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Crypto Wallet

Real-time market data for wallets that do more than store crypto

Give users accurate portfolio values, price history, market information, and performance tracking across thousands of digital assets.

What are Crypto Wallets?

Crypto wallets allow users to securely store, send, receive, and manage digital assets.

Today's wallets have evolved beyond simple transactions, giving users portfolio tracking, price charts, watchlists, and market information that help them understand the value and performance of their holdings. Users expect wallet balances and portfolio values to reflect the market in real time.

Your Challenge

A modern wallet is expected to do much more than display token balances.

Users want to see live portfolio values, historical performance, price charts, and market movements for thousands of assets. Delivering this experience requires accurate market data that remains consistent across every asset, currency, and feature as the wallet continues to grow.

Biggest Pain Points

  • Displaying accurate portfolio values in real time
  • Supporting thousands of cryptocurrencies
  • Showing historical price charts and portfolio performance
  • Converting balances into users' preferred currencies
  • Keeping market prices synchronized across all supported assets
  • Expanding asset coverage without increasing engineering effort
  • Delivering responsive portfolio updates during volatile markets
  • Building watchlists, alerts, and market overviews
  • Maintaining consistent pricing throughout the application
  • Scaling wallet features as the user base grows

How CoinAPI Solves These Challenges

Keep Portfolio Values Current

Use real-time market data to continuously update asset prices and portfolio values as markets move.

Show Users How Their Investments Have Performed

Use historical prices and OHLCV data to build price charts, portfolio history, gain/loss tracking, and long-term performance views.

Let Users View Holdings in Their Preferred Currency

Use the Exchange Rates API to display balances and portfolio values in USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, and other reporting currencies.

Add More Assets Without Rebuilding Your Pricing System

Access normalized market data from hundreds of exchanges through one integration instead of maintaining separate pricing sources for every supported cryptocurrency.

Create Richer Wallet Experiences

Combine live prices, historical market data, and asset metadata to power watchlists, market movers, portfolio dashboards, and price alerts from one consistent market data source.

What Changes After Implementing CoinAPI?

What You NeedBefore CoinAPIAfter CoinAPI
Display live portfolio valuesCombine prices from multiple disconnected sourcesCalculate portfolio values using one normalized market data source
Show investment performanceBuild historical pricing databases internallyAccess historical prices and OHLCV through APIs and Flat Files
Support multiple currenciesMaintain custom currency conversion logicConvert balances using the Exchange Rates API
Expand supported assetsIntegrate new pricing sources as the wallet growsAccess market data from hundreds of exchanges through one integration
Build richer wallet featuresCombine separate datasets for charts, prices, and alertsPower portfolio dashboards, watchlists, and market overviews from one data source
Keep users informedRefresh prices periodicallyDeliver live market updates through REST APIs and WebSocket streams

Who Uses This?

Crypto Wallet Providers
Web3 Wallet Platforms
Mobile Wallet Developers
MPC Wallet Providers
Fintech Companies
Digital Asset Platforms