It’s Our Seventh Year Anniversary!
CMC is excited to announce that we are
celebrating our seventh birthday today! While quarantine birthdays
are being celebrated around the world with Zoom parties, virtual cake and off-
sync “Happy Birthday to you’s,” we here at CMC are celebrating by sharing
with you all the things we’re most proud of accomplishing this past year. In its
seventh year, CoinMarketCap has continued on its mission of making
crypto discoverable by empowering users with unbiased, high quality and
accurate information for drawing their own informed conclusions. After being
founded by Brandon Chez in 2013, the site has quickly grown to be one of the
most trusted sources today for users, institutions, media outlets and more for
comparing thousands of cryptoassets all in one place. Our biggest
milestone in CMC’s seventh-year was, of course, our acquisition by
Binance Capital Mgmt. Binance — the global blockchain company behind the
world’s largest digital asset exchange by both trading volume and users — shares
CMC’s vision of making crypto accessible and important to millions of
people all over the world. CoinMarketCap has remained independent
following the acquisition, and we believe that our common vision of furthering
the crypto revolution will only be strengthened by the joining of our
forces. But the acquisition is only the latest in a series of accomplishments
from CoinMarketCap. In November 2019, CMC launched its first ever
conference, The Capital, held in Singapore at the Victoria Theatre.
Attended by thousands of guests, the conference featured speakers including
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire, BlockStream’s Samson Mow and of course, Binance’s CZ.
And once we had gathered crypto influencers and connoisseurs from all
over the world in one place, we took the opportunity to announce the launch of
CMC’s new Liquidity Metric, a way of tracking how easily a user can transact in
an asset on an exchange (as opposed to ranking by volumes, which are prone to
manipulation). CMC also launched a series of other products in the past year
designed to further educate crypto users, including listing derivatives
markets and creating a platform for comparing how your crypto can yield
interest, as well as adding filters to our site so that you can see only the
cryptoassets you are really interested in. We also briefly “released” an April
Fool’s day crypto — Toilet Paper Token, which we like to believe brought
a little comedic relief to the crypto space during the
uncertain times of the start of 2020. Looking to the future,
CoinMarketCap plans on continuing to develop products and finetune our
site to create the optimal user experience for anyone looking to
understand more about cryptoassets. For example, the highly-anticipated
Bitcoin halving set to take place in mid-May is now being counted down by
CMC’s very own Bitcoin halving clock, which informs our users when exactly this
historic event will happen. Have any ideas for what we should put on our
CoinMarketCap bucket list before our next birthday? Or, conversely, are you a
little ticked off by some of the things that we’ve done while we’re still just
seven years old? If so, the anniversary celebration we’ve planned is looking for
people like you to join in: read on below! We’ve compiled another list here to
showcase a different type of CMC “accomplishments” over the years. As a top-of-
the-line data aggregator in the crypto world (and the whole financial
sector), we’re not tone deaf to the sometimes not-so-favorable opinions
the public has of our offerings. For example, that CMC, the absolute best data
site, allows users to see cryptoasset prices in almost real-time…but not
quite. For starters, our website occasionally loads like it’s 1999. Don’t you
love feeling that blast from the internet past whenever you want to check
Bitcoin’s price? It takes a grand total of three clicks to view the market pairs
on any given cryptoasset. CMC clearly wants you to exercise your finger muscles
for certain strenuous activities (*ahem* We were referring to gaming and push
ups). And we hide our new features so well so that only the truly hardcore will
discover them! It’s called user segmentation. It’s also sometimes a fun little
surprise when you look at prices on our site, and at then the prices on
exchanges when you go to trade. The power of information aggregation!
Then you have the option of tracking prices across 300+ trading venues on our
site, because everyone obviously uses more than the 30 top exchanges, right?
Don’t even get us started on transparency. CMC clearly walks the walk in this
front. After all, our founder gave his speech while wearing a mask and cape
while behind a screen while holding a voice-changing microphone during our
inaugural CMC conference. We also know a thing or two about driving engagement
and racking up those page views by giving projects a reason to quibble about
their “’erroneous” data. Newsflash — It’s a feature, not a bug. Then, we
“forgot” to list the exchanges that Toilet Paper Token was traded on despite it
being the top ranked coin on April 1, 2020. Was it an egregious oversight, or a
valorous attempt to shield the public from a shitcoin? Our free premium
advertisements can sometimes distract you from checking on the info you are
looking to find, but at least they provide you with the most latest and greatest
“investment” opportunities. (As a disclaimer, we do indeed vet companies prior
to signing advertising agreements, to ensure they’re registered and are not a
Ponzi scheme.) And now, at the culmination of this announcement, we’d like to
commemorate and immortalize our seventh birthday by hosting a “Roast.” And we’re
inviting everyone in the crypto space to partake in it! A roast is an
internet trend that calls members of a community to dish out their wittiest
complaint, insult, or frustration, and hurl it at a target. This year, CMC is
that target, and we’re challenging you to bring your best attempt to roast us.
Think about what we might have done to offend you or a niche group in the crypto
space. Our goal for this roast is to enjoy the day with the online crypto
community, while infusing humor into the space during this unprecedented time.
Look for the roast tweet that shared from our account and throw us some bait.
Or, send out a standalone tweet mentioning @CoinMarketCap, and use the hashtag
#RoastCMC so we can see it. Oh, one more thing: We’ll be featuring the top
roasts on our website. We hope you take partake in this medium-rare opportunity
and join our party very soon. Happy roasting!
