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CoinMarketCap-led token airdrops ‘infected by fraud,’ crypto project claims
10.1.2023
A crypto project claims a promotional token airdrop campaign led by CoinMarketCap was riddled with "fraud" that left its token price crumbling
How to avoid getting hooked by crypto ‘ice phishing’ scammers — CertiK
21.12.2022
Ice phishing is a type of scam that exists only in Web3 and is a “considerable threat” to the crypto community, said the firm
Despite 2 Entities Holding 73% of the FTX Token Supply, FTT Price Still Holds Above $1 per Unit
27.11.2022
While a large fraction of crypto assets dropped a great deal in value during the past few weeks and bitcoin is down 18.2% in 30 days, the exchange coin ftx token (FTT) still trades above a U.S. dollar per unit. Moreover, the unknown entity known as the ‘FTX Accounts Drainer,’ still holds the second...
Kraken’s Jesse Powell Takes Aim at Newly Launched Proof-of-Reserve Lists, POR Audit ‘Requires Cryptographic Proof’
23.11.2022
On Tuesday, amid the many conversations concerning crypto exchange proof-of-reserves, Kraken executive Jesse Powell shared a screenshot of coinmarketcap.com’s newly launched proof-of-reserves (POR) dashboard. Powell said he planned to be “more assertive with calling out problems,” and he stressed...
CoinMarketCap launches proof-of-reserve tracker for crypto exchanges
22.11.2022
The tool allows users to monitor exchanges’ reserves through displays of total assets and public wallet addresses, along with the balance and value of the wallets displayed
People Are Still ‘Bullish’ About FTT and CEL, 2 Tokens Backed by Bankrupt Crypto Businesses
18.11.2022
Despite the recent collapse and the exchange filing for bankruptcy protection, crypto traders are still paying more than a U.S. dollar for FTX’s FTT token on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. FTT was once a top-30 crypto asset, and now the token has no rank on specific coin market aggregation sites...
Google still promoting crypto phishing sites warns Binance boss
28.10.2022
In a tweet this week, CZ warned that when searching for CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an “ad” tag were showing up in front of the actual website
New Study Says Number of Cryptocurrencies Now at 10,000 — Five Coins Account for 75% of Total Market Cap
31.8.2022
The number of known cryptocurrencies surged from 6,000 in July 2021 to 10,400 in February 2022 before dropping to around 10,000 by August. Only five cryptocurrencies currently account for over 75% of the entire crypto industry market capitalization. A Thousand Cryptocurrencies Added Every Month...
CoinGecko open to acquisition but now is ‘too early,’ co-founder says
28.7.2022
While CoinMarketCap was acquired by Binance during post-2017 crypto winter, the current bear market is not the right time to sell CoinGecko, its COO said
Stats Show Over 53,000 Wrapped Bitcoins Were Removed From Circulation in the Last 3 Months
24.7.2022
Three months ago, there were 441,546 wrapped or synthetic bitcoins on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain worth $17.45 billion using exchange rates on April 24, 2022. Since then, that number has dropped by 53,582 synthetic bitcoins and today the number of wrapped or bonded bitcoins...
Metrics Show Decentralized Exchange Volumes Continue to Slide This Year
22.4.2022
Decentralized exchange (dex) volumes have been dropping since December 2021 according to current statistics. However, last month dex trade volumes spiked 2.37% higher than the volumes recorded in February. Despite the brief spike and with only eight days left in April, metrics show this...
Quidax Becomes the First African Crypto Exchange to be Listed on CoinMarketCap
8.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Last week Africa founded cryptocurrency exchange, Quidax, announced that its crypto markets had been listed on CoinMarketCap, the world’s most-referenced price-tracking website for crypto assets in the rapidly growing cryptocurrency ecosystem. With this announcement, Quidax...
Bitcoin briefly dethroned by unknown altcoin due to CoinGecko glitch
11.2.2022
The list of top-valued coins on CoinGecko briefly went somewhat irrelevant, with BTC falling behind the "Relevant" token
Binance Invests $200 Million Into the Business Magazine and Digital Publisher Forbes
11.2.2022
Reports indicate that the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, has announced the crypto company has committed to investing $200 million into the American business magazine Forbes. The digital currency company Binance confirmed the $200 million stake into Forbes...
CoinMarketCap removes allegedly fake SHIB wormhole addresses
9.2.2022
The SOL, BNB, and LUNA SHIB token addresses quietly disappeared from CoinMarketCap's page
Bitcoin’s transition to a risk-off asset will propel it to $100K in 2022, says Bloomberg analyst
19.1.2022
Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg, is convinced that Bitcoin’s transition to digital gold will propel it to new all-time highs in 2022
CoinMarketCap allegedly lists 3 fake SHIB contract addresses, Twitter firestorm ensues
14.1.2022
"Do not purchase SHIB from these addresses as your funds will be irreversibly lost," said the team at Shiba Inu
Crypto․com CEO Kris Marszalek Accuses Coinmarketcap․com of ‘Arbitrarily Reducing’ Exchange Rankings
26.12.2021
Crypto․com CEO Kris Marszalek has an issue with coinmarketcap.com’s exchange volume rankings, according to a tweet he published on December 25. Marszalek claimed in his tweet that the popular crypto aggregation website “arbitrarily reduced” the exchange’s ranking....
Only a paper moon: Bitcoin price briefly shows $870B on CoinMarketCap
15.12.2021
A mysterious glitch caused popular coins to show astronomical gains on CoinMarketCap, Coinbase, among others
Game over! Squid Game-inspired crypto scam collapses as price crashes from $2.8K to zero
2.11.2021
Dubbed SQUID, the cryptocurrency had rallied by as much as 75,000% to cross over $2,850 but dropped to near zero on Nov. 1