Which Exchanges Does CoinAPI Support? A Complete Breakdown by Asset Class

Picture this: You're building a multi-venue arbitrage scanner, and you need to monitor BTC/USDT across 15 different exchanges simultaneously. Your code works perfectly on Binance, but when you try to expand to Kraken, Coinbase, and a few DeFi protocols, everything breaks. Different ticker formats, inconsistent timestamp precision, varying order book depths, and suddenly your elegant trading logic becomes a mess of exchange-specific if/else statements.

This is the data integration nightmare that kills more crypto projects than market crashes. While traders obsess over alpha strategies, the real competitive advantage often lies in having clean, normalized data from the venues that actually matter for your use case.

Why Most Cryptocurrency APIs Fail at Exchange Coverage

In traditional finance, you have a handful of major exchanges per asset class. In crypto, you have thousands of active exchanges, each with its own API quirks, data formats, and reliability issues. The fragmentation isn't just inconvenient, but it's strategically critical.

Consider these real scenarios:

• Institutional traders need tier-1 CEX data (Binance, Coinbase Pro, Kraken) for compliance and liquidity
• DeFi researchers require DEX aggregators (Uniswap, SushiSwap, 1inch) for on-chain analysis
• Arbitrage bots must monitor both CEX and DEX simultaneously for cross-venue opportunities
• Risk managers need comprehensive coverage to avoid blind spots in portfolio exposure

Each group needs different venues, but they all need the same thing: normalized, reliable data that doesn't break their systems.

CoinAPI Crypto API Coverage: 380+ Exchanges for Spot, DEX, and Derivatives

CoinAPI aggregates data from 380+ exchanges across every major asset class and venue type. Here's how that coverage breaks down:

Centralized Exchanges (CEX)

Tier 1: Binance, Coinbase Pro, Kraken, Huobi, OKX, Bitfinex

Regional Leaders: Upbit (Korea), Bithumb (Korea), Bitflyer (Japan), Bitstamp (Europe), Bitso (Latin America)

Emerging Markets: (Note: WazirX and Coinsbit not supported—excluded)

Decentralized Exchanges (DEX)

Ethereum: Uniswap V2/V3, SushiSwap, Curve, Balancer

Multi-Chain: PancakeSwap (BSC), Trader Joe (Avalanche), SpookySwap (Fantom)

Layer 2: Arbitrum DEXs, Optimism DEXs, Polygon DEXs

Cross-Chain: (THORChain - partial support), (Osmosis, Serum - historical or experimental only)

Derivatives Exchanges

Perpetuals: Binance Futures, Bybit, dYdX, BitMEX, FTX (historical only)

Options: Deribit, Bit.com, OKX Options, Hegic (DeFi)

Structured Products: Select protocols like Ribbon, Opyn, and Premia (support may vary)

Specialized Venues

(NFT and prediction markets like OpenSea, Augur, Polymarket, and Omen have limited or no support, excluded)

Lending Protocols (e.g., Aave, Compound, MakerDAO) may be accessible through reference APIs, not direct integration.

Real Data, Real Differences

To understand why comprehensive coverage matters, let's examine how the same asset behaves across different venue types:

BTC/USDT Across Venue Types

1// Binance (CEX)
2{
3    "symbol_id": "BINANCE_SPOT_BTC_USDT",
4    "time_exchange": "2025-07-07T07:45:14.4140000Z",
5    "time_coinapi": "2025-07-07T07:45:14.5352950Z",
6    "ask_price": 108958.00000000,
7    "ask_size": 2.81537000,
8    "bid_price": 108957.99000000,
9    "bid_size": 4.23987000,
10    "last_trade": {
11        "time_exchange": "2025-07-07T07:45:14.3520000Z",
12        "time_coinapi": "2025-07-07T07:45:14.4749938Z",
13        "uuid": "d8022321-f137-4404-9223-2a5e20c767ce",
14        "price": 108957.99000000,
15        "size": 0.00013000,
16        "taker_side": "SELL"
17    }
18}
19
20// Uniswap V3 (DEX)
21{
22  "symbol": "USDC/ETH",
23  "exchange": "uniswap_v3",
24  "bid": 0.000364271226313672,
25  "ask": 0.000364271226313672,
26  "spread": 0,
27  "volume_24h": 18289496.573245995,
28  "last_updated": "2025-06-10T14:10:47Z"
29}
30
31// Binance Futures (Derivatives)
32{
33  "symbol": "BTCUSDT-PERP",
34  "exchange": "binance_futures",
35  "bid": 43261.8,
36  "ask": 43262.1,
37  "spread": 0.30,
38  "funding_rate": 0.0001,
39  "volume_24h": 2800000000,
40  "last_updated": "2025-07-07T10:55:00Z"
41}
42
43

Reading the Exchange Coverage Map

What Signals Matter?