CMC is excited to announce that we are
celebrating our seventh birthday today! While quarantine birthdays
are being celebrated around the world with Zoom parties, virtual cake and off-
sync “Happy Birthday to you’s,” we here at CMC are celebrating by sharing
with you all the things we’re most proud of accomplishing this past year. In its
seventh year, CoinMarketCap has continued on its mission of making
crypto discoverable by empowering users with unbiased, high quality and
accurate information for drawing their own informed conclusions. After being
founded by Brandon Chez in 2013, the site has quickly grown to be one of the
most trusted sources today for users, institutions, media outlets and more for
comparing thousands of cryptoassets all in one place. Our biggest
milestone in CMC’s seventh-year was, of course, our acquisition by
Binance Capital Mgmt. Binance — the global blockchain company behind the
world’s largest digital asset exchange by both trading volume and users — shares
CMC’s vision of making crypto accessible and important to millions of
people all over the world. CoinMarketCap has remained independent
following the acquisition, and we believe that our common vision of furthering
the crypto revolution will only be strengthened by the joining of our
forces. But the acquisition is only the latest in a series of accomplishments
from CoinMarketCap. In November 2019, CMC launched its first ever
conference, The Capital, held in Singapore at the Victoria Theatre.
Attended by thousands of guests, the conference featured speakers including
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire, BlockStream’s Samson Mow and of course, Binance’s CZ.
And once we had gathered crypto influencers and connoisseurs from all
over the world in one place, we took the opportunity to announce the launch of
CMC’s new Liquidity Metric, a way of tracking how easily a user can transact in
an asset on an exchange (as opposed to ranking by volumes, which are prone to
manipulation). CMC also launched a series of other products in the past year
designed to further educate crypto users, including listing derivatives
markets and creating a platform for comparing how your crypto can yield
interest, as well as adding filters to our site so that you can see only the
cryptoassets you are really interested in. We also briefly “released” an April
Fool’s day crypto — Toilet Paper Token, which we like to believe brought
a little comedic relief to the crypto space during the
uncertain times of the start of 2020. Looking to the future,
CoinMarketCap plans on continuing to develop products and finetune our
site to create the optimal user experience for anyone looking to
understand more about cryptoassets. For example, the highly-anticipated
Bitcoin halving set to take place in mid-May is now being counted down by
CMC’s very own Bitcoin halving clock, which informs our users when exactly this
historic event will happen. Have any ideas for what we should put on our
CoinMarketCap bucket list before our next birthday? Or, conversely, are you a
little ticked off by some of the things that we’ve done while we’re still just
seven years old? If so, the anniversary celebration we’ve planned is looking for
people like you to join in: read on below! We’ve compiled another list here to
showcase a different type of CMC “accomplishments” over the years. As a top-of-
the-line data aggregator in the crypto world (and the whole financial
sector), we’re not tone deaf to the sometimes not-so-favorable opinions
the public has of our offerings. For example, that CMC, the absolute best data
site, allows users to see cryptoasset prices in almost real-time…but not
quite. For starters, our website occasionally loads like it’s 1999. Don’t you
love feeling that blast from the internet past whenever you want to check
Bitcoin’s price? It takes a grand total of three clicks to view the market pairs
on any given cryptoasset. CMC clearly wants you to exercise your finger muscles
for certain strenuous activities (*ahem* We were referring to gaming and push
ups). And we hide our new features so well so that only the truly hardcore will
discover them! It’s called user segmentation. It’s also sometimes a fun little
surprise when you look at prices on our site, and at then the prices on
exchanges when you go to trade. The power of information aggregation!
Then you have the option of tracking prices across 300+ trading venues on our
site, because everyone obviously uses more than the 30 top exchanges, right?
Don’t even get us started on transparency. CMC clearly walks the walk in this
front. After all, our founder gave his speech while wearing a mask and cape
while behind a screen while holding a voice-changing microphone during our
inaugural CMC conference. We also know a thing or two about driving engagement
and racking up those page views by giving projects a reason to quibble about
their “’erroneous” data. Newsflash — It’s a feature, not a bug. Then, we
“forgot” to list the exchanges that Toilet Paper Token was traded on despite it
being the top ranked coin on April 1, 2020. Was it an egregious oversight, or a
valorous attempt to shield the public from a shitcoin? Our free premium
advertisements can sometimes distract you from checking on the info you are
looking to find, but at least they provide you with the most latest and greatest
“investment” opportunities. (As a disclaimer, we do indeed vet companies prior
to signing advertising agreements, to ensure they’re registered and are not a
Ponzi scheme.) And now, at the culmination of this announcement, we’d like to
commemorate and immortalize our seventh birthday by hosting a “Roast.” And we’re
inviting everyone in the crypto space to partake in it! A roast is an
internet trend that calls members of a community to dish out their wittiest
complaint, insult, or frustration, and hurl it at a target. This year, CMC is
that target, and we’re challenging you to bring your best attempt to roast us.
Think about what we might have done to offend you or a niche group in the crypto
space. Our goal for this roast is to enjoy the day with the online crypto
community, while infusing humor into the space during this unprecedented time.
Look for the roast tweet that shared from our account and throw us some bait.
Or, send out a standalone tweet mentioning @CoinMarketCap, and use the hashtag
#RoastCMC so we can see it. Oh, one more thing: We’ll be featuring the top
roasts on our website. We hope you take partake in this medium-rare opportunity
and join our party very soon. Happy roasting!
