Topic: Was coinmarketcap hacked? (Read 470 times)
There has to be some technical difficulties from there end which caused such distortion in price index but seems like it is back to normal now. Nonetheless, incidents like this are not accepted from a reputed platform like Coinmarketcap. Hopefully, they will be more careful in the future.
Sometimes it can be happened in any index. It’s nothing serious. Everything is alright now.
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
Not much for you to be alerted on that way. This is just a simple problem with index which can really give out those crazy numbers but not totally or we can conclude that its being hackedlike $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
and besides Coinmarketcap do give out a notice on about such issues and besides even if its hacked changing prices wont really be have a big effect yet this is just a preference site though.
For now anything works fine and i do still use up this site for checking out prices.
No it wasn’t hacked due to technical problem they turn off their system and that news was rumor based on this website. I hope nothing will happen and there is nothing to worry about this matter.
I think it is technical problem els. it will get well very soon. it was change some value and site feature just it nothing else. it is not hacked i think do not spread this. thank you very much for sharing this.
LOL that is because their server slow in update or they use the static website on updating the price value.
These are the possibilities to see this kind of problem.
So far even I love to use this site to check the price value any altcoin or token price. To get listed in the site itself many projects are all the time looking for it. So it will be in usage.
These are the possibilities to see this kind of problem.
So far even I love to use this site to check the price value any altcoin or token price. To get listed in the site itself many projects are all the time looking for it. So it will be in usage.
I think it’s a rumor. Hackers try to hack some site and they are being dropped in usage by countless dealer and speculator.
OOps! you have seen wrong maybe. There is no $8500 thing done in recent times, it is still $7468 in BTC price. and also there have been no 20% increase in ETH rather than 1.99%. It's totally a fake news to manipulate users. Stay cool.
I noticed Coingecko went nuts too. It started moving coins up and down. Bcash went to number 13 on their list despite the actual numbers remaining static. Maybe they all have the same back end.
Probably!I had missed out to see those numbers changed on CMC but this is not literally an incident which is connected to any hacks. This is just a glitch or error if CMC do made an update to their system.
For now i havent seen any differences when it comes to price. Why would people react too much?
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
I wad also surprised a sudden increased in bitcoin, ethrium and other alt coins I thought there was a quick huge pump as markep cap increase quickly and bitcoin price increase almost 1 thousand u.s. dollar.like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
yes same here but most other coincaps websites shown the same alos on many exchanges was these higher prizes in short time.
We will see what comes next
regards
Do not worry. CoinMarketCap was not hacked. Perhaps with the latest updates on the site there were some small errors that have now been fixed.
It was a software glitch during an update. They are changing the turnover algorithm since many exchanges are reporting inflated turnover.
I noticed Coingecko went nuts too. It started moving coins up and down. Bcash went to number 13 on their list despite the actual numbers remaining static. Maybe they all have the same back end.
It said to be a bug/glitch.
CoinMarketCap Says Data Glitch Boosted Its Crypto Price Numbers
Coinmarketcap bug escalates prices, causes frenzy among crypto traders
It boosted the price but it's back to as usual.
Coinmarketcap only shows information about the market but it doesn't have money/crypto inside.
CoinMarketCap Says Data Glitch Boosted Its Crypto Price Numbers
Coinmarketcap bug escalates prices, causes frenzy among crypto traders
It boosted the price but it's back to as usual.
Not hacked just bugged is my guess, it has happened a few times before.
Yes it did happened before but I can't remember the exact date on when it also showed a bug. Coinmarketcap only shows information about the market but it doesn't have money/crypto inside.
Well coinmarketcap from my sources was not hacked, but I understand that signals of decisions by holders of coins indicated that the prices were going to have a bearish run. This kind of triggered a domino effect on some other cpoin holders and as such the negative figs riding on the market..,,,
I hear it is stabilised now.! Cheers.
I hear it is stabilised now.! Cheers.
Do not worry. CoinMarketCap was not hacked. Perhaps with the latest updates on the site there were some small errors that have now been fixed.
