Here's how CMC evolved to serve everyone in 2024.
2024 marked a enormous shift in crypto's narrative. The long-awaited spot ETF approvals finally opened the floodgates, with BlackRock, Fidelity, and other Wall Street giants bringing billions in institutional capital to Bitcoin and Ethereum markets.
Meanwhile, the DeFi scene? It was having its own kind of fun. Meme coin launchpads saw their revenues skyrocket.
Two different worlds, one market. Traditional finance demanded pristine data and institutional-grade security, while DeFi natives pushed the boundaries with increasingly sophisticated trading strategies and lightning-fast execution requirements.
At CoinMarketCap, we found ourselves uniquely positioned to bridge this widening gap. The challenge was clear: build tools robust enough for the suits, yet agile enough for the most demanding DeFi traders.
And what followed was a year of relentless innovation…
Let's dive into the tools we built to serve everyone in this evolving landscape, starting with our most ambitious project yet - CMC DexScan.
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CMC DexScan
Source: CMC DexScan
In 2024, DEX traders faced a triple threat: missing early opportunities, falling victim to increasingly sophisticated scams, and drowning in data across multiple chains. Every minute spent switching between platforms meant potential missed trades, while rushed security checks put portfolios at risk.
DexScan emerged as the solution, completely rebuilt to serve as your personal market command center. Now tracking 50 blockchain networks in real-time, it transformed how traders interact with DEXs across the crypto landscape.
The upgrade brought game-changing features for active traders. Sub-minute price updates capture emerging trends before they become obvious. The live feed tracks new trading pairs down to the second, while enhanced filters help you screen opportunities by age, liquidity thresholds, and volume parameters - all updating in real-time.
But perhaps the most powerful addition is the advanced analytics dashboard. With TradingView chart integration, multi-timeframe price changes, and cross-DEX comparative metrics, traders can spot opportunities faster while maintaining thorough security practices.
Custom watchlists let you build, organize, and even share your trading strategy with your community.
Ready to transform your DEX trading? Explore DexScan's complete feature set in our comprehensive guide!
Yield Opportunity Aggregator: Simplifying Passive Income
Ever stared at your crypto portfolio, wondering if it could work harder for you?
In 2024, the yield landscape looked like a maze of promises - massive APYs here, complex staking mechanisms there, and enough Discord channels to make your head spin.
Finding legitimate yield opportunities shouldn't require a detective's license and three cups of coffee. That's why we rebuilt our Yield Opportunity Aggregator from the ground up, focusing on what matters most: clear, actionable data that helps you make informed decisions.
Source: Bitcoin Yield page
Think of it as your personal yield command center, minus the complexity.
Want to see how different staking periods affect your gains? Or how price fluctuations might impact your strategy? It's all there, visualized in a way that actually makes sense.
But we didn't stop at calculations. Our APY volatility tracking acts like a weather forecast for yields, helping you distinguish between stable earners and temporary spikes. Compare different providers, overlay their performance charts, and spot trends before they become obvious.
Every opportunity comes with comprehensive risk metrics, including provider reputation (measured by Total Value Locked and number of stakers), historical performance data, and clear visibility into asset risks. Because in the world of crypto yields, knowing what could go wrong is just as important as knowing what could go right.
Want to start maximizing your passive income? Explore the Yield Opportunity Aggregator today!
Token Unlocks: Your Supply Intelligence Hub
Remember that sinking feeling when a massive token unlock catches you off guard?
In 2024, these surprise supply injections turned many well-planned trading strategies into expensive lessons. Project teams buried unlock schedules deep in whitepapers, while crypto Twitter amplified FUD with every approaching vesting date.
We built the Token Unlocks page to flip this dynamic on its head.
Source: CMC Token Unlocks page
At its core, the platform delivers crystal-clear visibility into token distributions through intuitive visualizations. The token distribution pie chart breaks down allocations across teams, investors, and communities, exposing potential red flags or opportunities at a glance. Want to know if a project's tokens are concentrated in too few hands? One look tells the story.
But we didn't stop at pretty charts. The real-time liquidity snapshot constantly tracks the ratio of locked versus circulating tokens, while the comprehensive unlock schedule maps every past, present, and future event on the horizon. Linear unlocks, cliff vesting, deflationary mechanisms - they're all there, visualized in a way that helps you predict market movements with greater precision.
Each upcoming unlock comes with exact dates, times, and sizes, giving you the intel needed to prepare your portfolio strategically. No more midnight surprises or panic sells - just data-driven decisions based on clear, actionable insights.
Ready to stay ahead of token unlocks? Explore our comprehensive tracking tool and transform how you anticipate market movements.
Rehypothecated Assets: Bringing Market Clarity
As crypto evolved, wrapped and restaked assets became both a blessing and a headache for the crypto market. While they offered exciting new possibilities, they also created a serious challenge: how do you accurately track market value when the same asset exists in multiple forms?
The issue wasn't just academic. With the global crypto market hovering around $3.51T (as of January 2025), double-counting these assets could significantly skew market perceptions. Some VCs predicted a $10T market cap as this cycle's peak - but what if wrapped tokens were inflating our progress toward that milestone?
Enter CMC's dedicated Rehypothecated Assets page.
We completely reimagined how wrapped and restaked assets should be tracked, ensuring accurate market data while maintaining easy access to these important instruments.
The solution was elegant in its simplicity: create a separate ranking system for rehypothecated assets while adjusting our main rankings to prevent double-counting. This not only cleaned up our global rankings but also gave wrapped and restaked tokens the dedicated attention they deserved. Think of it as giving these specialized assets their own spotlight, rather than having them compete for attention in the main rankings.
The result? Thirty slots freed up in our top 300 rankings, cleaner data for market analysis, and a more accurate picture of where we truly stand in the current market cycle.
Want to understand how wrapped tokens impact the market? Explore our new rankings page!
CMC Narratives: Your Trend Navigation Hub
The crypto market in 2024 moved at breakneck speed, with narratives shifting at lightning speed. One week, everyone was talking about AI tokens; the next, a new meme coin was capturing billions in market cap.
Understanding market narratives became more than just interesting reading - it became crucial for portfolio positioning. RWAs emerged as a serious contender in institutional adoption, while GameFi projects redefined player ownership in ways traditional gaming never could. Meanwhile, the Solana ecosystem exploded with innovation, proving there's always another chapter in crypto's ever-evolving story.
That's why we built CMC Narratives - to help you navigate these dynamic market trends with confidence. Think of it as your personal trend curator, filtering out the noise to highlight the signals that matter. We're not just tracking price movements; we're analyzing the underlying forces driving them.
Our expert analysis cuts through the hype to bring you deep dives into essential sectors:
- AI tokens and their real-world applications
- Meme coin phenomena and community dynamics
- GameFi's evolution beyond simple play-to-earn
- Solana's expanding DeFi and NFT ecosystem
- RWA's bridge between traditional and digital finance
As we enter 2025, these innovations reflect just a fraction of our work to make crypto data more accessible and actionable. While we launched numerous tools throughout 2024, we chose to highlight these particular products because of their potential to meaningfully impact how traders and investors navigate the market.
DexScan's multi-chain surveillance, the Yield Aggregator's simplified passive income discovery, Token Unlocks' supply intelligence, the new Rehypothecated Assets rankings, and CMC Narratives' trend analysis - each addresses a specific challenge that grew more pressing as the crypto market matured.
But the real measure of these tools' success isn't in their features - it's in how they help you make more informed decisions in an increasingly complex market. Thank you for being part of our journey to bring greater clarity to the crypto landscape. Your trust drives us to keep innovating.
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