CoinGecko API is a comprehensive cryptocurrency data platform providing real-time and historical prices, market data, on-chain metrics, and NFT information for developers, traders, and businesses in the crypto space.

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🚀 Overview

CoinGecko API aggregates high-fidelity market data from over 1,000 exchanges and 200+ networks, delivering accurate prices, volumes, liquidity, and metadata for 18,000+ cryptocurrencies.

It solves the problem of fragmented and unreliable crypto data sources by offering verified, anti-manipulation aggregated data with transparent methodology, real-time updates, and extensive historical coverage up to 12 years.

Built for developers creating analytics dashboards, exchanges, wallets, AI trading bots, DeFi apps, and market research tools. CoinGecko launched it in 2014 to empower the crypto ecosystem with reliable data, now powering 150M+ monthly users and 10B+ API calls.

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✨ Key Features

• Comprehensive Coin Data: Real-time/historical prices, market caps, volumes, metadata, social stats for 18,000+ coins across /coins/* endpoints.
• On-Chain & DEX Data: Prices, liquidity pools, trades, tokens across 200+ networks via /onchain/*, including sub-second granularity.
• Exchanges & Derivatives: Tickers, volumes, metadata for 1,500+ spot/derivatives exchanges.
• NFTs & Categories: Floor prices, market data for NFT collections; category performance tracking.
• WebSocket Streaming: Low-latency live prices, trades, OHLCV data.
• Optional: Historical charts (5-min granularity), search/trending, public treasuries.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• API: RESTful JSON endpoints (70+), WebSocket for streaming
• Data Processing: Custom aggregation from 1,000+ sources with anti-manipulation algorithms
• Infrastructure: High-performance servers with 99.9% uptime SLA (enterprise)
• Auth: API keys (Pro), public endpoints (free)
• Hosting: Cloud-based (details proprietary)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers who want to integrate reliable crypto prices and market data into apps
• Teams looking for on-chain DEX/NFT data for DeFi and analytics platforms
• Indie makers building trading bots, dashboards, or wallets

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://www.coingecko.com/en/api
• Documentation: https://docs.coingecko.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/coingecko (OpenAPI spec and related repos)

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Freemium — Free tier with rate limits for public endpoints; paid Pro/Enterprise plans for higher quotas, WebSocket, dedicated support. (Details: https://www.coingecko.com/en/api/pricing)

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Is the source code available?

No — Proprietary service, but OpenAPI spec available at https://github.com/coingecko/coingecko-api-oas

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Can I contribute?

Limited (closed-source core), but submit feedback/issues via GitHub repos, Twitter, or support form. Community client libraries welcome.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://www.coingecko.com/en/api
• GitHub: https://github.com/coingecko
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/coingecko
• Email: Via contact form on website

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