Barcelona Conference Taps CTO of CoinMarketCap to Talk APIs

Mauvis Ledford, CTO of CoinMarketCap, a leading price tracking website, will host a workshop dedicated to data and APIs at the Barcelona Trading Conference on July 10-11, 2019. The workshop will explain the process of data visualization using the latest version of the CoinMarketCap REST API.

CoinMarketCap remains a market data leader

CoinMarketCap was one of the first to create tools for tracking the crypto industry’s market data. Their pro API has been optimized for business use and allows other companies to add updated price data into their systems. CoinMarketCap tracks trading volumes for more than 200 cryptocurrency exchanges and currently lists price and capitalizations for almost 2,000 Crypto coins and tokens. Recently, the company added all-time metrics for Crypto assets.

Just what you asked for: All-Time High (ATH), All-Time Low (ATL) and all-time ROI metrics added to each crypto page! 🥳 Check out the "Statistics" section on each page to see it in action! 😎 pic.twitter.com/qgTvGHCAHy

— CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) March 21, 2019

CTO of CoinMarketCap backs decentralization

Mauvis Ledford began as CTO of CoinMarketCap in 2018, after a decade working with some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, O’Reilly Media, Skype, and Disney Mobile. He was an early Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned.) In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tampe Read this Term evangelist and frequent presents sessions on real-world use cases for distributed ledger technology.

Ledford’s motto is “Build it, make it scale, and make it beautiful,” and he firmly believes that “Facilitating trust is good business” as intermediaries who connect users to trust networks currently generate billions in value, without the need to generate a product of their own.

Unique hands-on data visualization workshop

CoinMarketCap’s workshop, “Creating Portfolio Visualizations Using the CoinMarketCap REST API” will give attendees a rare step-by-step chance to build a basic portfolio webpage. Participants will take stored market data and use Google Charts to track portfolios over time.

Ledford will also educate users on how to improve performance with special features like API bundling. The session is suitable for both programming and API beginners, and while coding will be done using Node.js, the overview will be general enough to be useful for anyone who wants to become more familiar with APIs regardless of language.

Finance Magnates preps for Barcelona debut

Finance Magnates and Ultimate Fintech are partnering to produce the Barcelona Trading Conference on July 10-11.

During the two-day event, thousands of visitors will attend workshops and panels offering insider perspectives on the evolving Crypto marketplace and covering key topics such as stablecoins, tokenized CFDs, institutional adoption, and algo trading. The industry's top speakers will also be on hand to present the latest trends in Regulation Regulation Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Like any other industry with a high net worth, the financial services industry is tightly regulated to help curb illicit behavior and manipulation. Each asset class has its own set of protocols put in place to combat their respective forms of abuse.In the foreign exchange space, regulation is assumed by authorities in multiple jurisdictions, though ultimately lacking a binding international order. Who are the Industry’s Leading Regulators?Regulators such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ( Read this Term, technology, and asset management. To learn more register for your ticket now.