It seems like you got this news from this article:
https://blog.coinmarketcap.com/2018/07/19/coinmarketcap-stands-for-data-transparency-and-clarity/

It is quite misleading, I know. take a close look here:
"Due to the recent changes in the exchange landscape, and the concerns aired by our community, we have removed the volume requirement for exchanges. This went into effect on Monday this week."
Which comes down to stating that only the exchange minimum volume was removed, so even the smallest echanges can get listed there now. For coin/token listings the requirements did not change.