I think this is just a simple alteration , might be a server issue or information mix up. But its nothing to panic about. All infos are rightly updated. Lets not create any panic and fud from this.
it spiked a very exciting moment in me. I thought the bull run has begun and quickly went to check my wallet. It s very disappointing to see the values come back to normal.
yes, what they desire, but decentralisation of the market indexes is also progressing wont be that easy in the future, especially with this lost of trust that echoed all over social media
Not hacked just bugged is my guess, it has happened a few times before.
there is nothing wrong with them, its no doubt they manipulate small markets, but according to last screenshot i posted, it is few exchanges problems, reporting weird prices for coins
CMC can easily check logs of those exchanges to find out what had been wrong
Saw that too Vechain suddenly goes up to the 5th rank right above EOS. I guess there's just sudden pump and went down quickly as well. Probably one of the most bazaar thing going on which could be a sign something big is going to happen later on. If you have a bid that is suddenly picked up by a buyer, I'm not surprise.
Not hacked just bugged is my guess, it has happened a few times before.
CMC sucks.
its extremly corrupt and the exchanges they orient bitcoin on have a low volume
the time this forum dominated cryptocurrencies worldwide is fading away, glens coinmarketcap isnt dominating the attention and market definiton today anymore as there are countless alternative cryptoindexes.
i bet soon they all will have completely different coins
i think CMC is among those whales whom change the prices, maybe they did mistake by showing future prices
yes, what they desire, but decentralisation of the market indexes is also progressing wont be that easy in the future, especially with this lost of trust that echoed all over social media
Does anyone know how long the error lasted? Some had to profit from this. Especially from those who depend on CMC for info
almost all altcoins were like listed with 300% - 800% changes.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
There is a possibility that it is only a temporary bug, I think after few hours or days the vechain will back to normal after some troubleshooting I don't see any reason for it to be hacked though but a bug is what I think happen and it is more of a possibility rather than it being hacked.
something strange, it seems one of big exchanges had smoething wrong and CMC has pulled prices by their API
https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1025407887907192832
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CoinMarketCap
We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly.
We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly.
https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1025407887907192832
They recently implemented a new features (pro API for example). Maybe something went wrong because of this.
something strange, it seems one of big exchanges had smoething wrong and CMC has pulled prices by their API
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more information on issue:
CoinMarketCap is a good reference, but total capitalization is not the best way to analyze a token as I see it, the daily volume is a clearer sign of interest in the project. If a daily / weekly / monthly volume ranking was made, it would portray the market better.
something strange, it seems one of big exchanges had smoething wrong and CMC has pulled prices by their API
https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1025407887907192832
Quote
CoinMarketCap
We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly.
We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly.
https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/1025407887907192832
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
Now what would they hack in coinmarketcap? Are there any valuable things in there? But maybe they hacked it for them to people see it to sell or to buy something in hype.
CMC sucks.
its extremly corrupt and the exchanges they orient bitcoin on have a low volume
the time this forum dominated cryptocurrencies worldwide is fading away, glens coinmarketcap isnt dominating the attention and market definiton today anymore as there are countless alternative cryptoindexes.
i bet soon they all will have completely different coins
i think CMC is among those whales whom change the prices, maybe they did mistake by showing future prices
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
Not hacked but there was bug. I think already solved. It might be happened due to bug.
It could be a hacker attack but should be a technical problem instead of hacker attack.
I observe only on coinmarketCap but not on any other platform or exchange.
I observe only on coinmarketCap but not on any other platform or exchange.
It's just a technical problem which can happen to any index. Don't you think if it was really hacked, the guy would have better to do than that? It doesn't worth to hack the website just to change some values, come on. Don't spread this kind of rumor
jes ohm deliberate technical issues to manipulate the market according to ones interests.
you know what we should have for each coin its own index. wher the coin takes only those exchanges where it is traded for the proper expensive price. so the masses think the coin is still valuable
Something went wrong in the coinmarketcap i taught btc was pump but just a fake news but i think everything was okay now and back to normal it was so surprising to see that taught that it was a bull run but just a false alarm so i immediately look into tab trader but it was too far the value in cmc.
