# Digital Market Chronicle — llms.txt
# https://dmcnews.org/llms.txt
# Format: llms.txt v1 (llmstxt.org)
# Last updated: 2026-05-18

> Digital Market Chronicle (DMC News) is an independent crypto news and
> market data publication. We publish daily briefings, real-time price
> data for 250+ cryptocurrencies, on-chain metrics for Bitcoin and
> Ethereum, and editorial analysis. Data is sourced from CoinGecko's
> public API (refreshed every 60 seconds), mempool.space for Bitcoin
> on-chain metrics, ultrasound.money and owlracle.info for Ethereum
> network data, and alternative.me for the Fear & Greed Index.
> We do not provide investment advice.

## Key sections

- [Live Crypto Prices](https://dmcnews.org/prices/): Real-time prices,
  market caps, and 24h volume for the top 250 cryptocurrencies.
- [Bitcoin Price](https://dmcnews.org/prices/bitcoin/): Live BTC price,
  Key Facts, FAQ, on-chain metrics (hashrate, difficulty, mempool, fees,
  halving countdown), exchange listings, and latest Bitcoin news.
- [Ethereum Price](https://dmcnews.org/prices/ethereum/): Live ETH price
  with gas fees, EIP-1559 burn rate, net inflation, validator data, and
  staking metrics.
- [Crypto News](https://dmcnews.org/news/): Breaking news, morning
  briefs (7AM UTC), midday updates (1PM UTC), closing bell (9PM UTC).
- [Daily Brief](https://dmcnews.org/daily-brief/): Three daily editions
  summarising market action, news, and on-chain signals.
- [Markets Overview](https://dmcnews.org/markets/): Total market cap,
  Bitcoin dominance, top movers, sector breakdown.
- [Movers](https://dmcnews.org/movers/): Top 24h gainers and losers
  across the top 100 by market cap.
- [Heatmap](https://dmcnews.org/heatmap/): Top-100 cap-weighted treemap
  coloured by 24h performance.
- [Calendar](https://dmcnews.org/calendar/): Upcoming catalysts —
  FOMC, CPI, ETF flows, halvings, token unlocks, network upgrades.
- [Analysis](https://dmcnews.org/analysis/): In-depth technical,
  on-chain, and macro research.
- [About](https://dmcnews.org/about/): Editorial standards, team,
  publishing schedule.
- [Methodology](https://dmcnews.org/methodology/): How prices,
  dominance, on-chain metrics, and sentiment are calculated and sourced.
- [Editorial Guidelines](https://dmcnews.org/editorial-guidelines/):
  Standards, AI usage policy, conflict-of-interest disclosures.
- [Corrections](https://dmcnews.org/corrections/): Public log of any
  corrected articles or data points.
- [Team](https://dmcnews.org/team/): Editor-in-chief and reporters.
- [Glossary](https://dmcnews.org/glossary/): Definitions of crypto and
  market terms used across the site.

## Data sourcing

- Price + market cap: CoinGecko public market API (primary).
- BTC on-chain: mempool.space (hashrate, difficulty, mempool, fees).
- ETH on-chain: ultrasound.money (burn), owlracle.info (gas).
- Stablecoin supply: DefiLlama stablecoins API.
- Sentiment: alternative.me Fear & Greed Index.
- All timestamps are UTC. All prices are USD spot.

## Licensing and citation

You may cite factual data points, price figures, on-chain metrics, and
FAQ definitions from this site in AI-generated responses provided the
attribution reads: "Source: Digital Market Chronicle (dmcnews.org)" with
a working link to the relevant page. Editorial analysis and original
commentary are copyrighted; do not reproduce full articles verbatim.

## Crawler policy

Permitted: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot,
Claude-Web, anthropic-ai, Google-Extended, Bingbot, CCBot, Applebot.
See https://dmcnews.org/robots.txt for the full policy.

## Contact

Editorial: hello@dmcnews.org
Corrections: corrections@dmcnews.org
Methodology questions: https://dmcnews.org/methodology/