{"id":540127,"date":"2026-01-11T09:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/?p=1275062"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:18:14","slug":"nasdaq-and-cme-partner-on-crypto-index-featuring-btc-eth-and-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/nasdaq-and-cme-partner-on-crypto-index-featuring-btc-eth-and-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq and CME Partner on Crypto Index Featuring BTC, ETH, and LINK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eth-editorial-banner\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"eth-editorial-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cnf2-scaled-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"Crypto News Flash\"> <span class=\"eth-editorial-text\">All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders.<\/span> <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nasdaq has announced a new partnership with the CME to rebrand its market-leading index as the Nasdaq CME Crypto\u2122 Index.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The index tracks Bitcoin and Ethereum as the main assets, with a rotating set of large-cap cryptos such as Solana, Chainlink, Cardano, and Polkadot.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Nasdaq and the CME Group are partnering to launch a new crypto market index that tracks some of the leading large-cap cryptos, targeting institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the Nasdaq CME Crypto\u2122 Index (NCI\u2122), it\u2019s a rebrand and expansion of Nasdaq\u2019s existing index, launched in February 2021, which professional investors have relied on to track the market performance. The two TradFi giants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/nasdaq-and-cme-group-deepen-partnership-advance-new-era-crypto-investing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> the index introduces transparency, governance, and trusted benchmarks to a sector that\u2019s increasingly gaining mainstream appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The new product is \u201cthe combination of two gold standards to deliver the regulated diversification and foundational building block the market now demands,\u201d commented CME\u2019s Giovanni Vicioso, who heads the Equity and Alternative Products division at the Chicago-based company.<\/p>\n<p>The index tracks large-cap tokens, with Bitcoin and Ethereum as permanent constituents, and rotating others such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/what-is-chainlink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK<\/a>, XLM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/what-is-litecoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LTC<\/a>, BCH, SOL, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/what-is-cardano-ada-the-best-3rd-generation-blockchain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADA<\/a>, and DOT. Each token is weighted based on its market cap, liquidity, and other factors such as custody and its trading venues. Nasdaq then presents the weighted performance to represent the wider market, much like the S&amp;P in the stock market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nasdaq and CME Group have partnered to launch the Nasdaq CME Crypto\u2122 Index.<\/p>\n<p>The index comprises LINK, BTC, ETH, and a select group of other digital assets.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zGAx534SqK\">https:\/\/t.co\/zGAx534SqK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1LYszzClS\">pic.twitter.com\/C1LYszzClS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chainlink (@chainlink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainlink\/status\/2009709785705578683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Nasdaq, CME Target Institutional Investors<\/h2>\n<p>The NCI index primarily targets institutional investors, who are fast becoming critical to the performance of the overall digital asset market. Every major crypto project is now targeting Wall Street. Ethereum launched the Ethereum for Institutions last October; XRPL is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/xrpl-institutional-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnering<\/a> with infrastructure providers to target this sector; Cardano\u2019s Midnight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/midnight-unlock-privacy-for-btc-xrp\/\">main pitch<\/a> is institutional privacy; Chainlink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/chainlink-named-standard-for-16t\/\">now anchors<\/a> the $16 trillion institutional on-chain finance, and more.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sean Wasserman, the head of product management at Nasdaq, this institutional flow is only going to rise this year. He stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow that we are starting to see regulatory clarity coming to the treatment of crypto assets, particularly in the U.S., the door has been opened for industry participants to bring to the crypto asset class the types of regulated investment solutions that investors rely on every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bitcoin remains the most popular asset with these professional investors. The top crypto trades at<strong> $90,640<\/strong> at press time, trading sideways for the past day. A notable spike to <strong>$91,800<\/strong> was short-lived, and as trading volume dips over the weekend, analysts expect price movement to remain minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Professional investors are gradually expanding beyond Bitcoin as others like Solana and XRP gain regulatory clarity, deepen their liquidity, and expand their ecosystems and trading venues. As Wasserman observed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe see the index-based approach as the direction investors are heading, beyond just bitcoin. That\u2019s similar to what we\u2019ve seen in other asset classes, where you have indexes that are representative of the broader market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crypto-news-flash.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Nasdaq has announced a new partnership with the CME to rebrand its market-leading index as the Nasdaq CME Crypto\u2122 Index. The index tracks Bitcoin and Ethereum as the main assets, with a rotating set of large-cap cryptos such as Solana, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3241,2685,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-540127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-other","8":"tag-cme-group","9":"tag-nasdaq","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}