<p><span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3443822-1&h=3766053097&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmegroup.com%2F&a=CME+Group" target="_blank">CME Group</a><span>,</span> the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it plans to launch two new reference rates for bitcoin and ether on </span><chron>February 28</chron><span> – the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate New York (BRRNY) and CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate New York (ETHUSD_NY) – which will provide a once-a-day reference rate of the </span><location idsrc="xmltag.org" value="LC/us">U.S.</location><span> dollar price of the two digital assets, published at </span><chron>4 p.m.</chron><span> </span><location idsrc="xmltag.org" value="LU/us.ny.nyc">New York</location><span> time. </span></p>