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I have a few altcoin holdings and occasionally visit a few alt faucets and get a few airdrops for relatively minimal total value. At some point I found and used an excel spreadsheet formula that pulls current value data from coinmarketcap.com. I integrated that into an existing spreadsheet I use to keep track of my cryptos.  So in my spreadsheet, I track that I own 0.00012345 of altcoin X and I am able to see that I have $12.35 in USD value of that altcoin X. As the price value varies per coinmarketcap, the spreadsheet automatically updates each time that I open it.

I think I heard recently that coinmarketcap.com is going to start charging a fee or requiring a paid subscription for this information (unless I am thoroughly confused or did not hear all of the story and misinterpreted what I heard). Because my holdings are so low, I can't justify paying for that as it will essentially eat up the value of all of my holdings in fairly short order.
EDIT: I do not recall where I heard this or if I even heard it correctly, so I am unable to provide a source link

So my questions = (1) am I correct that the coinmarketcap 'free ride' is coming to an end or did I misinterpret this?
(2) do I have another 'free' option of getting this information automatically updated in my spreadsheet?

If not - I'm okay with that. No sense spending more value than I own just for the convenience of knowing how much my minuscule holdings are fluctuating. But if I can keep this convenience, I would like to do that.   :-\

I think yes, coinmartketcap have pro api and we need paid for service. You can use api of etherscan or ethplorer. For me, I use telegram bot to track my ethereum wallet.

Thanks, I'll look into those options. I was trying to find the source of the page I inserted into my excel file to see what if anything he/she recommended.  I am pretty sure that formula came from someone in Bitcointalk, but I didn't bookmark a thread and so far I haven't found his/her thread in the search feature.  I may just need to do some more digging and experimenting. If I am correct, I think I have until the end of the year to keep using the coinmarketcap API.

Where did you read that? it would be nice to know the source to see if someone here can confirm the info.

There are several CMC alternatives like Cryptocompare, Coingecko, Coincap.io, Coincodex. Perhaps you could use one of those to keep your spreadsheet up to date, check to see if one of those provides an API

Do you mean this: https://pro.coinmarketcap.com/features ? I think your specific use of their API falls under the 'Starter' plan, which is free, and you can still have that 'convenience.' I haven't found anything related to charging that API in a future plan, though.

What do you really worry about? If there are still many alternatives other than CMC, I think other sites are more accurate than CMC, there are many tricks that I don't overcome in the occasional movement, there will be no paid services on the site because of what they get from loyal visitors.

That's the thing - I don't even think that I read it - I think it was something I heard on the radio or in a tech podcast (no idea which one as I listen to several and didn't keep track of listened/deleted episodes). It was one of those situations where I wasn't listening closely and just had it playing in the background as background noise. Sorry for my inattentiveness!

Yes - in the end it is really not a big deal either way and I may have jumped the gun in asking my question. I will probably just continue on as I am - business as usual - and then if the sheet calculation goes wonky somewhere down the road, I can just deal with it at that point. It's not like it will impact my bottom line.

Went through their social media and I don't see them mentioning that they will remove their "free plan" from their API.  In fact one of their recent post was advertising and welcoming people to use their free plan to try out their API. You were probably misinformed or it was me that missed out. Anyways, try googling and you might find your answer. Or use other sites the users provided above.

You probably have heard of their "professional" paid API (https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinmarketcap-launches-professional-paid-api-for-developers-and-funds). The price tag might scare you off ($79-$699 per month!) but it won't replace the current API. For example, the most expensive plan extends the available historical data. I don't think that you need any of these features. The target audience are mostly developers and large funds.

You can integrated API of Coinmarketcap to excel file, that's so great, so if possible, can you provide your file? And I remember CMC just charge fee for individuals or organizations who want to have an API with premium function, and with reference purpose, i think it's free.

Rather than provide my file (because it is not my own original work and I cannot find the original creator to give him/her the necessary credit due) - you can find several spreadsheet options if you do a Google search for "Cryptocurrency tracker excel CoinMarketCap".  I just don't want to pass off something someone else spent a lot of time putting together and have anyone else get confused into thinking that it is my work; or worse yet, have someone tip me for work that is not mine.  Also - since I did not create it, I could not give any real tech support on getting it setup to work with your data.  I know just enough to be dangerous, but am not all that adept at the underlying spreadsheet coding and most of my alterations are simply made through trial and error.

