CoinMarketCap profile
CoinMarketCap
coinmarketcap.com(opens in new tab)Cryptoasset prices, rankings and market information.
A league table makes a vast, confusing market feel easy to scan.
Where the money comes from
Advertising, data and other commercial services support the platform.
Sources (6)
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they made last year
Annual sales are not publicly itemised for this business. Advertising, data and other commercial services support the platform.
Sources (5)
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much they keep
Transaction and service fees earn around exchange activity. A large volume of customer trades is not the same number as the exchange’s own revenue or profit.
Sources (5)
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they’re worth
MGX announced a $2 billion minority investment in Binance in March 2025; the investment amount is not a valuation of the whole exchange.
Sources (5)
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Where the money is heading
Advertising, data services and analytics monetise attention to crypto markets without requiring every visitor to trade.
Sources (6)
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who runs it
Binance’s ownership story includes founder Changpeng Zhao and the $2 billion minority investment announced with Abu Dhabi’s MGX in March 2025. CoinMarketCap belongs to the same wider group.
Sources (5)
- MGX Backs Binance In Landmark Investment | Binance BlogCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- MGX's Landmark Investment in Binance | Binance Blog on Binance SquareCompany reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What AI does here
CMC AI and AI Alerts add explanations and monitoring around crypto data. The Fear and Greed Index is a separate proprietary sentiment measure.
Sources (4)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
Who supplies the brains
CoinMarketCap operates the data and analytics product within Binance’s ownership group.
Sources (4)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
What it learns from you
CoinMarketCap’s policy covers account, service/device activity and information submitted to AI features, including optional voice input where offered. It provides privacy-request and account-management routes. Public community contributions and information passed to a linked trading service have different audiences.
Sources (5)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
Who checks its work
Data methodology, exchange inputs and editorial processes shape what appears. A ranking and a judgement about an asset’s quality are different products.
Sources (5)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
How much choice you have
Use sources, circulating-supply information and timestamps alongside the headline rank; set alerts around questions you actually intend to investigate.
Sources (5)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
Editorial Trust score: 55/100
Assessed 18 October 2026
What they say vs what they do
15/25 points
CoinMarketCap provides market displays, community material and AI-related features. A token’s listing, rank or popularity is not due diligence on its issuer and is not an endorsement of buying it.
Sources (4)
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they know—and what they do with it
15/25 points
CoinMarketCap’s policy covers account, service/device activity and information submitted to AI features, including optional voice input where offered. It provides privacy-request and account-management routes. Public community contributions and information passed to a linked trading service have different audiences.
Sources (4)
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Quality vs Quantity
10/25 points
A token's rank or market capitalisation does not establish that it is safe or liquid.
Sources (5)
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much control you really have
15/25 points
Use sources, circulating-supply information and timestamps alongside the headline rank; set alerts around questions you actually intend to investigate.
Sources (5)
- CoinMarketCap — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who does it better
Comparison priority: data coverage, methodology and the question you need answered. A market ranking is an organising tool, not an independent verdict on an asset.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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Reinforcement— The reward
Finding an emerging asset or useful market explanation rewards another check of the rankings.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Prompts & Cues— The trigger
Price and AI alerts bring changes in watched assets directly to you.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Response Effort— The easy path
Watchlists, charts and summaries put many research tasks behind one familiar interface.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Social Influence— The crowd
Trending assets, community activity and market-cap rankings make the crowd’s attention visible.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Loss Aversion & Scarcity— The pressure
Fast-moving prices and a Fear and Greed score turn market mood into an urgent-looking number.
Sources (3)
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap API DocumentationPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- CoinMarketCap Features: Track, Research and Build With Crypto Data | CoinMarketCapPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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