Who is CoinMarketCap?

CoinMarketCap was founded in May 2013 by Brandon Chez in Long Island City, Queens, New York. CoinMarketCap circa 2013. As a reminder, we are not a wallet or exchange site. We do not sell or purchase cryptocurrencies. We cannot give advice on which coins/tokens to purchase nor which exchange/markets to purchase from.

Why did CoinMarketCap take out South Korean exchanges?

In January 2018, Coinmarketcap took out South Korean exchanges from its calculation for prices because the prices there were consistently higher than in other regions. That caused a significant decline in XRP 's market capitalization and created chaos on the markets.

What can I do on CoinMarketCap?

The most basic thing that you can do on CoinMarketCap is look at our cryptoasset rankings on our homepage. Even for those most new to the space, you can probably find something here that looks familiar. Each cryptoasset is ranked according to our methodology, which you can see here .

Why did CoinMarketCap acquire its parent company?

Through the acquisition, CoinMarketCap plans to tap into its parent company's extensive resources to acquire more in-depth data into projects, reduce information asymmetry in the crypto industry and bring higher-quality data to its hundreds of millions of users. CoinMarketCap stands firmly for accurate, timely and unbiased information.

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