Most CoinMarketCap integrations only need three or four endpoints. This guide maps every major use case to the right endpoint, so you avoid costly rewrites, missing fields, or wasted credits.

Bitcoin's CMC ID is 1 — permanent since CoinMarketCap launched. This guide shows how to fetch the price, parse every field in the JSON response, and cache results to control API credit usage.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says crypto assets are underpriced as protocols shift to revenue-driven models, with token buybacks and burns spreading across DeFi and L1s.

: BitGo (BTGO) reported a $19M net loss in Q2 2026 despite revenue rising 80% YoY to $4.3B, hurt by an $18.8M unrealized digital asset loss and thin margins.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich says no BTC was sold after a $322M on-chain transfer sparked speculation. The company’s holdings remain at 43,000 BTC.

Fetch the current price of any cryptocurrency from the CoinMarketCap API by CMC ID. Includes the full workflow from symbol lookup to price extraction, with Python and Node.js examples.

Every integration hits errors eventually. The CoinMarketCap API makes diagnosis straightforward: every response carries a status object that tells you exactly what went wrong and why.

Fuyo Markets joins the CMC Labs incubation program, bringing its prediction market platform to Southeast Asia and emerging markets.

Stripe, Circle, and Tether are building chains that only move dollars. Over $1B raised, big names attached, but Tron's head start still looks untouchable.

Crypto market maker Wintermute plans to invest $1B in AI infrastructure and high-frequency trading over five years, targeting over 50% of revenue from non-crypto markets by end-2027.

Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25B, gaining three crypto income ETFs and $30B+ in options-based assets in a move targeting the BTC income ETF space.

Fidelity filed with the SEC to add staking to its $898M FETH Ethereum fund, retaining 85% of rewards, with quarterly cash distributions planned for investors post-approval.

Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint started beta access for its HKD-backed HKDAP stablecoin, with HashKey and OSL joining as authorized distributors for institutional clients.

Kalshi is now streaming live order book data over DoubleZero's fiber network, giving institutional traders direct access to sports contracts and crypto perps data.

Harmony confirmed an exploit after an attacker minted 4B ONE tokens via empty blocks. ONE fell 34%, with most minted supply already on exchanges

Robinhood Chain set a transaction record of 11.6M daily txns last week while TVL rose 32% to $473M, though active accounts remain 11% below July's peak.

Bitwise Asset Management cuts 14% of staff, reducing its team to 155 employees, as net assets in its flagship fund drop 31% in 2026.

Learn why CoinMarketCap numeric IDs are more reliable than ticker symbols for API calls, how to look up IDs with /v1/cryptocurrency/map, and what breaks when you use symbols in production.