Coinbase is one of the famous API providers in the market, favored by countless users of all sizes.
What is Coinbase API?
Coinbase is known as one of the most reputable buy - sell and store cryptocurrency exchange in the financial market, with a wide presence in more than 100 countries.
Currently, Coinbase is also providing a service API based on Node.js technology, as a solution that allows users to trade cryptocurrencies on the platform automatically via code.
Besides, they also provide a wallet service with constant notifications about every transaction.
Coinbase's API is considered by experts to be an extremely safe and flexible tool, supporting 04 familiar cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin - Bitcoin Cash - Litecoin - Ethereum).
Most special factor that makes Coinbase API preferred, is that it can be used to build integration of crypto-related functions directly into a running application.
Thus, users will not need to remove the old application and perfect it again from the first step, saving a lot of time and cost.
Is Coinbase API free?
Coinbase API currently has a free plan with a limit of up to 10,000 requests per hour.
And of course, when sign up for a premium API service plan like Coinbase Pro/Prime (for a fee), users will have access to more interesting features, including programmatic trading.
Following is a list of 03 account packages for API users that Coinbase is providing:
Coinbase API simple
Account package for newbies and individual traders, including features such as:
- Create Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum wallets and addresses.
- Send - receive or buy - sell Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum.
- Securely store coins.
- Get notified when payments are made.
- Get real-time/historical price data.
Coinbase API Pro
Coinbase API Pro provides users with an intuitive interface and is extremely simple to use.
Besides, it also allows individual users to trade on different types of assets.
This account package is suitable for advanced crypto traders, includes following tools:
- Portfolio overview.
- Order book.
- Candlestick chart.
- Limit orders and markets.
Coinbase API Prime
This is a professional trading platform, built specifically for institutional traders.
With Coinbase API Prime, users have access to different liquidity pools for all the instruments that Coinbase is offering.
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