CoinMarketCap

CoinMarketCap was founded in 2013 and its website went live in May of that year, with the mission of organizing the world’s crypto information and making it easily accessible to all.⁠[1][1][1]

In May 2016, CoinMarketCap introduced its first public API; in May 2018 it launched its first iOS app, and in August 2018 its professional API. The website recorded 3.6 billion page views in 2018.⁠[1][1][1][1]

In April 2019, CoinMarketCap launched its Android app; in May it formed the DATA Alliance to promote data transparency and accountability in crypto; in June it acquired Hashtag Capital, its first acquisition; and in November it introduced the Liquidity Metric.⁠[1][1][1][1]

From around April 2020, CoinMarketCap has been owned by Binance. In the civil complaint the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed on June 5, 2023, against Binance Holdings Limited, Changpeng Zhao and others, the SEC stated that since in or around April 2020 Zhao has owned CoinMarketCap through a Binance affiliate; the complaint also described CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko as popular data aggregators used by crypto asset investors.⁠[2][2][2]

In September 2020, CoinMarketCap launched its educational portal, CMC Academy.⁠[1]

In April 2021, CoinMarketCap launched new portfolio and watchlist features, and in June its Diamonds loyalty rewards program; the website recorded 13.2 billion page views in 2021.⁠[1][1][1]

In January 2022, CoinMarketCap launched CMC Community; in June its monthly visitors exceeded 340 million; in August it launched the on-chain data tool DexScan and a Telegram price bot; and in November it released proof-of-reserves data for cryptocurrency exchanges.⁠[1][1][1][1][1]

In 2023, CoinMarketCap launched CMC Live, a Twitter Spaces-style live feature, the CMC Fear & Greed Index and a ChatGPT plugin, followed in November by the startup accelerator CMC Labs and a bitcoin ETF tracker; in July its X account passed 6 million followers.⁠[1][1][1][1][1][1]

In 2024, CoinMarketCap’s DexScan coverage passed 70 blockchain networks, and the company co-produced the Web3 reality show Killer Whales and announced the first CMC Crypto Awards; in July it introduced the Altcoin Season Index, in September AI-powered TLDR summaries for the top 100 coins, and in October the CMC 100 Index tracking the top 100 cryptocurrencies.⁠[1][1][1][1][1][1]

In January 2025, CoinMarketCap released its first Crypto Yearbook 2024/2025; in February it expanded its tracking to more than 13 million cryptocurrencies; and in March it launched a Meme Explorer for Pump.Fun and Moonshot tokens and integrated DexScan into its homepage.⁠[1][1][1][1]

On June 16, 2026, CoinMarketCap announced dual certification under ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (information security management) and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 (privacy information management), independently assessed and awarded by the British Standards Institution (BSI), covering its mobile app, web platform and API services and maintained through a three-year cycle of ongoing assessment.⁠[3][3][3][3]

On September 25, 2026, CoinMarketCap announced that it had completed the acquisition of the crypto derivatives data platform Coinglass, without disclosing financial terms. Founded in 2019, Coinglass covers 28 exchanges and more than 2,500 instruments, with more than 5 million monthly users and about 10,000 API customers; CoinMarketCap said the deal would give its 115 million monthly users a view of leveraged traders’ positioning, liquidation clusters and funding rates alongside prices. Coinglass continues to operate as an independent business under its own brand.⁠[4][4][4][4][4][4]

On September 28, 2026, CoinMarketCap announced that Chief Product Officer David Salamon had been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately, succeeding Rush, who had led the company for five years and was moving to build out the group’s new business lines. Rush said Salamon had worked alongside him on nearly every major decision at CMC over the past few years and had built a strong product team. Salamon said the company was committed to building the most complete, reliable and usable information and intelligence layer for crypto.⁠[5][5][5][5]

CoinMarketCap calls itself the “Home Of Crypto”; its data is commonly cited by major outlets such as ForbesForbesForbes is an American business media brand that began with Forbes magazine, founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917. It is known for rankings such as the Forbes 400, the World’s Billionaires list and 30 Under 30, and operates Forbes.com, ForbesLive events and licensed editions in 81 countries. Since 2014 a majority stake has been held by the Hong Kong investment group Integrated Whale Media; a 2021 plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a special purpose acquisition company was terminated in 2022. It is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.Open the full entry, Bloomberg and CNBCCNBCCNBC is an American business and financial news cable channel launched by NBC in 1989; it merged with its rival FNN in 1991 and since January 2026 has been part of Versant Media Group, spun off from Comcast.Open the full entry and used by the U.S. government in research and reports, and it reaches hundreds of millions of users a year through its website, mobile app, newsletter and social media. As of October 21, 2026, CoinMarketCap listed about 64.42 million crypto assets and 981 exchanges.⁠[1][1][1][1]

CoinMarketCap: Official website: https://coinmarketcap.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/CoinMarketCap (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

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Telegram: Public channel: https://t.me/CoinMarketCapAnnouncements (opens in a new window)⁠[1]