In this article, we’ll break down how CoinAPI handles both CEX and DEX data, what’s available today, and how to use each type correctly - without mixing abstractions or corrupting your analysis.
How CoinAPI Covers Centralized Exchange (CEX) Market Data
CoinAPI’s foundation is centralized exchange market data.
Today, CoinAPI provides CEX data across:
- Spot cryptocurrency markets
- Perpetual swaps
- Dated futures
- Options (where available)
- Order book data (L2 and L3, venue-dependent)
- Trades, quotes, and OHLCV
- Real-time and historical access
All of this data is normalized across hundreds of exchanges and delivered via REST, WebSocket, FIX, and flat files.
That means one schema, one integration, and consistent behavior across venues.
But crypto markets don’t stop at centralized exchanges anymore.
Does CoinAPI Provide DEX Data? Yes, Here’s What’s Available
CoinAPI does offer decentralized exchange data, and it does so deliberately, focusing on venues where the data can be modeled accurately and reliably.
Currently supported DEX venues include:
Ethereum mainnet
• UNISWAP-V2-ETHEREUM
• UNISWAP-V3-ETHEREUM
• SUSHISWAP-V2-ETHEREUM
• CURVE-FINANCE-ETHEREUM
• BALANCER-V2-ETHEREUM
Arbitrum
• UNISWAP-V3-ARBITRUM
• SUSHISWAP-V2-ARBITRUM
• DODOEX-V2-ARBITRUM
This gives you coverage across the most liquid DeFi venues without requiring you to index contracts or decode raw blockchain logs yourself.
What DEX Market Data Actually Includes on CoinAPI
So what does “DEX data” mean in practice?
For supported decentralized exchanges, CoinAPI collects and normalizes:
- Symbols (SpotAssetBase/SpotAssetQuote)
- Prices derived from pool executions
- Transactions, including trade price, trade size, and buy or sell side
This allows you to analyze decentralized trading activity using the same tooling you already use for CEX markets, without pretending that AMMs behave like order books.
dYdX v3: A DEX That Looks and Feels Like a CEX
dYdX v3 is currently the only DEX CoinAPI supports that offers a full, centralized-style order book.
That means:
- Traditional order book depth
- Order-level updates
- Familiar execution mechanics
If your strategy depends on order book dynamics but you want exposure to decentralized markets, dYdX v3 is the closest bridge.
CoinAPI supports it today.
Support for dYdX v4 is coming soon.
Hyperliquid: Decentralized Perpetuals at Institutional Scale
CoinAPI also provides access to Hyperliquid, a rapidly growing decentralized derivatives exchange.
With Hyperliquid, CoinAPI offers:
- Spot market data
• Perpetual futures data
• Real-time and historical coverage
• Exchange rates for supported crypto pairs
This is particularly useful if you’re tracking:
- On-chain derivatives liquidity
• Funding rates outside centralized venues
• Migration of trading activity from CEXs to DeFi
Hyperliquid sits at the intersection of DeFi and professional trading infrastructure, and CoinAPI treats it accordingly.
Final Takeaway
CoinAPI provides both centralized and decentralized exchange data.
But more importantly, it treats them as what they are: two different market models that require different handling.
If you’re building trading systems, analytics platforms, or research pipelines that need full crypto market visibility - not just the centralized half - that distinction matters.
Explore the documentation, test the data, and decide where DEX insight fits into your stack.
