Top Cryptocurrency APIs for Trading, Exchange and Market Information

Fri Dec 10 2021

2 min read

Cryptocurrency APIs allow you to get the latest information such as market tracking, conversions, wallet viewing, and transactions. Here are the best APIs you can use in your applications.

1. BraveNewCoin

BraveNewCoin API provides data, indexes, analysis, and insight on the cryptographic asset marketplace, including historical data. The data is aggregated from over 200 exchanges representing the markets for more than 1500 crypto assets and 6500 market pairs.

It is particularly useful for streaming price index tickets and getting current indexed prices for a specific currency.

  • Popularity: 9.9/10
  • Latency: 59ms
  • Service Level: 100%
  • It has Free and premium plans

2. CoinGecko

CoinGecko API is one of the most comprehensive APIs offering data such as price, market cap, volume, developer stats, social activity, and more from over 4000 cryptocurrencies. It has neatly organized endpoints which make it easy to integrate.

The great thing about this API is that it is entirely free, apart from a limit of 50 API calls per minute.

  • Popularity: 9.9/10
  • Latency: 156ms
  • Service Level: 100%
  • It is Free to use

3. CoinAPI

CoinAPI gives access to all cryptocurrency exchanges through a single API on RapidAPI. It supports 339 exchanges and 13863 assets along with historic data.

You can also access tweets related to cryptocurrency markets through this API. Overall it offers a wide range of data.

  • Popularity: 4.8/10
  • Latency: 385ms
  • Service Level: 100%
  • It is paid-only

4. Mineable Coins

Mineable Coins API offers basic information about all the crypto coins to improve the mining operations. You can check the mining difficulty, coin rewards, algorithms, and more about these coins. The data is refreshed every 15 minutes.

The API is completely free, with a limit of 12 requests per minute. You can use this API to create a new project or improve an existing cryptocurrency website by adding mining information.

  • Popularity: 8.5/10
  • Latency: 336ms
  • Service Level: 100%
  • It is free to use

5. Crypto Arbitrage

Crypto Arbitrage API detects and informs about arbitrage opportunities over 120 exchanges and 1400 exchange pairs of coins. Developers can integrate this API into their websites or create automated bots that automatically execute the exchange whenever an arbitrage opportunity is detected.

  • Popularity: 8.6/10
  • Latency: 4180ms
  • Service Level: 98%
  • It has free and premium plans