When evaluating exchange coverage for your use case, focus on these metrics:

Volume Concentration

• The top 10 exchanges typically represent 80%+ of total volume
• But the long tail matters for arbitrage and risk assessment
• Regional exchanges can be liquidity leaders for local pairs

Venue-Specific Advantages

• CEX: Speed, liquidity, institutional access
• DEX: Permissionless, composability, new token access
• Derivatives: Leverage, hedging, sophisticated strategies

Common Pitfalls

1. Volume ≠ Liquidity
2. DEX "price" ≠ Executable price
3. Mixing venue types without context

Data Quality Indicators

• Timestamp precision (milliseconds vs seconds)
• Order book depth (number of price levels)
• Trade granularity (individual trades vs aggregated)
• API reliability (uptime, rate limits, error handling)

Common Coverage Challenges

The Fragmentation Problem

Every exchange has its own:

• API structure: REST endpoints, WebSocket channels, authentication
• Data formats: JSON schemas, field names, timestamp formats
• Rate limits: Requests per second, weight systems, burst allowances
• Reliability: Uptime, latency, error handling

The Maintenance Burden

• APIs change without notice
• New exchanges launch weekly
• Existing exchanges modify data structures
• Rate limits and authentication requirements evolve

How CoinAPI’s Crypto Exchange API Delivers Normalized, Reliable Data

Unified Schema Across 380+ Venues

CoinAPI normalizes all exchange data into consistent formats:

1{
2  "symbol_id": "BINANCE_SPOT_BTC_USDT",
3  "exchange_id": "BINANCE",
4  "symbol_type": "SPOT",
5  "asset_id_base": "BTC",
6  "asset_id_quote": "USDT",
7  "price": 43250.12,
8  "size": 0.045,
9  "time": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.123Z",
10  "side": "BUY"
11}

Same structure for every exchange, every asset class, every venue type.

Multiple Access Methods

Real-Time Streams: Live market data with sub-second latency across hundreds of exchanges simultaneously. WebSocket connections handle reconnection and buffering automatically.

REST API: On-demand queries for current prices and historical data with flexible filtering. Perfect for periodic checks and portfolio valuation.

Bulk Files: Complete historical datasets for backtesting and research. Trade-by-trade data and OHLCV summaries organized by exchange and date.

Specialized APIs for Different Use Cases

Market Data API: Core OHLCV, trades, order books

• Perfect for: Price feeds, basic analysis, charting
• Coverage: All 370+ exchanges, real-time + historical

Indexes API: Calculated benchmarks and composite metrics

• Perfect for: Risk management, performance tracking, derivatives pricing
• Coverage: Major asset indexes, custom weighting options

Exchange Rates API: Exchange information, trading pairs, asset details

• Perfect for: Dynamic exchange selection, compliance filtering
• Coverage: Real-time exchange status, supported pairs, trading rules

What You Can Do Tomorrow

For Developers: Start with CoinAPI's sandbox environment to test exchange coverage for your specific use case. The REST API includes a /exchanges endpoint that shows real-time status and capabilities for all 370+ venues.

For Traders: Use the WebSocket API to build a multi-exchange price monitor. Start with your top 5 exchanges and expand coverage as you identify opportunities.

For Researchers: Download sample historical data from the flat files endpoint. Compare price discovery, volume patterns, and arbitrage opportunities across different venue types.

For Risk Managers: Implement comprehensive position tracking across CEX and DEX using the unified schema. No more manual reconciliation between exchange-specific formats.

Ready to stop fighting with exchange APIs and start building with clean, normalized data? Explore CoinAPI's exchange coverage with a free tier, or dive into the documentation to see exactly which venues matter for your use case.

The alpha isn't in the strategy; it's in the data infrastructure that makes the strategy possible.

TL;DR

CoinAPI delivers normalized crypto data from 380+ exchanges, including top CEXs (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken), DEXs (Uniswap, PancakeSwap), and derivatives platforms (Bybit, Deribit). If you're building an arbitrage scanner, backtesting with OHLCV, or modeling risk across venue types, CoinAPI provides a clean, unified crypto API you can actually build on. Available via REST, WebSocket, and bulk download, with a free crypto API tier to get started.