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What is Kaiko?

Kaiko is the global independent leader in digital assets market data, analytics, indices, and monitoring for institutional investors, financial services firms, and regulators.

Kaiko provides the foundational data infrastructure bridging traditional finance and on-chain capital markets through regulatory-compliant and auditable data. For over 10 years, we've delivered the trusted, transparent, and actionable financial data that institutions need to navigate both centralized and decentralized crypto markets.

Our solutions

We provide data solutions across four main pillars:

Data Feeds

Market data feeds for front and mid-office operations, business intelligence, and risk management.

Analytics

Proprietary data analytics solutions for risk analysis, fair value pricing for marking, and derivatives listings.

Monitoring

Market-level and blockchain solutions for surveillance, AML/CFT compliance, and research.

Kaiko Indices

Kaiko Indices offers institutional-grade benchmarks and indices, setting the standard for reliability and transparency in the digital asset market. As a regulated Benchmark Administrator under the EU BMR framework and compliant with IOSCO principles, we empower exchanges, asset managers, and financial institutions with trusted data solutions that support robust settlement and risk management practices.

Tour the data

Depending on the solution, you can consume our data by Rest API, streaming service, or via cloud service providers. Have a look at our to see which solution are available by which channel, as well as specific information on the data's granularity, historical availability.

Identify an asset's liquidity, put it into a ranking and then compare it with the market cap to evaluate its true value. Go beyond simple market capitalization to generate more accurate token value estimates.

The graph above shows the market depth for FFT, and highlights how there was a significant drop in liquidity - even though it was in the top 20 for market cap - prior to its collapse.

How to build the request

With the Market Metrics Asset endpoint, you can use the following parameters to source the specific information you're looking for:

Price slippage measures how liquid a market is by measuring the gap between the expected and actual price of a marker order. When markets drop and there are large sell-offs, slippage often increases and it becomes harder to buy or sell at your desired price. This varies by exchange, trading pair, and time of day. Using Kaiko's data, we can measure potential BTC slippage across exchanges for different trade sizes. This provides valuable insight for market traders looking to minimize losses.

How to build the request

Use (slippage) with the following parameters to replicate this chart.

Kaiko Blockchain Monitoring - Solana Support

Kaiko Blockchain Monitoring now supports Solana. Solana has emerged as a crucial platform for stablecoin growth and DeFi app development, and this enhancement reflects our commitment to supporting the networks most valuable to our clients. Kaiko Blockchain Monitoring provides real-time insights across all supported blockchains, with full historical coverage back to each chain’s inception. You can learn more about Kaiko Blockchain Monitoring .

2025-02-27

Mapping Update

• All Clover Finance instruments listed under the base asset code of "CLOVER" will be remapped to use the code "CLV". Please use "CLV" to access any clover finance instruments.

2025-02-12

2025-05-08

Mapping Update

• Asset code "MYX" is now assigned to MYX Finance. MYX Network has been re-assigned to use code "MYXN"

2025-05-15

Mapping Update

• Instruments for ebtc.finance (0x661c70333aa1850ccdbae82776bb436a0fcfeefb) have been updated to use Asset Code "EBTCF"

2025-05-16

Mapping Update

• Asset code "A" is now assigned to Vaulta. Instruments referring to Alpha Token have been remapped to use the asset code "ALPHAT".

• Asset code "BOLD" is now assigned to the V2 Liquity BOLD Token (0x6440f144b7e50d6a8439336510312d2f54beb01d). Instruments referring to the Legacy Token (0xb01dd87b29d187f3e3a4bf6cdaebfb97f3d9ab98) have been remapped to use the asset code "BOLDV1".

2025-04-14

Mapping Update

• Bybit Link perpetual future listed under code "LINK-USDT" has been corrected to "LINK-USDC"

2025-06-16

Mapping Update

• Asset code "HOME" is now assigned to Defi.app. OtterHome has been re-assigned to use code "OTTERHOME"

Expanded DEX & L&B coverage now live!

