Yahoo Finance, the United States-based financial news giant, has integrated its website with cryptocurrency pricing by major crypto data supplier CoinMarketCap.
Verizon Media-owned Yahoo Finance and CMC confirmed their strategic partnership for cryptocurrency data and content in a press release to Cointelegraph on Nov. 21.Yahoo Finance's crypto screener shows 118 cryptocurrencies.
The pricing incorporates data from more than 200 crypto exchanges and includes cryptos that account for over 90% of the global crypto market cap, as of the index launch date.
CoinMarketCap to provide crypto-related educational sources for Yahoo Finance.
Apart from crypto pricing, CMC will also provide some educational information to develop crypto markets' adoption on Yahoo Finance, the firms said.
CMC's daily newsletter and blog content will be integrated into the news stream on Yahoo's crypto screener page as well as individual crypto pages.
Yahoo Finance plans to add two CMC crypto indices - Crypto 200 and Crypto 200 EX, the announcement says.
Joanna Lambert, General Manager of Finance, Tech, Autos and Membership, Verizon Media, outlined the need to provide a trusted source of crypto news and data as cryptocurrencies continue to gain attention.
Yahoo Finance has been actively responding to the growing popularity of crypto so far.
In August 2018, Yahoo Finance integrated Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin trading on its platform.
Yahoo Finance Adds CoinMarketCap's Crypto Prices to Its Website
Published on Nov 21, 2019
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