{"id":3903,"date":"2020-04-12T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atozcrypto.org\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2020-04-12T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T14:32:16","slug":"binance-just-bought-coinmarketcap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atozcrypto.org\/binance-just-bought-coinmarketcap\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance just bought Coinmarketcap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"node-1\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">The largest cryptocurrency exchange by market volume has acquired popular data site CoinMarketCap (CMC) for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Thursday. Binance CEO Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao told CoinDesk the deal closed March 31, although a verbal agreement had been reached \u201ca few months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-2\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">With its extensive (although\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/coinmarketcap-forms-alliance-to-tackle-concerns-over-price-data-integrity\" data-reactroot=\"\">often questionable<\/a>) data on prices, volumes and other metrics for 5,290 cryptocurrencies, CMC has served as a dragnet for retail investors since its launch in 2013.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Cryptocurrency-Complete-Financial-Independence-Featuring-ebook\/dp\/B07DPSBMDB\/ref=as_li_ss_il?crid=BWMN9KQLE25R&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=cryptocurrency&amp;qid=1586701749&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=crypto,stripbooks,434&amp;sr=1-2-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSThVMEg2WDBaQUpMJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODc2NjE2M0QwR1pWWFpUVUxTNSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTcyMTg1MzIzU0RSUzZMNDJSQiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=atozcryptosto-21&amp;linkId=bf1bff0feffb265a66f10450b9f2aea9&amp;language=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B07DPSBMDB&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=atozcryptosto-21&amp;language=en_GB\" width=\"128\" height=\"165\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s a really good website and I think we can help grow it further,\u201d Zhao said in an interview with CoinDesk Thursday, adding he had no immediate plans for CMC. Zhao said the domain will remain independent from Binance under a holding company, perhaps staving off concerns over potential conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-4\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Industry veterans told CoinDesk they see a future where CMC could serve as a marketing channel for Binance, steering prospective customers toward the exchange. Zhao, on the other hand, characterized it as a simple, albeit large, purchase of a cash-flow positive asset.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-5\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cIt\u2019s by far the largest we have done so far,\u201d he said of the deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=atozcryptosto-21&amp;language=en_GB&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B00185ASH6&amp;asins=B00185ASH6&amp;linkId=c6fb0f8705d35e3824c68babafe6ab8e&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-6\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">The acquisition shows that while many firms looked to institutional players as crypto&#8217;s messiah in 2019 and even today, Zhao is pinning his hopes on a mass audience of individual investors after buying the most heavily trafficked website in the space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-7\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Amazon\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexa.com\/siteinfo\/coinmarketcap.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactroot=\"\">Alexa ranks<\/a>\u00a0CMC as the 570th most visited website globally in the last 90 days. That\u2019s compared to Binance and rival exchange Coinbase at 1,688 and 1,562, respectively. The next closest data provider is CoinGecko at 7,350.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-8\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Zhao\u2019s purchase also caps CMC\u2019s journey, from a scrappy outfit run out of founder Brandon Chez\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-programmer-at-the-center-of-a-100-billion-crypto-storm-1516708800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactroot=\"\">apartment<\/a>\u00a0to a property coveted by an industry leader. In fact, Zhao said he had pursued Chez for years. With the sale, Chez is stepping down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-9\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cCMC was not for sale,\u201d CMC interim CEO Carylyne Chan said in an interview. \u201cOpportunity came along.\u201d (Chan now joins Binance.US CEO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/the-us-should-use-stablecoins-for-emergency-coronavirus-payments\" data-reactroot=\"\">Catherine Coley<\/a>\u00a0as one of two female chief executives running firms connected to the exchange in a historically male-dominated industry.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-10\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Earlier this week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/post\/60371\/binance-is-set-to-acquire-coinmarketcap-the-deal-could-be-worth-as-much-as-400-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactroot=\"\">The Block<\/a>\u00a0reported the acquisition was in the works, and put the price tag at $400 million in cash and stock options, citing unnamed sources. Founders and investors interviewed by CoinDesk gave differing opinions on the plausibility of the figure; some said it sounded too high, others thought it was too low. While both Chan and Zhao declined to give actual figures for the acquisition, citing non-disclosure agreements, Zhao confirmed it was Binance\u2019s biggest acquisition to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-11\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cCoinMarketCap has more users than any other product in the crypto space,\u201d Zhao said. \u201cEven though their money generation mechanism is not as strong as Binance, they do have the users \u2013 it\u2019s a very valuable platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-12\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \"><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/coindesk-most-influential-blockchain-2018-changpeng-zhao\" data-reactroot=\"\">Crypto\u2019s King Midas: Backstage With CZ, the CEO Who Can\u2019t Be Stopped<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=atozcryptosto-21&amp;language=en_GB&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=1644111438&amp;asins=1644111438&amp;linkId=976324d111ea062e0b7048e1b4d8d333&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-13\" class=\"article-heading\">\n<h2>Early talks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-14\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Earnest conversations between CoinMarketCap and Binance date back to the data provider\u2019s conference for investors in November 2019, said Chan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-15\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Zhao hinted at the coming acquisition, along with one other unannounced purchase,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/amp\/blog\/419417682154909696\/Binance-2020-New-Year-Message-Building-Foundations--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reactroot=\"\">in a New Year\u2019s Day blog post<\/a>. Binance bought nine separate entities last year alone and plans to onboard 180 fiat currencies by the end of 2020 in an aggressive push to sign up retail customers. The company\u2019s tagline is \u201cexchanging the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-16\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">It\u2019s easy to see, then, why CoinMarketCap\u2019s status as the first landing page for retail investors would be attractive to Zhao despite his past criticisms of CMC for its data quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-19\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">If reports about the price are true, the deal stands as one of the top M&amp;A deals in crypto history. Circle, now a shell of its former self, purchased Poloniex for $400 million in 2018 but has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/circle-to-spin-out-poloniex-exchange-less-than-2-years-after-400-million-takeover\" data-reactroot=\"\">since spun off the exchange<\/a>\u00a0and pivoted to focusing on