We’ve significantly expanded our decentralized exchange (DEX) and liquidity & borrowing (L&B) coverage across several Kaiko products. You can now access data for the following platforms:

• Raydium: AMM, CLLM

• Meteora: CLLM, DLLM

• Orca: CLLM

This enhanced coverage reflects out ongoing commitment to offer the latest and most comprehensive DeFi data. Check out the full coverage details here:

If you'd like to add any of these platforms to your Kaiko subscription, contact your Account Manager, or email .

Kaiko data through BigQuery is now available in real-time

2024-07-19

We’ve made improvements to how you integrate our data by enabling real-time access to BigQuery, so you can now access our insights when and where you need them most.

This means you can conduct ongoing real-time analysis directly in the BigQuery platform, eliminating the need for support from your development team in making individual API calls. BigQuery also brings the power of data visualization to Kaiko data.

This update applies to:

You can learn more about how to receive Kaiko data through BigQuery or check out the full range of products available through BigQuery in our data dictionary.

2025-09-26

Mapping Update

We've identified some mapping discrepancies around instruments with the asset code NEIRO. This appears to originate from different exchanges using this same code to refer to at least 3 distinct assets.

The mapping in our reference data will be updated as outlined below:

NEIROCTO : First NEIRO on ETH 1NEIRO : NEIRO ETH NEIRO : NEIRO

2025-09-23

Mapping Update

• Instruments listed below are update to use the base asset code ONOMY

  • CoinEx spot nom-btc becomes onomy-btc

  • Bitfinex spot

Evaluate the market outlook for various dates using our solution. IV provides one figure that accounts for options contracts with various strikes and expiries, enabling a more accurate view of the overall market sentiment. For example, if an IV curve is steep to the left, this suggests the prevailing market sentiment sees prices falling.

How to build the request

With the Implied Volatility endpoint, you can use the following parameters. This example calculates just one expiry, but you can also run a script locally to request and combine expiries like the chart above. Contact our operations team for support with this.

Track the most popular assets on leading DEXs such as Uniswap to uncover high-potential early stage tokens not yet listed on centralized exchanges.

How to build the request

With the Market Metrics , you can use the following parameters to source the specific information you're looking for:

2024-06-27

• Corrected instrument mapping for the following Perpetual-Futures on Bybit V2. These were originally assigned the quote asset USDT in error:

  • WIF-USDC

The Kaiko Instrument explorer offers the same information as our various reference data endpoints, but in a user-friendly interface. .

2026-03-06

Mapping Update

• Transfer Coin has been remapped from tx to trnx

Market Cap and Supply is available as part of our packages.

Coverage available for Market Cap and Supply

BTC, ETH, USDT, XRP, BNB, USDC, SOL, TRX, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, BCH, LEO, LINK, USDe, CC, XLM, DAI, USD1, LTC, AVAX, PYUSD, HBAR, ZEC, SUI, SHIB, CRO, TON, TAO, WLFI, XAUt, DOT, M, MNT, PAXG, UNI, OKB, USDG, AAVE, NEAR, PI, ASTER, SKY, RLUSD, BGB, PEPE, ICP, ETC, ONDO, USDD, KAS, KCS, POL, U, WLD, ENA, RENDER, TRUMP, GT, APT, FLR, FIL, MORPHO, ZRO, PUMP, ARB, NEXO, JUP, BONK, FET, VIRTUAL, CAKE, ETHFI, EURC, FDUSD, CRV, IMX, AERO, SYRUP, SPX, FLOKI, GRT, OP, LDO, ENS, PENDLE, WIF, RAY, MYX

To see the status of all Kaiko endpoints, visit .

supports Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana* blockchains, with comprehensive coverage for each network, including:

• All native coin transfers

• All token transfers (e.g., ERC-20, where applicable)

• Staking deposits and withdrawals

Being able to react quickly to major hacks or market events before most others can help market participants execute trades and orders more effectively.

