CoinMarketCap
by Binance Holdings Limited
Bitcoin SV
Bitcoin Cash
Ethereum
Litecoin
Solana
Avalanche
Quick Fact
CoinMarketCap was launched in 2013 and became one of the earliest and most influential platforms for tracking cryptocurrency prices and exchange volumes. It was acquired by Binance in 2020 but continues to operate independently. The platform supports over 25,000 assets and tokens, aggregates data from 600+ exchanges, and provides institutional-grade APIs used by hedge funds, trading desks, and developers worldwide. It also powers a wide array of features including watchlists, DeFi tracking, NFT data, airdrop announcements, and cross-chain portfolio management.
CoinMarketCap is the most widely recognized cryptocurrency market data aggregator, offering real-time tracking of prices, trading volumes, market capitalizations, and other metrics for thousands of crypto assets. Founded in 2013 by Brandon Chez and acquired by Binance Holdings Limited in 2020, CoinMarketCap continues to operate as an independent entity, serving both retail users and institutional partners with reliable, transparent, and comprehensive market information.
Core Functionality
CoinMarketCap aggregates data from hundreds of exchanges and protocols, offering users a unified dashboard to analyze global crypto markets. It supports:
Price tracking for over 25,000 cryptocurrencies and tokens
Real-time and historical charts
Trading volume and liquidity indicators
Market capitalization rankings
Exchange listings and activity monitoring
Users can search and compare tokens, evaluate market pairs, and view project-specific data such as tokenomics, circulating supply, contract addresses, and social links.
Ecosystem Features
Portfolio and Watchlist Tools
Registered users can build and monitor personalized portfolios, track unrealized gains/losses, and set custom watchlists for specific tokens or chains.
Community and News
CoinMarketCap integrates crypto news, educational content (via CMC Alexandria), airdrop announcements, and user-generated ratings. The platform also powers sentiment metrics and has a leaderboard of trending coins by engagement.
Developer & Institutional Access
The CoinMarketCap API offers developers and financial services access to real-time and historical crypto market data, with endpoints covering prices, OHLC charts, volume, order books, and metadata for assets and exchanges. Institutional clients can subscribe to higher-tier APIs for deeper analytics and throughput.
Mobile and Web Access
CoinMarketCap is accessible via browser and mobile apps (iOS and Android). Its mobile interface supports portfolio tracking, price alerts, and token search with full feature parity.
Governance and Independence
Although owned by Binance, CoinMarketCap maintains a declared policy of data neutrality and does not favor listings or rankings from any exchange, including its parent. Data sourcing methodologies and ranking algorithms are published publicly.