That was really crazy. All my coins were hitting the moon and I taught I was going to be rich soon. Hahaha
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
I wad also surprised a sudden increased in bitcoin, ethrium and other alt coins I thought there was a quick huge pump as markep cap increase quickly and bitcoin price increase almost 1 thousand u.s. dollar. like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
after reading the various posts here I immediately check CMC but all there is nothing strange, all data goes as it should be
I don't know what you guys are seeing but it seems to be back to normal now. CMC probably included/excluded some exchanges on the markets tab of certain coins/tokens hence there was a huge fluctuations in price.
it should be a warning for all that coinmarketcap manipulated the prices by defining where a legit transaction happened and where not.
I'm not going to defend coinmarketcap here, but CMC sure can do anything they can want to their charts. The reason they excluded some exchanges is because of some of these exchanges having no fees, hence they could easily fake the volume of some coins/tokens. Though people need to understand that CMC isn't the only site for coin/token prices.
~snip~
Or the other reason it maybe because of the larger bitcoin correction? I just heard it from news article in the past few hours and I think this is the reason of the price fluctuate but when checking it with live chart from bitcoinwisdom and cryptowat.ch I don't see a big fluctuate in few minutes or hours so this is only CMC glitch. 
CoinMarketCap tweeted this 18mins ago as of this posting:
"We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly."
Upon seeing the site just now, looks like it came back to normal now.
"We are currently aware of an issue with the data we are pulling in. We are investigating this matter and we will follow up with more information shortly."
Upon seeing the site just now, looks like it came back to normal now.
~snip~
Or the other reason it may be because of the larger bitcoin correction? I just heard it from a news article in the past few hours and I think this is the reason of the price fluctuate but when checking it with the live chart from bitcoinwisdom and cryptowat.ch I don't see a history of big fluctuate in the past few minutes or hours so I think this is only CMC glitch.
lol it's seem not hacked but market bug or bot trading on some exchange
It's just a technical problem which can happen to any index. Don't you think if it was really hacked, the guy would have better to do than that? It doesn't worth to hack the website just to change some values, come on. Don't spread this kind of rumor
I don't know what you guys are seeing but it seems to be back to normal now. CMC probably included/excluded some exchanges on the markets tab of certain coins/tokens hence there was a huge fluctuations in price.
it should be a warning for all that coinmarketcap manipulated the prices by defining where a legit transaction happened and where not.
I don't know what you guys are seeing but it seems to be back to normal now. CMC probably included/excluded some exchanges on the markets tab of certain coins/tokens hence there was a huge fluctuations in price.
CMC sucks.
its extremly corrupt and the exchanges they orient bitcoin on have a low volume
the time this forum dominated cryptocurrencies worldwide is fading away, glens coinmarketcap isnt dominating the attention and market definiton today anymore as there are countless alternative cryptoindexes.
i bet soon they all will have completely different coins
OHG! !! For a moment I felt like jumping around since I saw incredible value rises in some coins I'm hodling.
Wow!!! The bullish run will indeed be a very exciting days.I can't just wait to see it.
Wow!!! The bullish run will indeed be a very exciting days.I can't just wait to see it.
Right now bitcoin is showing 8110$ in CMC. Is it a CMC bug?
Update: Now its back to 7600$
Update: Now its back to 7600$
almost all altcoins were like listed with 300% - 800% changes.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
an index with this kind of fraud shouldnt be recognized and used globally as leading index. it has its bad rumors regarding corruption as well. its time for better indexes.
NXT was at 11000 sats.
DGB was at 4000 sats
almost all altcoins were 800 to 900% rise.
Probably they played April fool with us
DGB was at 4000 sats
almost all altcoins were 800 to 900% rise.
Probably they played April fool with us
I think something went wrong 
I see incredible prices, expecially on bitforex section. Marketcap has reached $346.000.000.000 usd and go back to 282 in ten minutes. It is not a good news another hack
I see incredible prices, expecially on bitforex section. Marketcap has reached $346.000.000.000 usd and go back to 282 in ten minutes. It is not a good news another hack
almost all altcoins were like listed with 300% - 800% changes.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
but it seems to be back to normal now. only vechain is -90%.
I think it was a wrong news. Hope that nothing will happen. Just relax
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
lol thats not good news for an index onces they are hack rumors they are being dropped in usage by the countless traders, and speculators
I just saw some crazy numbers on coinmarketcap..
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
like $8500 btc, -90% vechain, +20% eth..
wtf is going on??
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