# Crypto exchange APIs and MCP servers for AI agents (slim)

> 21 crypto exchanges ranked by the Anchor benchmark. Leader Gemini Exchange API (BB). Exchanges where an agent reads prices and order books, holds balances and places, amends and cancels orders for a person or a treasury, through REST and WebSocket APIs, FIX and, where the exchange runs one, an MCP server. Compared on whether an official MCP server exists, what an API key can be limited to, rate limits, which countries are served, fees and what the terms say about automated trading.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/crypto-exchanges.md (~6,600 tokens) · this version ~880 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/crypto-exchanges.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/crypto-exchanges
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-03
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

- Tools: 21 · agent-ready (BB+): 2 · accept x402: 1 · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json · by capability: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json
- Capabilities: exchange.market-data, exchange.spot-trading, exchange.derivatives, exchange.balances, exchange.transfers, exchange.staking

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 70 | Gemini Exchange API | BB | 74.6 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-exchange.min.md |
| 159 | Kraken API | BB | 71 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.min.md |
| 221 | dYdX | B | 69.5 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx.min.md |
| 413 | OKX API | B | 64.3 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx.min.md |
| 446 | Uniswap Trading API | B | 63.3 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/uniswap.min.md |
| 448 | Binance API | B | 63.2 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.min.md |
| 493 | Coinbase Advanced Trade API | C | 61.7 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-advanced-trade.min.md |
| 591 | Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) | C | 60 | medium | payer | OAuth | hosted and local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.min.md |
| 650 | Deribit | C | 59 | low | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deribit.min.md |
| 687 | Bitfinex API | C | 58.4 | low | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitfinex.min.md |
| 745 | Bybit | C | 57.3 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bybit.min.md |
| 786 | Gate | C | 56.4 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted and local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.min.md |
| 791 | MEXC API | C | 56.3 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc.min.md |
| 860 | Upbit Open API | C | 54.7 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upbit.min.md |
| 890 | Bitget | D | 53.9 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitget.min.md |
| 891 | KuCoin | D | 53.9 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kucoin.min.md |
| 999 | Bithumb Open API | D | 50.6 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bithumb.min.md |
| 1002 | Bitstamp API | D | 50.4 | low | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitstamp.min.md |
| 1018 | Hyperliquid | D | 50 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.min.md |
| 1100 | Crypto.com Exchange API | D | 46.8 | low | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crypto-com-exchange.min.md |
| 1166 | HTX trading API | E | 43.3 | low | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/htx.min.md |