The post Quatrefoil Data Debuts to Build Benchmarks for Institutional Crypto Products appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Quatrefoil Data Services, a firm on a mission to provide institutional-grade benchmarks for digital assets, starting with a reference rate for Ethereum staking, has rolled out operations, the firm said on Monday Its flagship product, the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR), measures yields from Ethereum validators and is designed to function as crypto’s equivalent of a “risk-free rate.” CESR was created by investment firm CoinFund and is already distributed by CoinDesk Indices. Asset managers and protocols including Coinbase and FalconX rely on it to design products and manage risk. Benchmarks are a core feature of traditional markets, underpinning everything from futures to insurance. Without reliable standards, the crypto industry has struggled to create regulated financial products. Quatrefoil aims to fill that gap. The company has also secured a U.S. patent for its benchmark methodology and is developing new indices for Solana, Avalanche, liquid staking tokens, and stablecoin lending. To strengthen its policy expertise, Quatrefoil has brought on former CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo as an advisor. Giancarlo, known for his push to modernize U.S. derivatives regulation, said the firm is well-positioned to deliver “high impact” benchmarks to power the next generation of crypto-linked financial products. CEO Finbarr Hutcheson, a former Goldman Sachs executive and ex-CEO of ICE Clear Europe, said the benchmarks will help bring transparency and scalability to digital assets. CoinFund’s Christopher Perkins, who helped design CESR, added that such standards could eventually support trillions of dollars in products as institutional adoption deepens. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/09/29/quatrefoil-data-launches-to-build-benchmarks-for-institutional-crypto-productsThe post Quatrefoil Data Debuts to Build Benchmarks for Institutional Crypto Products appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Quatrefoil Data Services, a firm on a mission to provide institutional-grade benchmarks for digital assets, starting with a reference rate for Ethereum staking, has rolled out operations, the firm said on Monday Its flagship product, the Composite Ether Staking Rate (CESR), measures yields from Ethereum validators and is designed to function as crypto’s equivalent of a “risk-free rate.” CESR was created by investment firm CoinFund and is already distributed by CoinDesk Indices. Asset managers and protocols including Coinbase and FalconX rely on it to design products and manage risk. Benchmarks are a core feature of traditional markets, underpinning everything from futures to insurance. Without reliable standards, the crypto industry has struggled to create regulated financial products. Quatrefoil aims to fill that gap. The company has also secured a U.S. patent for its benchmark methodology and is developing new indices for Solana, Avalanche, liquid staking tokens, and stablecoin lending. To strengthen its policy expertise, Quatrefoil has brought on former CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo as an advisor. Giancarlo, known for his push to modernize U.S. derivatives regulation, said the firm is well-positioned to deliver “high impact” benchmarks to power the next generation of crypto-linked financial products. CEO Finbarr Hutcheson, a former Goldman Sachs executive and ex-CEO of ICE Clear Europe, said the benchmarks will help bring transparency and scalability to digital assets. CoinFund’s Christopher Perkins, who helped design CESR, added that such standards could eventually support trillions of dollars in products as institutional adoption deepens. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/09/29/quatrefoil-data-launches-to-build-benchmarks-for-institutional-crypto-products

                                                                               BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate.                     BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more