Exchange link

Exchange Link is CoinAPI’s dedicated, single-exchange connectivity service that delivers raw exchange feeds - public and private - through a private, isolated integration.
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Exchange Link is CoinAPI’s dedicated, single-exchange connectivity service that delivers raw exchange feeds - public and private - through a private, isolated integration. It provides exclusive access to an exchange’s real-time data and account endpoints, backed by enterprise-grade infrastructure, custom SLAs, and optional private networking.

Exchange Link is a direct, dedicated connection to one specific crypto exchange, built and maintained solely for your organization. Unlike shared market-data APIs, Exchange Link gives you:

  • raw, unfiltered public data (trades, order books, quotes)
  • private account endpoints (balances, orders, fills)
  • optional FIX endpoints for ultra-low-latency order routing
  • customizable networking (public internet, VPC peering, Direct Connect, cross-connect)

It is engineered for firms that need exchange-level speed, reliability, and exclusivity.

Teams outgrow general-purpose APIs when they need:

  1. Lower latency than shared infrastructure can offer HFT desks and market makers require predictable latency, not shared WebSocket routing.
  2. Private account data + trading access Shared APIs can’t expose balances, fills, or private order streams for compliance/security reasons.
  3. Guaranteed SLAs Advanced trading systems cannot rely on best-effort public endpoints.
  4. Exchange-specific handling Every exchange has quirks: rate limits, out-of-order messages, throttling, downtime. Exchange Link abstracts all of this away.

Your trading system gets a lane of its own - dedicated, isolated, and maintained by CoinAPI engineers.

Execution engineers, infrastructure leads, arbitrage desks, trading bot developers, and liquidity providers use Exchange Link when the shared global API is not fast or specialized enough.

  • you rely heavily on one venue
  • you need raw data + private endpoints
  • you require SLAs stronger than 99.9%
  • you want CoinAPI to fully manage rate limits, reconnections, and retries
  • you need direct execution (via pairing with EMS Trading API)

Exchange Link is installed as an independent, dedicated integration, running outside of CoinAPI’s shared pipelines.

  • a private data feed (REST/WebSocket/FIX/S3)
  • a dedicated deployment in multiple regions
  • SLA-backed latency & uptime guarantees
  • redundant failover + daily monitoring
  • optional private networking

Clients choose protocol, connectivity type, and redundancy level.

You receive a private feed not shared with other clients. Competitors cannot access it.

Exchange Link runs independently of CoinAPI’s global systems—ensuring stability even during peak market stress.

REST, WebSocket, FIX, or S3, whatever your systems require.

  • VPC peering
  • AWS Direct Connect
  • On-prem / datacenter cross-connect
  • Multi-region redundancy

CoinAPI handles:

  • rate limits
  • reconnect logic
  • error normalization
  • schema translation
  • reliability engineering This lets your team focus on trading logic, not exchange integrations.

Dedicated integrations are delivered in under a week, including hosting and maintenance.

A fintech trading firm requested an exclusive feed from a niche liquidity venue.

CoinAPI delivered:

  • a private, dedicated integration
  • hosting + maintenance
  • flexibility to scale or shut down
  • a second integration in < 1 week

Impact:

The client gained early access to liquidity unavailable to competitors—achieving faster strategy testing and earlier market entry.

Use Exchange Link if you are:

  • an HFT desk needing controlled latency
  • a market maker requiring raw, stable feeds
  • a crypto bank treasury needing reliable balances + fills
  • an exchange or OTC desk building routing logic
  • a fund that needs SLA-backed infrastructure on a single venue

If you’re relying heavily on one exchange, this is your fastest lane.

No. It is a private instance, built solely for your team.

Yes. Combine it with CoinAPI’s EMS Trading API.

(Clients like execution engineers and HFT teams use this pairing.)

3–5 days for the first deployment.

  • exchange selected
  • number of connections
  • SLA scope
  • networking type (public internet vs private)
  • redundancy level

Yes. Each Exchange Link instance is independent; you can add more lanes as your strategy expands.

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