CoinMarketCap

Crypto Coin Listings Exploded in 2021

Data aggregators have listed more than 2,000 new crypto assets in the first half of 2021.

Markets  ·  9 August 2021

Five CoinMarketCap Executives Depart Binance-Owned Firm

Binance plans to replace the executives with its own staff.

News  ·  31 August 2020
CoinFlash

Crypto Data Site CoinMarketCap Has Gone Offline

The website for popular price aggregator CoinMarketCap appears to be down with all data and news feeds currently inaccessible.

News  ·  13 August 2020
Exchanges

Binance Retains Top Spot as CoinGecko Revamps Exchange Trust Metric

CoinGecko has added a cybersecurity metric to its Trust Score. As with rival data site CoinMarketCap, the largest exchange Binance retains pole position.

Markets  ·  1 July 2020
Exchanges

CoinMarketCap Metric Overhaul Keeps Owner Binance at the Top

CoinMarketCap's new ranking system gives Binance a perfect score, even after it was criticized for favoring its new owner last month.

Markets  ·  8 June 2020
Exchanges

CZ’s Twitter Feed Swayed New CoinMarketCap Ranking That Put Binance on Top

CoinMarketCap's new exchange ranking gives its new owner Binance a perfect score. The site's CEO said the decision was in part based on the Twitter "presence and feed" of the exchange's CEO.

Markets  ·  15 May 2020
Binance

Binance Donated $2.4M in Coronavirus Medical Supplies; CZ Pledges More

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said his exchange had donated $2.4 million in crypto to buying medical supplies to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, and plans to donate up to $5 million total.

News  ·  3 April 2020
Acquisitions

‘They Have the Users’: Binance CEO Explains Why He Bought CoinMarketCap

"Even though their money generation mechanism is not as strong as Binance, they do have the users," CEO CZ tells CoinDesk. "It's a very valuable platform."

Business  ·  2 April 2020
Paxos

Lesser-Known Exchange Inflates Paxos Standard Daily Trading Volume to Record Highs

While it seems Paxos Standard (PAX) experienced a sudden surge in trading volumes, the stablecoin’s own issuer questions that very data.

Markets  ·  3 March 2020
ICOs

WATCH: He Admitted to Faking Crypto Volumes, Then Got 5 New Clients

Here's CoinDesk's full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the 20-year-old ICO pumper who was in the business of market manipulation.

Markets  ·  10 September 2019
Markets

CoinMarketCap Makes First Acquisition to Further Improve Crypto Data Offering

The data provider is snapping up a firm building algorithms said to provide a “true price” for cryptocurrencies.

Markets  ·  26 June 2019
Exchanges

70% of Crypto Exchanges Have Complied With CoinMarketCap’s Transparency Initiative

Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap says most listed exchanges have complied with its transparency-boosting mandatory data requests.

Markets  ·  18 June 2019
Exchanges

Bitfinex’s Bitcoin Price Excluded from CoinMarketCap Average Calculation

Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap has excluded bitcoin prices provided by the troubled Bitfinex exchange from its weighted average calculation.

Markets  ·  6 May 2019
Exchanges

CoinMarketCap Forms Alliance to Tackle Concerns Over Price Data Integrity

Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap is working with major exchanges on an initiative aimed to boost transparency in price data reporting.

Markets  ·  1 May 2019
Markets

CoinMarketCap Launches Crypto Data Apps With Added Features

Cryptocurrency data provider CoinMarketCap has launched its first Android app and revamped its iOS product, adding new app-only features.

Markets  ·  16 April 2019