Take the Bybit hack as an example: a security breach occurred, but the market was slow to react. It wasn’t until hours later, when Bybit’s CEO made an official announcement, that a full market response took place. However, some participants spotted the early signs and acted before the news became public. Their trading activity left a visible footprint in trading data, creating a window of opportunity for others to recognize these early warning signs and react accordingly to capture the alpha. By doing so, they position themselves ahead of the broader market, rather than reacting after the widespread panic set in.

To secure the best trading conditions, market participants must monitor data in real-time and act quickly. Reacting early reduces the impact of their trades, helping them stay ahead before market depth deteriorates and a large-scale sell-off takes hold.

By leveraging Kaiko Level 1 Data via Kaiko Stream, participants gain access to real-time, tick-level trade data the moment transactions occur. This allows them to identify unusual market movements—such as an unexplained sell-off followed by a sharp recovery—and react swiftly to minimize losses and seize opportunities before the broader market.

Subscribe to tick-level trades

To subscribe to real-time trade data for a specific asset, configure your connection to Kaiko Stream as below. In this example, we'll monitor ETH spot trades on all exchanges covered by Kaiko. This data will show every single trade involving ETH. To subscribe to just one venue, see example 2.

Once configured, your received messages will look like this, containing the trade amount, the price at which it was executed, if the trade was a sell or a buy of the asset, and the exchange involved.

Track the volume of any asset trading on a centralized or decentralized exchange. Quickly identify the top trending tokens and spot instances where volumes differ from market expectations.

How to build the request

With the Market Metrics , you can use the following parameters to source the specific information you're looking for:

Here's an example of an HTTP string request using the values above:

When you receive your response, search for the following fields to find the data you need:

• timestamp

• asset_code

• total_volume_usd

Market depth is a measure of how well a market can handle large orders without impacting asset prices. A "deep" market has enough volume on both sides - bids (buy orders) and asks (sell orders) - to handle large orders while keeping prices stable. Market depth varies between exchanges and over time, so traders often monitor it across different platforms to determine the best market on which to trade.

How to build the request

Use (assets) with the following parameters to replicate this chart.

Here's an example of a cURL string request using the values above:

When you receive your response, search for the following fields to find the data you need:

• timestamp

• buy_market_depths:

  • exchange

Mapping Update

• The asset code "HYPE" has been assigned to Hyperliquid. Supreme Finance has been re-assigned to use the asset code "HYPE2"

Blockchain Monitoring Now Available via REST API

We're excited to announce that our Blockchain Monitoring solution is now accessible through REST API. Wallet Data allows you to:

• Access complete transaction histories across all supported blockchains

• View real-time wallet balances

• Track historical balance changes for the source of wealth checks

• Query detailed transaction data

Whether you need to monitor a single wallet or multiple addresses, our API delivers the data in a standardized format for seamless integration into your applications. Get started by exploring the documentation below.

New Reference APIs

We've launched two new reference APIs to help you quickly find our coverage:

Reference Rates

This endpoint retrieves a complete list of our published Reference Rates. Our rules-based and independent rates aim to increase pricing transparency by providing a reliable and accurate benchmark.

Protocols

This endpoint retrieves a complete list of the defi protocols supported by Kaiko data. This can help you identify which exchanges are defi when working with our Market Data.

Meet Kaiko On-Chain Delivery

As demand for complex data in smart contracts increases, we’re really pleased to introduce our new on-chain delivery channel. The new capability brings our trusted market data directly to the blockchain for the first time, providing reliable digital asset insights to power any on-chain contract.

To demonstrate its power, we’ve deployed Kaiko Cross Prices on-chain with free hourly price updates.

Read our to try it for yourself.

Python code examples

We've added Python code examples to all our Rest API documentation pages. This forms part of our ongoing mission to improve your user experience with Kaiko documentation. To see an example, head to any Rest API page and select the "Python" tab in the "Request Examples" section.

