Five members of CoinMarketCap’s management team have been let go by Binance, according to a report by The Block published on August 31.
- Several executives are being replaced with Binance staff, including interim CEO Carylyne Chan
- Other members that are leaving including the VPs of various departments, the global head of design and growth, and project lead
- Binance acquired CoinMarketCap in March 2020, a move that was met with some criticism from the cryptocurrency community
- Shortly after the acquisition, CoinMarketCap listed Binance Coin (BNB) as the top DeFi token, sparking discussions about partiality
- The CEO of CoinGecko, a similar platform for tracking tokens’ prices and data, has said that it would be difficult for CoinMarketCap to stay neutral after the acquisition
- Binance is the only exchange on CoinMarketCap to receive a perfect web traffic score of 1000