• Binance buys CoinMarketCap
    CZ's latest purchase is raising eyebrows (Photo: CoinMarketCap)
    Commentary,  Cryptocurrencies

    Binance buys CoinMarketCap, raising skepticism and doubts

    From an eyewatering reported price tag of $400 million to concerns about whether the crypto ratings site can maintain its neutrality, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao’s latest purchase is raising eyebrows

    April 2, 2020 /

    Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao reportedly spent as much as $400 million on CoinMarketCap. If true, that’s a princely—if not laughable—sum, especially during a market crash of such historic proportions that investments and acquisitions in nearly every industry have dried up.

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  • Nasdaq
    The Nasdaq is an electronic marketplace. When reporters go on TV and say, "We're live at the NASDAQ!" they are really at a studio set up in Times Square. This is the studio. It's much better than looking at just a bunch of wires (photo by Luis Villa del Campo, via Wikimedia Commons).
    Cryptocurrencies

    CoinMarketCap launches cryptocurrency indices on NASDAQ, Bloomberg

    Well-regarded indices key to creating mutual funds, ETFs tracking asset class

    March 20, 2019 /

    Data provider CoinMarketCap is launching a pair of cryptocurrency benchmark indices on NASDAQ, Bloomberg, and several other market information services, it announced Wednesday in a blog post.

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