# Binance API vs Bitstamp API (slim)

> Binance scores 63.2 (B) to Bitstamp's 50.4 (D) for exchange spot trading. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitstamp.md (~4,950 tokens) · this version ~2,630 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitstamp.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitstamp
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-04
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Binance API scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Bitstamp API's 50.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Bitstamp API leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do exchange spot trading.

- Binance API: B 63.2, rank #473 of 1349 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.min.md
- Bitstamp API: D 50.4, rank #942 of 1349 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bitstamp.min.md
- Binance API, good for An agent trading a funded Binance account outside the prohibited countries, with the deepest set of markets in this group and a free testnet. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 86 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 58; Security & auth, 72 against 60; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 81 against 28. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Bitstamp API, good for An agent that needs a long-running regulated spot venue in the EU, UK and US with a sandbox and per-endpoint key permissions, and can do its own signing. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 45; Transparency & trust, 53 against 43.

| Category | Binance API | Bitstamp API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Binance API | Bitstamp API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Binance | Bitstamp Ltd. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Binance's Terms of Use, which load by script and weren't read. The API docs, connectors, CLI and Skills Hub are open on GitHub under MIT | Proprietary hosted API under Bitstamp's terms of use, which our reader couldn't load |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-08-28 |
| Popularity | 4.9k stars | none |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, Binance API +53: Binance API 81 (Read as a closed service. The spot changelog's newest entry is 30 October 2026, the MCP docs are dated 30 October and binance-cli v2.2.0 shipped on 20 October (30). Changelog entries on 2 September, 18 September, 27 October and 30 October (20). A public changelog, connectors pushed in October and a Skills Hub merging pull requests weekly; issue replies not read (10 of 15). Official connectors in nine languages current as of October 2026; the MCP server is not in the official registry (15). Connector CI not read; the CLI publishes release installers (6 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 15 + 6 = 81.); Bitstamp API 28 (Read as a closed service. The last dated API change is 28 August 2026, 67 days before the check (20). Only one dated entry in the last 90 days, after 1 July and 12 June (0). No public repository or issue tracker, support pages did not load and support.bitstamp.net did not resolve; a changelog exists (8 of 25). No official SDKs and no MCP registry presence of Bitstamp's own (0). No package to assess (0). 20 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 28.)
- Schema & documentation, Binance API +35: Binance API 86 (The docs are Markdown in a public repository with a Postman collection and a Swagger spec, but the spec was last pushed in October 2024 (20 of 25). llms.txt and llms-full.txt on developers.binance.com (10). Each endpoint states its weight, parameters and notes on behaviour, with less on when not to use one (15 of 20). Enums for order types, time in force and symbol filters, required columns in the parameter tables (12 of 15). Request and response examples throughout and an error code list with messages (14 of 15). A dated changelog since 2018 with retirements announced months ahead, such as the 2 September 2026 field removal notified on 2 December 2025 (15). 20 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 14 + 15 = 86.); Bitstamp API 51 (No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract was found on the API page or elsewhere (0). No llms.txt or Markdown docs (0). The single documentation page describes each endpoint's purpose and parameters, with notes such as the 10-second cache on open orders and the Travel Rule fields, but not when to use one endpoint over another (14 of 20). Parameters are typed with enumerations (margin mode CROSS or ISOLATED, margin multiplier 1 to 25, order types) and required fields marked (11 of 15). Signing examples in Python, Java and C++, and error families with numbered codes and explanations (13 of 15). Version v2 in the path and header, a dated changelog from 7 April 2023 to 28 August 2026, and a 410.001 code for deprecated endpoints, with no stated notice period (13 of 15). 0 + 0 + 14 + 11 + 13 + 13 = 51.)
