<p>the price on an exchange will be determined by the user. the user (=trader) decide for how much {money, other coins, whatever} they buy or sell a coin/token.</p>

<p>if you want to have the prices of many exchanges/many coins/many token you can use the <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/api/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">coinmarketcap api</a> for example. coinmarketcap calculates the average price of several well known exchanges. but in practice <em>every</em> exchange has an api which provides the data of the current orders/price. see for example api-docs: <a href="https://docs.gdax.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">gdax</a>, <a href="https://poloniex.com/support/api/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">poloniex</a>, <a href="https://github.com/binance-exchange/binance-official-api-docs/blob/master/rest-api.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">binance</a>, <a href="https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bitfinex</a>, <a href="https://bittrex.com/home/api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bittrex</a>, <a href="https://www.kraken.com/help/api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kraken</a>.</p>

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<p>I need some source (preferably free) for real-time (or some reasonable time lag) for quotes of cryptocurrencies. Can you suggest anything?</p>

<p>What does Kraken or Poloniex use?</p>

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# Real-time price data for cryptocurrencies

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-18)

I need some source (preferably free) for real-time (or some reasonable time lag) for quotes of cryptocurrencies. Can you suggest anything?

What does Kraken or Poloniex use?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-19. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

the price on an exchange will be determined by the user. the user (=trader) decide for how much {money, other coins, whatever} they buy or sell a coin/token.

if you want to have the prices of many exchanges/many coins/many token you can use the [coinmarketcap api](https://coinmarketcap.com/api/) for example. coinmarketcap calculates the average price of several well known exchanges. but in practice *every* exchange has an api which provides the data of the current orders/price. see for example api-docs: [gdax](https://docs.gdax.com), [poloniex](https://poloniex.com/support/api/), [binance](https://github.com/binance-exchange/binance-official-api-docs/blob/master/rest-api.md), [bitfinex](https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs), [bittrex](https://bittrex.com/home/api), [kraken](https://www.kraken.com/help/api).


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