Can you please reply with a link for the telegram bot? I lost it with my telegram account that got banned. I would appreciate if you can help me have it back.

Not sure about that but you can use an altcoin portfolio instead that keeps track of all your altcoins. I used to use the cointracking website but that took too much time to maintain, now i just put everything in blockfolio which has 95% of my coins, but doesn't have my new / low volume alts (aka shitcoins)

Interesting, because I am also a CoinMarketCap daily user. I track cryptos with Blockfolio though, since it seems easier to have it with me wherever I go. But I will look into an idea of having a spreadsheet for that too. Thanks!

I do not think the cmc will charge fee for its service becausethey are already making good money from ads and huge userbase, if they implementpaid service they will loose most of their userbase and all those users will be directed to some alternative free service, so i think cmc will not like to loose its daily visitors and users.

I think there is no reason that CMC will charge money based on this they also make good revenue also if they implement paid service that time they may lose their customers which they don’t want also to use altcoins portfolio may help them to reduce this problem.

Yes, you are right. Coinmarketcap has stopped it's free API service and soon it will launch a professional API service. In pro API, there will be limited user request and data access according to the price of the service plan.

There really seems to be no reason that cmc will be charging money because they are making a pretty decent revenue. Implementing paid services might result in the loss of the customers which they would not want to happen.It will be better to use an altcoin portfolio so that you will have ease in keeping tracks of the altcoins that you possess.

They should be allowed to charge for a pro product as they have built a very nice site. Just hope they still will offer a nice free service for us non pro guys!

It would have been better if you had posted that from where you got the information that coinmarketcap.com is going to charge for this thing. Because no such news have been around in the market. Also, if they drop charge it, it will be a huge loss for them because they will be losing their customers for this.

Where did you heard that they are charging fees now?

Can you give us the links?


Again, it boils down as to where you heard this news. I haven't heard anything though to be honest, so its really hard to comment on it. There's a lot of websites similar to coinmarketcap where you can pull your data. Here is a thread wherein we have a discussions about coinmarketcap alternatives: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3094720.5. I already put there a list, just go and check it out.

If CMC is going to charge for this service, then try to look for the alternatives of it. There are plenty of alternatives for it such as Coincap.io or Coindex. Also there is no source to the news that you have mentioned about CMC charging for this service. It would have been better to have the proof too.

I saw only the update of API to version v2 by the end of the year, since I was doing lessons on how to take information from a coinmarketcap in Excel. But nothing on the subject of paid subscription I did not come across. This is not the data that would take money for it and in the end they will simply lose traffic to their site

You can be coordinated API of Coinmarketcap to exceed expectations document, that is so extraordinary, so if conceivable, would you be able to give your record? Also, I recollect CMC simply charge expense for people or associations who need to have an API with premium capacity, and with reference reason, I believe it's free.

I don't figure the CMC will charge expense for its administration since they are as of now taking in substantial income from promotions and tremendous client base, in the event that they execute paid administration they will lose a large portion of their userbase and each one of those clients will be coordinated to some elective free administration.

I use a token tracking application like blockfolio, and coinstats to keep track of the price changes of my crypto assets and the main tmuse i utilize coinmarketcap data for is to keep check on circulating supply and volume of the tokens as well as how bitcoin is behaving on the charts as compared to other assets.


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Experienced their online networking and I don't see them saying that they will evacuate their "free arrangement" from their API. Truth be told, one of their ongoing posts was promoting and inviting individuals to utilize their free intend to experiment with their API. You were most likely deceived or it was me that passed up a major opportunity.

Damn the price, I never thought that amount just to use their premium, considering it's just basic feature. I'll just use those some feature mentioned above. So this trader thing is a big help especially for those who are doing this full time but for me I'm still good using delta app and blockfolio for tracking my coins, though it isn't directly connected to exchange sites.

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Don't bother to use that telegram bot, I used it before but it's too damn annoying for inaccuracy.

I don't think this is gonna happen. Even if it happens there are splendid options to consider such as cryptocompare, coincap, congecho etc which also gives you the most similar feature you get in Coinmarketcap.