- Reliability, Bitstamp API +18: Binance API 45 (Read with the hosted lines on the spot REST API. No status page was found on binance.com or in the API docs (0), so no incident record (5). Rate limits are published as per-endpoint weights with numbers from exchangeInfo, 6,000 request weight a minute, 50 orders per 10 seconds, 160,000 a day and 61,000 raw requests per 5 minutes, and FIX limits per session (15). 429 and 418 carry Retry-After, a 5xx is documented as unknown status to be queried, and orders take a client order id (15). No SLA (0). Generally available (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 15 + 0 + 10 = 45.); Bitstamp API 63 (Read with the hosted lines on the HTTP API v2 at www.bitstamp.net/api/v2/. status.bitstamp.net is a Statuspage site with component history (20). Its feed for 5 August to 3 November 2026 has 17 entries, among them withdrawals failing on 14 networks for about 3 hours on 21 August, database maintenance with login failures and intermittent trading interruptions for about 1 hour 44 minutes on 23 September, a 39-minute halt of all markets on 5 August, and delistings and single-asset suspensions. One major (10). Rate limits with numbers, 400 a second and 10,000 per 10 minutes (15). Limit errors are named (400.002, 400.067, 400.068) but there is no Retry-After or backoff guidance, duplicate client order ids are allowed, and the only retry guidance is to check the order after a 500.016 timeout (8 of 15). No SLA found (0). Generally available (10). 20 + 10 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 63.)
- Agent ergonomics, Binance API +18: Binance API 76 (limit on depth, trades and klines, a symbols filter on exchangeInfo and tickers, and SBE encoding, though fields cannot be selected (16 of 25). fromId, startTime, endTime and limit on history endpoints (16 of 20). Error codes with messages an agent can branch on, such as the rate limit and timestamp errors (17 of 20). newClientOrderId on orders, a cancel-replace endpoint and the 5xx unknown-status rule, but no idempotency key on other writes (12 of 20). Connectors in nine languages, a CLI with testnet and demo profiles, and a timestamped HMAC or Ed25519 signature on every private call (15). 16 + 16 + 17 + 12 + 15 = 76.); Bitstamp API 58 (Graded on the REST API. Order book grouping and transaction time windows size responses, but there is no field selection and no MCP surface (15 of 25). Offset, limit, since and sort on transaction history, `until_id` windows on order-data replay (14 of 20). `response_code` and `response_explanation` name the failure, such as 400.009 insufficient balance, 403.004 trading blocked and 500.025 insufficient liquidity (16 of 20). No idempotency, since `client_order_id` duplicates are allowed since November 2023 and the docs say only to check the order id after a timeout; the kill switch limits damage (8 of 20). Few required parameters, but no official SDK in any language (5 of 15). 15 + 14 + 16 + 8 + 5 = 58.)
- Payments & pricing, Binance API +15: Binance API 35 (No machine payment protocol (0). A 0.1 per cent standard spot fee is stated in the fee FAQ; the maker and taker table and futures fees load by script and weren't read (15 of 20). Public market data needs no key and the testnet is free with a GitHub login (20). A person signs up, passes Verified Plus verification, deposits and mints a key (0). 0 + 15 + 20 + 0 = 35.); Bitstamp API 20 (No machine payment protocol (0). The fee schedule page loaded empty, the API's fee endpoints need a key, and no rate could be read, so fees are scored as not published (0, unchecked). The API is free, public endpoints need no key and the sandbox needs no money (20). A person must sign up in a browser with identity checks and mint the key (0). 0 + 0 + 20 + 0 = 20.)
- Security & auth, Binance API +12: Binance API 72 (API keys with HMAC, RSA or Ed25519 signatures, permissions for reading, trading, futures and withdrawals, an IP restriction, revocation in API Management, and OAuth with four scopes on the MCP server; no key expiry found (28 of 30). Read-only keys, sub-accounts, withdrawals only with an IP restriction, and the MCP server's isolated Agentic sub-account with no withdrawal scope and confirmation before writes (18 of 20). The API returns no untrusted content (10). Keys are listed in API Management and used weight is returned per call, but no per-call log for the operator was found (6 of 15). security.txt with a contact and no expiry, a Bugcrowd programme named in the proof-of-solvency repository, no certification read (10 of 20). 28 + 18 + 10 + 6 + 10 = 72.); Bitstamp API 60 (Revocable HMAC-SHA256 keys with per-endpoint permissions, an IP allow-list, single-use nonces, a timestamp window, sub-account scoping and a one-call kill switch for every key; no key expiry found (24 of 30). Permissions are chosen per endpoint and withdrawals can need Travel Rule address verification, but whether a withdrawal address allow-list exists sits in the unread account settings and no confirmation step is documented for API withdrawals (14 of 20). The API returns exchange data, not third-party text (10). No per-key audit log found; the account's transaction history is the record (4 of 15). security.txt names HackerOne's Robinhood programme but expired on 12 July 2026; no certification page was readable (8 of 20). 24 + 14 + 10 + 4 + 8 = 60.)