• CoinMarketCap (via Shutterstock).
    Cryptocurrencies

    CoinMarketCap announces new reporting requirements

    The crypto price and volume tracker reacts to a report that suggested widespread fraud in the data it publishes

    Less than one month after an analysis concluded that 95% of the trade volume reported on CoinMarketCap is fake, the cryptocurrency data tracking site announced that it will exclude exchanges that do not provide more live data from its price and volume calculations.

  • According to Bitwise, CoinBene is a 'suspicious' exchange (via Bitwise).
    Bitcoin

    95% of all Bitcoin trades are fake, Bitwise tells SEC

    In a filing to gain approval of an ETF, Bitwise Asset Management proposes tracking 10 ‘honest’ exchanges to alleviate market manipulation concerns

    In an attempt to gain regulatory approval for a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), Bitwise Asset Management attacked the accuracy of data listed on cryptocurrency tracking site CoinMarketCap.com. The claim came in a study filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and made public on March 21.

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    Cryptocurrencies

    CoinMarketCap launches cryptocurrency indices on NASDAQ, Bloomberg

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

    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.