Build with CMC (Case Study): How Solactive Uses CoinMarketCap API A look at CoinMarketCap API Solactive integration: how CMC pricing data powers two live cryptocurrency benchmark indices distributed on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, and Reuters. Learn more

What happened

Solactive has integrated the CoinMarketCap API to source pricing data, which now powers two live cryptocurrency benchmark indices that are distributed through Nasdaq, Bloomberg, and Reuters platforms.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

By using reliable, real‑time pricing from CoinMarketCap, Solactive’s indices become more transparent and trustworthy, helping investors allocate capital to crypto assets with clearer reference points and potentially increasing demand for index‑based crypto products.

Analyst inference

Cryptocurrency benchmark indices give investors a way to track the overall market performance, and data providers like CoinMarketCap supply the price information that underpins these indices, which are then shared on major financial data terminals.

Confirmed

What to watch

1. Whether other index providers adopt the CoinMarketCap API, expanding the range of crypto benchmarks available on major data platforms. Analyst inference
2. Regulatory attention to crypto benchmark construction, which could affect how indices are built and reported. Analyst inference
3. Investor inflows into funds that track Solactive’s new indices, indicating market appetite for standardized crypto exposure. Analyst inference

Evidence

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