Derivatives Risk Indicators Enhancements

We've made significant improvements to Kaiko . Users can now configure their IV using one of three calculation methods:

• Deltas

• Strikes

• Forward log moneyness

We've also made several enhancements, allowing finer granularity in your computations.

Kaiko Derivatives Risk Indicators helps you manage risk in the options market with confidence, calculating the potential volatility of any crypto asset with user-provided criteria. It's made specifically for crypto, backed by our trusted market data. if you'd like to learn more about it.

New stream documentation

We've brought our stream documentation into our new Developer Hub. Take a look - you'll see we've added specific code examples for each Kaiko data solution and significantly improved discoverability. As always, we welcome your feedback, so please let our operations team know if you have any thoughts.

As a reminder, Kaiko Stream is the fastest and easiest way to consume Kaiko Data. Once connected to a stream, you'll get constant updates, providing true real-time data. Key benefits:

✔ Real-time updates delivered instantly with no need to call an API each time

✔ Data on multiple exchanges or instruments simultaneously in one stream

✔ gRPC technology for the best data delivery and uptime

✔ Customizable calculations, frequencies, and channels

Evaluate an asset's volume-to-liquidity ratio. If the USD volume substantially exceeds the depth of the order books (a high volume-to-depth ratio), it suggests that the genuine market demand isn't accurately represented by the current trading volume, hinting at possible wash trading.

The liquidity-volume-ratio is significantly higher on Bitforex.

How to build the request

2025-07-14

Mapping Update

• Instruments listed below are update to use asset code 'PUMPFUN'

Total Value Locked is part of our Market Explorer packages.

Coverage available for TVL

aave, abracadabra-money, acala, across, aerodrome, agora, alongside, angle, ankr, anzen, aperture, apeswap, apollo, apollox, archblock, astar, avantprotocol, axelarnetwork, balancer, bancor, beethovenx, benqi-lsd, bifrostio, bitgo, blackhole, blackrock, blockchain-capital, bmx, bnsol, botto, bufferfinance, camelot, capapp, cbeth, centrifuge, circle, coinshift, compound, comtech, curve, dolomite, dopex, drift-protocol, dydx, eigenlayer, elixir-protocol, ethena, etherex, etherfi, euler, fathom, fd121limited, fidelity, franklintempleton, frax-finance, fraxlend, fraxstablecoin, friend-tech, gemini, globaldollarnetwork, gmx, hamiltonlane, hegic, holdstation, honeypop, hydradx, impossible-finance, index-cooperative, instadapp, inversefinance, ipor-protocol, jito, jpycoin, jupiter, kamino, katana, kyberswap, layerzero, level-finance, lido-finance, lighter, liquid-collective, liquity, listadao, loopring, lybra, lyra, makerdao, mamo, mantra, maple-finance, marinade, matrixdock, maverick, merkle-trade, metamask, metavault-trade, meteora, midas, monerium, moonwell, morpho, mummy-finance, mux, notional-finance, okutrade, ondo, openedendigital, opyn, orca, originprotocol, pancakeswap, pangolin, paxos, paypal, pendle, perpetual-protocol, pharaoh, pika-protocol, polymarket, premia, primenumbers, prisma, quickswap, radiant-capital, raft, ramses, raydium, reflexer, republicnote, reserve, ribbon-finance, ringsprotocol, ripplelabs, rocket-pool, sanctum, seamless-protocol, securitize, shadowexchange, shoebill-finance, silo, societegenerale, solidlizard, solv-protocol, sonne, spark, spiko, stader, stafi, stakestone, stakewise, superstate, sushiswap, swell, symbiotic, synapse, syncswap, synfutures, tether, thena, theo, thetanuts, thruster, tokemak, tokenlon, tornado-cash, toucan-protocol, tradable, trader-joe, uniswap, usual, vaneck, velodrome, venus, verse, vertex-protocol, vesta-finance, vnx, wisdomtree, worldlibertyfinancial, xdc, zerolend, zkswap, zksync-era-bridge, zyberswap

2024-03-15

• Added documentation for trades v3.

