Name: CryptoAPI – Real-Time & Historical Prices | Free · $3/mo | API.market
Brand: cryptoapi
SKU: api-cryptoapi-crypto
Availability: InStock
Author: API Market

Dumindu Shalika

# Crypto Price API — Real-Time & Historical Data

Get **institutional-grade cryptocurrency price data** at a fraction of the cost. Powered by a
direct market data stream with a 2-second cache refresh and served from our low-latency EU
infrastructure, this API is built for developers who need accurate, fast, and reliable crypto
market data.

---

## Why Choose This API?

- **2-second price refresh** — near real-time market data, not scraped or delayed
- **19 trading pairs** — USDT and EUR denominated markets in one API
- **Full OHLCV historical data** — open, high, low, close, volume and trade count for every day
- **365-day historical coverage** — daily candles for all 19 supported symbols including EUR pairs
- **Sub-100ms response times** — powered by Redis caching on AMD Genoa infrastructure
- **99.9% uptime** — dedicated EU server with auto-reconnecting data stream and watchdog
- **Simple integration** — clean JSON responses, standard API key authentication

---

## Supported Trading Pairs

### USDT Markets
| Symbol | Asset |
|---|---|
| BTCUSDT | Bitcoin |
| ETHUSDT | Ethereum |
| SOLUSDT | Solana |
| BNBUSDT | BNB |
| XRPUSDT | XRP |
| DOGEUSDT | Dogecoin |
| LTCUSDT | Litecoin |
| LINKUSDT | Chainlink |
| POLUSDT | Polygon |
| PAXGUSDT | PAX Gold |

### EUR Markets
| Symbol | Asset |
|---|---|
| BTCEUR | Bitcoin |
| ETHEUR | Ethereum |
| SOLEUR | Solana |
| BNBEUR | BNB |
| XRPEUR | XRP |
| DOGEEUR | Dogecoin |
| LTCEUR | Litecoin |
| LINKEUR | Chainlink |
| POLEUR | Polygon |

---

## Endpoints

### `GET /crypto/price`
Returns real-time price data for a single trading pair including open, high, low, volume, and quote volume.

**Example request:**
```
GET /crypto/price?symbol=BTCUSDT
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
  "price": 83245.12,
  "open": 82100.00,
  "high": 83500.00,
  "low": 81900.00,
  "volume": 12345.67,
  "quote_volume": 1027364821.45,
  "last_update": 1741775400000,
  "prev_price": 83100.00
}
```

---

### `GET /crypto/bulk-price`
Returns real-time prices for multiple trading pairs in a single request. Ideal for dashboards and portfolio trackers. Counts as **1 API unit** regardless of how many symbols are requested.

**Example request:**
```
GET /crypto/bulk-price?symbols=BTCUSDT,ETHUSDT,BTCEUR
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "BTCUSDT": { "symbol": "BTCUSDT", "price": 83245.12, "high": 83500.00, "low": 81900.00, "..." },
  "ETHUSDT": { "symbol": "ETHUSDT", "price": 1925.44, "high": 1940.00, "low": 1905.00, "..." },
  "BTCEUR":  { "symbol": "BTCEUR",  "price": 76890.45, "high": 77200.00, "low": 75500.00, "..." }
}
```

---

### `GET /crypto/top-movers`
Returns the top 5 gainers and top 5 losers across all tracked symbols based on percentage price change since last tick.

**Example request:**
```
GET /crypto/top-movers
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "gainers": [
    { "symbol": "SOLUSDT",  "price": 132.45,    "change_pct": 2.34 },
    { "symbol": "BNBUSDT",  "price": 598.12,    "change_pct": 1.12 }
  ],
  "losers": [
    { "symbol": "DOGEUSDT", "price": 0.1723,    "change_pct": -1.45 },
    { "symbol": "LTCEUR",   "price": 89.34,     "change_pct": -0.98 }
  ],
  "as_of": 1741775400
}
```

---

### `GET /crypto/historical`
Returns up to 365 days of daily OHLCV data for any supported symbol including all EUR pairs. Results are cached server-side for 24 hours for instant response times.

