Bitcompare API Documentation

The Bitcompare API provides real-time cryptocurrency rates, aggregated prices, lending/borrowing/staking yields, coin metadata, and stablecoin analytics.

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Getting started

All endpoints are versioned under /api/v1/. Most work without authentication — add an API key for higher rate limits.

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Guides

Authentication

Learn about API keys, rate limit tiers, and how to authenticate requests.

Errors

Read about status codes, error shapes, and validation errors.

Rate Limiting

Understand per-endpoint rate limits and rate-limit response headers.

WebSockets

Connect to real-time price streams via the WebSocket endpoint.

Prices

Aggregated cryptocurrency prices from multiple providers with median calculation for robustness.

Symbols

Resolve cryptocurrency symbols to canonical identifiers with confidence scores.

Rates

Current and historical lending, borrowing, staking, and price rates from 50+ providers.

Articles

Cryptocurrency news articles with sentiment analysis and entity extraction.