• Added blockchain parameter for instruments reference data.

Identify the number of addresses that hold at least 1% of the asset's total supply to effectively measure its popularity and the strength of its price discovery process.

How to build the request

With the Market Metrics Asset endpoint, you can use the following parameters to source the specific information you're looking for:

You can find specific asset codes from our or .

Here's an example of an HTTP string request using the values above:

When you receive your response, search for the following fields to find the data you need:

• main_holders

• number_of_holders

• total_supply

For a more in-depth analysis of all wallets holding a particular asset, you can utilize .

2023-12-12

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Instruments due to Ronin And Romanian Fiat Currencies having an identical ticker.

• Romanian Leu: ron → ronle .

  • ron is now referring to Ronin.

2023-12-11

• Added CEX and DEX Coverage sections.

2023-12-04

• Exchange Metrics - Retrieve off-chain and on-chain metrics that help performing exchange analysis.

2023-11-23

• Added documentation for Lending and Borrowing Rates & Liquidity CSV.

• Renamed product DEX Liquidity Events into Mints and Burns.

• Renamed product DEX Liquidity Snapshots into Token Reserves.

2023-11-16

• Added documentation for Wallet Data CSV files on Bitcoin.

2023-11-13

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Instruments due to Merit Circle Migration from MC to BEAN Ticker.

• BEAM: beam → beamprivacy . Name Changed from BEAM to BEAM (Privacy).

  • beam is now referring to BEAM (Merit Circle).

2023-11-10

Mapping updates:

• Asset FLOKIINU has been deprecated as it was a duplicate of existing FLOKI. All instruments are now referencing the asset code FLOKI

• MBOX-USD (MOBOX) instruments on KuCoin & MEXC which were previously mapped as fiat USD (United States Dollar) have been corrected to USDT (Tether). The new instrument code for these is MBOX-USDT

• Binance LUNA-BUSD & LUNA2-BUSD perpetual future contract codes are now mapped separately. No ongoing data is present for

2023-10-26 - Data Quality Update. We identified and resolved an issue that caused duplication in our MEXC trades data. As of 2023-10-26, all new MEXC trades data will be free from such duplication. Please note that due to MEXC's unique data structure, we are unable to retroactively correct the impacted historical data. We recommend users to consider this when using any MEXC trade data prior to 2023-10-26.

2023-10-26

• Added 'live' parameter for all on-chain products.

2023-09-22

• Added documentation for Wallet Data CSV files on Ethereum.

• Added field and parameter blockchain for Liquidity Events and Liquidity Snapshots.

• Added documentation for Blockchain Reference Data.

2023-09-18

Reference Data behavior Update - The "trade_end_timestamp" field will only be populated after 7 consecutive days of inactivity. Previously, this field would be populated after 1 day of inactivity.

2023-07-26

Mapping update: Change implemented to the code used for DMarket. Code changed to accomodate the actively trading Dream Machine Token.

• DMarket: DMT → DMK

• Dream Machine Token: - → DMT

2023-06-08

Mapping update: Changes implemented for BitMEX Perpetual Futures contracts. Instrument codes are no longer using "base_asset" - "quote_asset" convention for API codes. To differentiate between different Perpetual Future contract types, these should now be queried using the codes assigned by BitMEX

E.g. BTC-USD → XBTUSD

• Added documentation for Robust Pair Price and Cross Price v2.

