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CME Group and CF Benchmarks announced that they will launch two new volatility indexes in the Bitcoin market on December 2, as institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to rise rapidly. The CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index Real Time (BVX) and the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index Settlement (BVXS) will provide market based, forward looking indicators that show how Bitcoin’s price is expected to fluctuate over the next thirty days. Although these indexes are not tradable products, they aim to transparently reflect the implied volatility priced into CME Group’s regulated and highly liquid Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin options contracts. Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, emphasized that Bitcoin options, which reached the equivalent of nearly 46 billion US dollars in underlying volume in 2025, have now become a key benchmark for measuring market volatility expectations. Vicioso stated that institutional investors are increasingly choosing reliable and regulated platforms for risk management in the maturing crypto market, and that the new indexes will serve as an important tool for understanding evolving market conditions and sentiment. Sui Chung, CEO of CF Benchmarks, described these indexes as a major milestone for the digital asset class. He highlighted that the ability to measure volatility expectations for Bitcoin is critically important for tracking institutional sentiment, and noted that liquid and trustworthy benchmarks are essential components of a healthy market structure.

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