stablecoins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-20\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">For CMC, the acquisition follows a ride through choppy waters. The firm quickly became both the dominant data source and go-to platform for asset pricing in the nascent industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-21\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">It also became a lightning rod for controversy after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/public-perceptions-of-the-bitcoin-spot-market-are-wrong-says-bitwise\" data-reactroot=\"\">2019 report<\/a>\u00a0to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by digital asset manager Bitwise found artificial trade volume from 95 percent of the crypto exchanges that provide data to CMC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-22\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Startups such as Nomics, Messari and CoinGecko seized the Bitwise report to chip into CMC\u2019s lead, particularly among institutional investors, which require robust data and can\u2019t expose their clients to manipulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-23\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \"><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/for-15k-hell-fake-your-exchange-volume-youll-get-on-coinmarketcap\" data-reactroot=\"\">For $15K, He\u2019ll Fake Your Exchange Volume \u2013 You\u2019ll Get on CoinMarketCap<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-24\" class=\"article-heading\">\n<h2>Competitors react<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-25\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Rival exchanges reacted with mixed emotions at news of the deal, which could firmly outdistance Binance from the pack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-26\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Lennix Lai, director of financial markets at OKEx, said it was good to see such large M&amp;A deals in the context of a \u201cbearish market in crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-27\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Big players investing back into key infrastructure is healthy for crypto, Lai said, even if warranting skepticism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-28\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cPeople might have doubts about whether or not CMC could maintain its independence afterward. It\u2019s fair. But I think we should give the team a chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-29\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Andy Cheung, former chief operating officer at OKEx and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/former-okex-exec-to-raise-40m-for-crypto-derivative-exchange\" data-reactroot=\"\">founder of crypto derivative platform ACDX<\/a>, was more critical in his assessment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-30\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">The acquisition \u201cis not very good for the industry\u201d given the conflict of interest between the parties\u2019 missions, he said, pointing to\u00a0Binance\u2019s exchange token, BNB, as an example.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-31\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cI can understand the business or potential profit,\u201d Cheung said. \u201cBut honestly, how are you going to convince people that the rankings and volume are true when you\u2019re operating an exchange and also probably the biggest holder of BNB?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-32\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Cheung even saw it as a blow to Zhao\u2019s cult of personality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-33\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cCZ has been telling everyone, \u2018We are not here for the money and building something bigger and meaningful for humanity.\u2019 Now I\u2019m disappointed, I hope I am wrong and he has a better reason behind\u201d the purchase, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-34\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">One Silicon Valley crypto investor speaking on the condition of anonymity doubted the reported $400 million buyout figure and said the overall deal \u201cfeels like a favor\u201d to CMC founder Chez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-35\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cThe founder is very stealth and I think has the majority of the cap table. And he&#8217;s struggled to monetize for years,\u201d the investor said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-36\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">That\u2019s not to say Binance doesn\u2019t have loose change to throw around. Two sources said Binance is \u201cflush\u201d with cash, with one pointing toward futures trading customers departing BitMEX following a critical error on March 12 as a recent boon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-37\" class=\"article-heading\">\n<h2>Big data, small markets<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-38\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">CMC sits in an awkward spot after its acquisition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-39\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Although it is typically the first port of call for small retail buyers, institutional investors spurned the website, particularly after Bitwise\u2019s SEC report. At the same time, CMC has some of the best data in the industry because of its sheer volume: exchanges have always used CMC, so why change now?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-40\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Nomics founder and CEO Clay Collins told CoinDesk that a certain degree of trust is necessitated between an exchange and a data provider; trust that \u201cis likely to be eroded here\u201d with CMC under the same roof as Binance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-41\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">If rival exchanges feel threatened by the possibility of Binance harvesting data from CMC, those firms will be \u201cmuch less willing to provide low-latency and high-granularity data,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-42\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">\u201cThat data is now being given to a competitor with surveillance abilities. It\u2019s unlikely that other exchanges will want to see Binance aggregating and monetizing their own data,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-43\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">Collins\u2019 concerns were seconded by Alexei Andryunin, head of Gotbit, a Russian token and exchange promotion service. That\u2019s a polite way to describe the business, which Andryunin has candidly admitted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/for-15k-hell-fake-your-exchange-volume-youll-get-on-coinmarketcap\" data-reactroot=\"\">inflated volumes on CMC for small-cap coins<\/a>\u00a0via wash-trading bots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-44\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">In Andryunin\u2019s view, the purchase will provide Binance with \u201cdata on all their competitors, plus some of the best expertise for traffic generation in the crypto industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-45\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">However, leveraging or altering data would be equivalent to sending the investment to a burner address, Andryunin said. \u201cBinance is incentivized to keep this service transparent so that they don\u2019t lose their investment. I think they\u2019ll try to preserve CMC\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-46\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \">He also said that CMC\u2019s summer 2019 capitalization was estimated at $650 million, suggesting the reported $400 million offering was a bargain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-47\" class=\"article-pharagraph\">\n<p class=\"text \"><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/we-still-dont-know-bitcoins-real-volume\" data-reactroot=\"\">We Still Don\u2019t Know Bitcoin\u2019s Real Volume<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>source: https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/binances-coinmarketcap-acquisition-is-a-bet-that-crypto-really-is-for-the-masses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest cryptocurrency exchange by market volume has acquired popular data site CoinMarketCap (CMC) for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Thursday. 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