**Example request:**
```
GET /crypto/historical?symbol=BTCEUR
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Example response:**
```json
[
  {
    "date": 1710892800,
    "open": 69850.12,
    "high": 71200.00,
    "low": 69500.00,
    "close": 70125.33,
    "volume": 18234.56,
    "quote_volume": 1274563821.45,
    "trades": 145632
  }
]
```

---

### `GET /crypto/symbols`
Returns the full list of currently tracked trading pairs.

**Example request:**
```
GET /crypto/symbols
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```
**Example response:**
```json
{
  "region": "EU",
  "symbols": [
    "btcusdt", "ethusdt", "solusdt", "dogeusdt", "bnbusdt",
    "xrpusdt", "ltcusdt", "paxgusdt", "polusdt", "linkusdt",
    "btceur", "etheur", "dogeeur", "ltceur", "soleur",
    "xrpeur", "bnbeur", "poleur", "linkeur"
  ]
}
```
---

### `GET /health`
Returns server health, uptime, cache status, and tracked symbols.

**Example request:**
```
GET /health
x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "status": "ok",
  "region": "EU",
  "uptime_seconds": 3600.5,
  "tracked_symbols": [
    "BTCUSDT", "ETHUSDT", "SOLUSDT", "DOGEUSDT", "BNBUSDT",
    "XRPUSDT", "LTCUSDT", "PAXGUSDT", "POLUSDT", "LINKUSDT",
    "BTCEUR", "ETHEUR", "DOGEEUR", "LTCEUR", "SOLEUR",
    "XRPEUR", "BNBEUR", "POLEUR", "LINKEUR"
  ],
  "redis_healthy": true,
  "version": "1.0.0"
}
```

---

## Pricing Plans

| Plan | Monthly Units | Price | Overage per Call | Rate Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Free** | 1,000 | Free for a week | — | 1 TPS |
| **PAYG** | — | Pay as you go | $0.0002 | 5 TPS |
| **Basic** | 50,000 | $2.5/month | $0.00008 | 5 TPS |
| **Pro** | 300,000 | $5/month | $0.00006 | 15 TPS |
| **Ultra** | 1,000,000 | $12/month | $0.00004 | 30 TPS |
| **Bulk** | 10,000,000 | $99/month | $0.00002 | 50 TPS |

> **1 API unit = 1 API call** across all endpoints.
> Start free with 1,000 calls for 7 days — no credit card required.

---

## Quick Start

**1. Get your API key** from the subscription.

**2. Make your first request:**
```bash
curl -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "[baseUrl]/crypto/price?symbol=BTCUSDT"
```

**3. Try a EUR pair:**
```bash
curl -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "[baseUrl]/crypto/price?symbol=BTCEUR"
```

**4. Fetch bulk prices:**
```bash
curl -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "[baseUrl]/crypto/bulk-price?symbols=BTCUSDT,ETHEUR,SOLUSDT"
```

**5. Get historical OHLCV data:**
```bash
curl -H "x-api-market-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "[baseUrl]/crypto/historical?symbol=BTCEUR"
```

---

## Use Cases

- **Portfolio trackers** — pull live prices for multiple assets in one bulk request
- **Trading bots** — 2-second refresh rate suitable for signal generation and alerting
- **Price widgets** — embed live crypto prices on websites and apps
- **Market dashboards** — use the top-movers endpoint for a real-time market overview
- **Backtesting tools** — 365-day OHLCV data for strategy development and analysis
- **European finance apps** — EUR-denominated pairs with full historical coverage
- **Data pipelines** — high-volume Bulk plan for enterprise data ingestion

---

## API Limits & Fair Use

- Rate limits are enforced per API key based on your plan:

| Plan | Rate Limit |
|---|---|
| Free | 1 request/second |
| PAYG | 5 requests/second |
| Basic | 5 requests/second |
| Pro | 15 requests/second |
| Ultra | 30 requests/second |
| Bulk | 50 requests/second |

- All endpoints return JSON with standard HTTP status codes
- `401 Unauthorized` is returned when the API key is missing
- `403 Forbidden` is returned when the API key is invalid
- `429 Too Many Requests` is returned when the rate limit is exceeded
- Historical endpoint is cached server-side — responses are instant after the first call per symbol


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