# CoinMarketCap > Data, Insights, Community CoinMarketCap is a cryptocurrency data and analytics platform. It provides real-time price, market capitalization, and trading volume information for a wide range of digital assets across many exchanges. CoinMarketCap is a cryptocurrency market data and analytics company that aggregates pricing, market capitalization, and trading volume information from exchanges around the world. It serves traders, researchers, and crypto users seeking a consolidated view of the digital asset market, covering a broad range of tokens and trading venues. The platform is best known for its cryptocurrency ranking tables and market snapshots. The platform addresses the fragmentation of crypto market data by pulling information from numerous exchanges into a single reference point, reducing the need to check individual trading venues separately. Its data covers spot and derivatives markets, decentralized exchange activity, and on-chain metrics, alongside indicators such as market sentiment gauges and dominance charts. It also publishes educational content and research materials aimed at helping users interpret market activity. Beyond its core price-tracking tables, CoinMarketCap offers portfolio and watchlist tools, an on-chain data explorer, and a public API used by developers and businesses to integrate market data into other applications. It also runs educational and community-oriented initiatives, including learning content and events. The platform is used by individual investors, developers, journalists, and institutions that rely on its data for research, reporting, and product integration. - Type: Company - Sector: Data & Analytics - Status: Active - Founded: 2013-04-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinmarketcap ## Products - [CoinMarketCap](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinmarketcap): CoinMarketCap is a data terminal that presents cryptocurrency market data through pricing tables, charts, and analytical tools. It aggregates listings, quotes, global metrics, and indicators from multiple sources, enabling users to track and compare a wide range of assets across multiple blockchains. The platform serves individual investors, researchers, and institutions seeking real-time and historical crypto market information, and includes bundled tools such as a currency converter and educational content. (Data Terminal, Live, Main Product) - [CoinMarketCap API](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinmarketcap): CoinMarketCap API is an onchain data API providing programmatic access to cryptocurrency pricing, volume, exchange, and DEX data through REST endpoints and a WebSocket feed. It parses and structures market and blockchain data for developers building wallets, exchanges, portfolio trackers, analytics platforms, and AI products. The service offers tiered plans from a free keyless trial to enterprise access, and supports agent-oriented access methods alongside traditional API keys. (OnChain Data API, Live) - [CoinMarketCap DexScan](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinmarketcap): CoinMarketCap DexScan is a data terminal focused on decentralized exchange market discovery across multiple blockchain networks. It tracks trading pairs, liquidity, fully diluted valuation, transaction counts, and price action on decentralized exchanges, with filtering and sorting tools for market surveillance. Traders and researchers use it to explore new and trending tokens, top traders, and DEX-level data not covered by centralized listings. (Data Terminal, Live) - [CoinMarketCap Portfolio](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinmarketcap): CoinMarketCap Portfolio is a portfolio tracker enabling users to monitor cryptocurrency holdings across multiple blockchains, exchanges, and wallets. Users can log transactions with dates, fees, and notes, connect exchange accounts, and track onchain balances for performance and profit and loss analysis. The tool keeps holdings data private and accessible through both the website and mobile applications. 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