<p>Many API endpoints included OHLC data from various exchanges can be found on</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://cryptowat.ch/docs/api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cryptowatch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cryptocompare.com/api/#introduction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cryptocompare</a></li>
</ul>

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Petr Javorik
<p>At the bottom of that linked google docs spreadsheet are instructions to download data from Mt Gox and many other Exchanges. Namely:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Go to this link: <a href="http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#tgSzm1g10zm2g25zv" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#tgSzm1g10zm2g25zv</a></p></li>
<li><p>Click load raw data</p></li>
</ul>

<p>This raw data only maintains daily prices.  This is probably the closing price for the day, but I can't be sure of that.</p>

<p>I'm not sure how bitcoin charts actually collects this information from the other providers.  I hope other </p>

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makerofthings7
<p>If you're looking for a one-stop shop for lots of different exchanges/markets, Coinigy provides <a href="http://coinigy.com/bitcoin-data/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">historical crypto data</a>. It's not free but probably one of the better sources.</p>

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Joe Phillips
<p>All historical data from any exchange available at <a href="https://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin Charts: Markets API</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Historic Trade Data</strong></p>
  
  <p>Trade data is available as CSV, delayed by approx. 15 minutes. It will return the 2000 most recent trades.
  Format:</p>
  
  <p><code>https://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/trades.csv?symbol=SYMBOL[&amp;start=UNIXTIME]</code></p>
  
  <p>Returns CSV with columns: <code>unixtime,price,amount</code> </p>
  
  <p><strong>Example</strong></p>
  
  <p>Latest <em>Kraken EUR</em> trades:
  <a href="https://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/trades.csv?symbol=krakenEUR" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/trades.csv?symbol=krakenEUR</a></p>
</blockquote>

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Thats a good starting point, but I don't know how "authoritative" it is since it seems to be a 3rd party.  I wonder how they collect the information in the first place.  Do you know if they simply screen-scrape the info?
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@makerofthings7, BitcoinCharts is the main markets watch website, operator Nils Schneider aka tcatm - Bitcoin developer, owner of BitcoinWatch, creator and owner of BitcoinCharts, GPU mining software and JS web interface - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/People . It as authoritative as it gets in Bitcoin community. Every exchange listed on this site upload its historical data on the website - http://bitcoincharts.com/about/exchanges/
Serith
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Serith
<p>What are the authoritative sources for historic Bitcoin prices? </p>

<p>Ideally this will be an API for all major exchanges.</p>

<exchanges><api><exchange-rate><historical-trade-data>
Need authoritative source for historic Bitcoin conversion prices from all exchanges
makerofthings7
# Need authoritative source for historic Bitcoin conversion prices from all exchanges

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-22)

What are the authoritative sources for historic Bitcoin prices?

Ideally this will be an API for all major exchanges.

**Tags:** exchanges, api, exchange-rate, historical-trade-data


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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2012-09-23. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

All historical data from any exchange available at [Bitcoin Charts: Markets API](https://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api/)

> **Historic Trade Data**
>
> Trade data is available as CSV, delayed by approx. 15 minutes. It will return the 2000 most recent trades.
> Format:
>
> `https://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/trades.csv?symbol=SYMBOL[&start=UNIXTIME]`
>
> Returns CSV with columns: `unixtime,price,amount`
>
> **Example**
>
> Latest *Kraken EUR* trades:
> <https://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/trades.csv?symbol=krakenEUR>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thats a good starting point, but I don't know how "authoritative" it is since it seems to be a 3rd party.  I wonder how they collect the information in the first place.  Do you know if they simply screen-scrape the info?  
> **username_3**: @username_0, BitcoinCharts is the main markets watch website, operator Nils Schneider aka tcatm - Bitcoin developer, owner of BitcoinWatch, creator and owner of BitcoinCharts, GPU mining software and JS web interface - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/People . It as authoritative as it gets in Bitcoin community. Every exchange listed on this site upload its historical data on the website - http://bitcoincharts.com/about/exchanges/  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-10. Score: 3

Many API endpoints included OHLC data from various exchanges can be found on

* [cryptowatch](https://cryptowat.ch/docs/api)
* [cryptocompare](https://www.cryptocompare.com/api/#introduction)


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### Answer by username_0 on 2012-09-22. Score: 3

At the bottom of that linked google docs spreadsheet are instructions to download data from Mt Gox and many other Exchanges. Namely:

* Go to this link: <http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#tgSzm1g10zm2g25zv>
* Click load raw data

This raw data only maintains daily prices. This is probably the closing price for the day, but I can't be sure of that.

I'm not sure how bitcoin charts actually collects this information from the other providers. I hope other


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-05-07. Score: 0

If you're looking for a one-stop shop for lots of different exchanges/markets, Coinigy provides [historical crypto data](http://coinigy.com/bitcoin-data/). It's not free but probably one of the better sources.


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