Would *you* really want nearly nine hundred wallets open all of the time?
Of course not. But maybe CMC has the necessary server infrastructure for that. However - their only income seem to be ads (although they should have good traffic) and so it's perhaps not that likely.
My question was because of the many altcoins that are only featured on block explorers like bchain.info or chain.nem.ninja that don't provide any API.
I would imagine calling the various API's from block explorers and exchanges would give coinmarketcap an insight into how a coin is progressing...
OK, exchange APIs can be an explanation - I didn't realize they provide sometimes additional infos about certain altcoins.
So maybe all coins with a market cap displayed at CMC that aren't hosted at a "full fledged block explorer" like cryptoid, are listed on at least one exchange that does provide this information.