgement in the calculations.

Benchmark Statements

Supplemental Documents

CoinDesk Indices publishes and maintains supporting documents that provide information and data related to its indices and services.

Index Catalogue and Reconstitution Calendar

Contributing Exchanges for Digital Asset Pricing

Consultations

CoinDesk Indices may seek feedback from its clients and other interested parties on material changes to its Methodologies and/or Policies through a public consultation process. Each consultation will include a comment period for responses to be submitted. Any changes resulting from such consultation will be announced prior to their implementation.

Open Consultations

Closed Consultations

Index Announcements

Index Announcements

Regulatory & Controls

CoinDesk Indices is committed to the highest standards in its benchmark administration to promote the quality, reliability, and integrity of its benchmarks. 

Our robust policies and procedures reflect our long standing commitment to manage conflicts of interest, govern our benchmarks transparently, and align with industry best practices. In doing so, CoinDesk Indices has achieved standards and compliance with the following entities: 

  1. IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions): Promotes adherence to internationally recognized standards for financial markets regulation through regulatory reform and policy making. 
  2. FCA (Financial Conduct Authority): Primarily manages regulated financial services firms in the UK to enforce minimum standards for market conduct. 
  3. BMR (EU Benchmark Regulations): Provides a framework that establishes requirements for implementation to ensure integrity, reliability and accuracy of benchmarks used in contracts and financial instruments, including over 400+ BMR-compliant solutions. 
  4. ISO 27001:2022 Certified to ISO 27001 by ISOQAR (Cert No. 27303) with an emphasis on building and ensuring data security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  5. AICPA SOC Reports: Achieved Service Organization Control SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II reports. 
  6. GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation): CoinDesk is committed to complying with GDPR so that our customer’s end user rights are met.

To learn more about our offerings, contact a CoinDesk Indices specialist today at sales@coindesk-indices.com or visit our website at coindesk.com/indices.

Complaints

CoinDesk Indices administers and publishes various reference rates and digital asset indices that are used by its clients and market participants. In the event any party has a formal complaint regarding a CDI Benchmark, CoinDesk Indices maintains a Complaints Policy which outlines the process and procedures for handling complaints, available below.

Complaints Policy

CCIX Monthly Announcements

The CCIX monthly announcements detail the upcoming changes to the constituent markets of CCIX and the list of Benchmark Family pairs regulated by the FCA.

Monthly CCIX Reviews (historical documents are available upon request)

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