Coinmarketcap data is very important for investors trading in the crypto-currency market. investors can instantly follow the graph. verilerin doğru olduğunu düşünüyorum.

I do not think CoinmarketCAP's API is very healthy. If you will connect to a website. This website is healthier than the binance because it already has top coins.

I will not hide that lately there have been a lot of news that said that the data published by CoinMarketCap is really normal, because there was a lot of interesting about the fact that they have a relationship to manipulation.

 An open API is now offered by CoinMarketCap, the better and brighter one will give "extra endpoints, more calls, higher rate cutoff points, trade and advertise and authentic information for the business levels," as indicated by an email reaction to CoinDesk from Carylyne Chan, VP of showcasing at CoinMarketCap.

there is a lot of news saying that the data published by CoinMarketCap is completely normal, because there are many interesting things about the fact that they have a relationship with manipulation.

Coinmarketcap doesn't even charge a fee for the listing of the coins and you are saying it will charge to just visit their website. Yes! The API feature charges. But I don't think you need that as you are just willing to know your marketcap.

I used a bot in a telegram that functions like CMC. It even checks the tokens I have in Myetherwallet. But I did not have that bot. If anyone please give me a link.
The functions of many telegrams and bots are based on the coinmarketcap API.

Yups.cryptocomapre is one of the best for me nowadays,they are sending updates about the price movemennt of this market with graps and value..daily i am receiving emails from them so i dont have to track from time to time..you better try their site OP for your convenience

"In spite of it's imperfections it remains an immensely prominent site at checking cryto costs and I wind up returning there day by day without much forethought in spite of other convincing and apparently better alternatives like onchainfx.
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Yes, in coinmarketcap you can check the price of your coins updated and you can watch the coin list of the latest coins that have a price of coins that have no prices. Each of coins that are listed in coinmarketcap has their designated smart contract to be seen and it will guide you in how you sell it or trade it. There is also a portion that you will know the newly coins that to be listed in the site. 

The information blunder comes only two days after CoinMarketCap propelled another expert level and expense based API, including a refreshed trade positioning page and the expansion of subordinates markets to the site.

I had previously indicated in post#7 that I did not have the source where I thought I'd heard this. But since so many have asked after the fact, I have gone back and edited my original post to include this (lack of) information.  Sorry for my omission and doubly sorry if I've become the inadvertent source of mis-information as a result.

As far I know the coinmarketcap has professional api and people are ready to paid their service. It can be use for etherscan or ethplorer. To track my Ethereum wallet I try to use telegram.

Coinmarketcap is a big platform of view a coin price.
It is a best platform of data coin.
This is so great infotmation and so useful for me.
Thanks, this is good.

You can try to use API of Coinmarketcap to excel file because it is made by advance technology. its service are better than others. it is excellent to me that's why i am also use it. its feature and structure are more strong. it is more easy to use.

Hopefully coinmarketcap.com goes away and better alternatives come along.  A lot of times their data is outdated or just float out wrong.  It's much better to get your data feeds directly from the exchanges your trading on. 

API are now more useful and useful for it. You can try to use API of Coinmarketcap to excel file, it is amazing to me i am also use it. its feature and structure are more strong. it is more easy to use than other.

I am not really aware of coinmarket charges for its data in future. But no matter what, there could still be so e free options to explore when that happens. Stay relax for now.

You can try to use API of Coinmarketcap to excel file, it is great, i am also use it. its feature and structure are more strong. it is more easy to use.

thank so much you for providing this news,  I am glad that you are so conscious about the market and have the market informations but I am not sure what are you so worried about,eveything seems quite normal to me and hopefully things will remain like this on the future as well

maybe you saw the wrong information.
CMC is unlikely to make payments to its users.
even if that happens, it is certain that many other users will switch to other alternatives because obviously CMC has earned a large income from us accessing it.

I am almost the same as other users. I use token tracking applications like Blockfolio, and Coinstats to track changes in my current crypto asset prices. and my most important goal is to use coinmarketcap data to continuously monitor inventory and volume circulating from tokens and always monitor Bitcoin behaving in the graph compared to assets or other coins including some coins in Altcoin.