CoinMarketCap API

coinmarketcap.com

Provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data including prices, market cap, OHLCV, exchange and DEX data, and proprietary indices via a REST API.

The CoinMarketCap API API uses api key authentication; has freemium pricing; offers a free tier (Free API key (no credit card) plus keyless public API with no key or signup); rate limits: Keyless requests share an IP-based rate pool; 429 Too Many Requests on excess, back off and retry; free API key raises limits. Verified 2026-07-08 with per-field source links.

Crypto & Blockchain Verified 2026-07-08 medium confidence

Base URL

https://pro-api.coinmarketcap.com

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Auth

api_key

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Free tier

Free API key (no credit card) plus keyless public API with no key or signup

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Pricing model

freemium

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Pricing

not documented null

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Rate limits

Keyless requests share an IP-based rate pool; 429 Too Many Requests on excess, back off and retry; free API key raises limits

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OpenAPI spec

https://pro.coinmarketcap.com/api/documentation/pro-api-reference

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MCP server

CoinMarketCap MCP server available (documented in AI Agent Hub)

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