{"podcast":{"title":"CFB Talks Digital Assets","slug":"cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525","podcast_index_feed_id":6596525,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/cfb-talks-digital-assets/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/cfb-talks-digital-assets","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/cfb-talks-digital-assets/podcast_cover_20260428_100451_332513d8274ad67443539750debf8a0e.jpg","author":"CF Benchmarks","episode_count":62,"summary":"CFB Talks Digital Assets is the home of informed conversation about crypto from CF Benchmarks. We are the first and leading digital asset index provider, authorized and regulated by the UK FCA. Respected and innovative financial institutions use our indices and reference rates to power regulated financial instruments, like listed derivatives, investment funds and structured products. Join CF Benchmarks’ Head of Content, Ken Odeluga, Head of Research, Gabe Selby, CFA and Research Analyst, Mark Pilipczuk, as they talk with some of the most accomplished and influential figures in finance, about everything affecting digital assets — crypto protocols, markets, fund flows, on-chain metrics, macroeconomics and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T04:20:26.313721+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525"},"episode":{"title":"CPI Upends Rate Reckoning, CME BTC Vol. Futures Go Live in June, CLARITY Markup Moves Forward","slug":"cpi-upends-rate-reckoning-cme-btc-vol-futures-go-live-in-june-clarity-markup-moves-forward","published_at":"2026-05-15T11:47:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525/cpi-upends-rate-reckoning-cme-btc-vol-futures-go-live-in-june-clarity-markup-moves-forward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/cfb-talks-digital-assets/2828042","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/213732/2828042/cfb-talks-digital-assets/2026_05_15_11_42_29_8a1393be-8f79-4dd8-84f4-5c95b3862b28.mp3","summary":"This episode was recorded live via X Spaces - audio quality varies in places. In this week's CF Benchmarks live X Space, recorded May 14, 2026, the team unpacks a packed week for macro, policy and market structure: a hot CPI print that flips rate-cut expectations on their head; the CLARITY Act clears the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support; Kevin Warsh's narrow confirmation as Fed Chair designate; and CME announces Bitcoin Volatility futures will launch on June 1. Join Head of Research Gabe Selby, CFA, Research Analyst Mark Pilipczuk, Kraken Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo, CFA, and - for a special deep dive on CME's watershed product launch - CF Benchmarks Senior Product Manager Xin Wang. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Team Welcome 00:53 – Hot CPI Print: 3.8% YoY & The Rate Hike Pivot 03:25 – PPI Confirms The Trend: Sharpest Print Since March 2022 05:25 – Market Impact: S&P at All-Time Highs, 10-Year Tops Year-to-Date 07:00 – CLARITY Act Markup: Today's Pivotal Senate Banking Vote 09:35 – GENIUS Act as the Analog: Why CLARITY Matters 11:57 – Calendar Risk: Beating the Midterm Clock 13:06 – Warsh Confirmed 54-45 — But Powell Stays Until 2028 18:46 – The Real Story: A Divided Fed Board, Not a Puppet Chair 21:00 – Bitcoin at $81K & The 200-Week Moving Average in Focus 24:26 – ETF Bid Support: Stairs Up, Elevator Down? 27:05 – Stagflation Tilt: GDPNow & Decelerating Growth 28:20 – Ether's Relief Rally: Catch-Up Trade or Real Move? 31:03 – Altcoin Leadership: AI & Compute Tokens Take the Lead 34:51 – CME Launches Bitcoin Vol. Futures June 1: a Watershed Moment 36:33 – Inside BVX/BVXS: 30-Day Forward Vol. on CME Bitcoin Options 39:18 – Is BVX the \"VIX of Bitcoin\"? Similarities & Differences 41:40 – Vol. as Feature, Not Bug: How Practitione…","meta_description":"This episode was recorded live via X Spaces - audio quality varies in places. In this week's CF Benchmarks live X Space, recorded May 14, 2026, the team u…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525/episodes/cpi-upends-rate-reckoning-cme-btc-vol-futures-go-live-in-june-clarity-markup-moves-forward/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cfb-talks-digital-assets-6596525/cpi-upends-rate-reckoning-cme-btc-vol-futures-go-live-in-june-clarity-markup-moves-forward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}