2023-06-06

• Added the Australian Exchange, Independent Reserve's case of and pulled off the Google Doc page of order book data while updating the contents

2023-05-31

• Added documentation for CSV files of the following products: Order Book Snapshots, Derivatives Metrics, OHLCV candles, VWAP, Count-OHLCV-VWAP

2023-05-17

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Instruments

• Toncoin: toncoin → ton

• OKX: LUNA/BTC → OKX: LUNA2/BTC

2023-05-03

• Added documentation for Top of Book CSV files

2023-04-24

• Added documentation for Lending & Borrowing Rates and Liquidity

2023-04-11

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Instruments

• METIS Dao:

  • Gemini: MTS/USD → Gemini: METIS/USD

  • Huobi: MTS/USDT → Huobi: METIS/USDT

2023-04-06

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Instruments

• Polytrade: OKEX TRADE/USDT → OKEX POLYTRADE/USDT

• METIS Dao:

  • OKEX MTS/USDT → OKEX METIS/USDT

2023-04-05

• Implied Volatility Surface - Retrieve calibrated and interpolated implied volatilities from options market prices

2023-04-04

• Updated the list of Tick-Level Order Book CSV files.

  • Upbit

  • Huobi Derivatives Market

2023-03-30

• Asset Metrics - Retrieve off-chain and on-chain metrics that help performing asset analysis.

2023-03-29

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Assets

• Republic Protcol: REPUP → REN

• Everest: ID → EVERID

  • ID is now mapped to Space ID

2023-03-27

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Assets

• Facebook : FB → FACEBOOK

  • FB is now mapped to Fenerbahce

• Orbitcoin : ORB → ORBITCOIN

2023-03-23

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Assets

• Arbit : ARB → ARBIT

  • ARB is now mapped to Arbitrum

• SoloCoin : SOLO → SOLOC

2023-02-21

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Assets

• OHM : OHM → OHMV1

  • OHM is now mapped to OHM V2

2023-02-06

• OKX can now be included in Implied Volatility computations

2023-02-02

• Cross Price - Extrapolation can be set to avoid missing values for low liquidity pairs

2023-01-26

• Derivative Metrics (Price) - end_time became exclusive

• Derivative Metrics (Risk) - vega added to the REST API responses

2023-01-16

• Binance Options have been added to Derivative Metrics, Trade, and Order Book data

2023-01-12

• CSV Files - Tick By Tick Order Book added to the doc

2022-06-03

Mapping update: Changes implemented for the following Assets

• Polkadot : PDOT → DOT

• Uniswap : UNISWAP → UNI

• FTX Token : FTXT → FTT

2022-05-18

Mapping Update: FTXUSD deprecation

• All USD quoted spot instruments trading on FTX (International) are mapped to have fiat USD (United States Dollar) as 'quote_asset'

2022-04-29

• Derivatives API update: Derivatives API endpoint split into 3 endpoints, which are reference, risk, and price

2022-02-17

Mapping update

• Bittrex SUSHI/BTC corrected from BTC/SUSHI

2022-02-15

Mapping update

• Pax Dollar (asset) updated to use code USDP & USDP stablecoin: Unit Protocol (asset) updated to use code UUSDP

2022-01-06

Mapping update

• SubGame (asset) code updated to use code SGBM & Songbird (asset) updated to use code SGB

2021-12-28

Mapping update

• BitDAO (asset) code updated to use code BIT

2021-12-24

• Quote Asset correction for FTX perpetual-future instruments

2021-12-20

• Cross Price (Spot Exchange Rate) endpoint updated to support non-fiat currencies as 'quote_asset'

2021-12-10

Mapping update

• Stox (asset) code changed from STX to STOX & Blockstack (asset) code changed from BSTX to STX

2021-12-08

Mapping update

• Quote Asset correction for Bitfinex Tether quoted instruments

Tracing blockchain transactions and wallets is critical in the aftermath of a hack, enabling investigators to follow stolen funds, uncover illicit activity, and improve transparency. provides direct, UI-free access to on-chain data, ensuring full control over data extraction and analysis. Unlike proprietary interfaces that can be restrictive, this approach allows for flexible, scalable investigations tailored to evolving threats.

This guide demonstrates how to:

• Trace fund movements across Ethereum wallets

• Aggregate and analyze on-chain flows