{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "binance", "name": "Binance API", "vendor": "Binance", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.binance.com/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "Binance's API covers spot, margin and futures trading, market data and account endpoints over REST, WebSocket and FIX, with a free spot testnet and a remote MCP server, documented on 30 October 2026, that trades inside a dedicated Agentic sub-account.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/binance.json", "dns": "binance.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/binance/binance-spot-api-docs", "license": "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", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key with an HMAC secret, or a self-generated RSA or Ed25519 key pair whose public key is registered, sent as X-MBX-APIKEY with a signed query and timestamp (recvWindow 5000 ms by default). Permissions are reading, spot and margin trading, futures and withdrawals; an HMAC key without an IP restriction can only read since 30 January 2023, and withdrawals need an IP restriction. Only Verified Plus accounts can create keys. The MCP server uses OAuth in a desktop browser with four scopes (market data, account, trade, transfer) on a dedicated Agentic sub-account and no withdrawal scope (https://www.binance.com/en/support/faq/detail/360002502072, https://developers.binance.com/en/docs/agent-native/mcp-server/agentic, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The API costs nothing to call. Spot trades carry a standard fee of 0.1 per cent for regular users per the fee FAQ; the maker and taker table on the fee page loads by script and wasn't read, nor were futures fees. Public market data and the spot testnet need no account; the testnet needs a GitHub login.", "priceSummary": "0.1% fee", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the exchange API or the MCP server in the docs read (checked 2026-11-03). A separate Binance x402 product is named in press coverage of Agent OS, which wasn't read first-hand.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 4903, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.binance.com/docs/binance-spot-api-docs/README", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.binance.com/en/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.spot-trading", "exchange.market-data", "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "exchange.staking", "market.crypto" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "python", "typescript", "java", "go", "cli", "usage-priced", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 448, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 45, "schema": 86, "security": 72, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Binance publishes numeric rate limits, a free testnet with FIX, connectors in eight languages and, since late October 2026, a remote MCP server that trades only in a dedicated sub-account with no withdrawal scope. There is no status page, the terms and privacy notice could not be read, and the MCP tool list is not published.", "bestFor": "An agent trading a funded Binance account outside the prohibited countries, with the deepest set of markets in this group and a free testnet.", "strengths": [ "Rate limits published as per-endpoint weights with 6,000 a minute, 50 orders per 10 seconds and Retry-After on 429 and 418", "Spot testnet with REST, WebSocket and FIX endpoints, virtual balances and production limits, free with a GitHub login", "Official remote MCP server with OAuth scopes, an isolated Agentic sub-account, no withdrawal scope and confirmation before writes", "Keys with reading, trading, futures and withdrawal permissions; unrestricted-IP HMAC keys can only read and withdrawals need an IP restriction", "Dated changelog since 2018 with retirement dates announced months ahead, llms.txt and llms-full.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page or incident history found on binance.com or in the API docs", "The Terms of Use and privacy notice load by script and weren't read, so what they say about bots and API use is unknown", "The MCP server's tool list and schemas are not published; the docs describe four scopes", "The maker and taker fee table loads by script; only the 0.1 per cent standard rate in a FAQ was read", "binance-api-swagger was last pushed in October 2024, so the machine-readable spec lags the docs" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read the X-MBX-USED-WEIGHT and X-MBX-ORDER-COUNT headers and stop on 429 for the Retry-After seconds; a 418 ban runs 2 minutes to 3 days", "Treat a 5xx on an order as unknown, not failed, and query the order by origClientOrderId before retrying", "Use an Ed25519 key with an IP restriction and only the reading and trading permissions; never enable withdrawals for an agent key", "Develop on testnet.binance.vision with BINANCE_API_ENV=testnet; it resets about monthly without notice", "For the MCP route, the person must fund the Agentic sub-account from the web UI first; the agent cannot move funds in from the main account" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 35, "reliability": 45, "schema": 86, "security": 72, "transparency": 31 }, "provenanceScore": 54, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.binance.com/api/v3/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add binance-mcp-server --transport http https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic", "config": { "mcpServers": { "binance-mcp-server": { "url": "https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.spot-trading", "tool": "https://letme.dev/binance" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Spot trade, regular user", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.1, "note": "standard fee per the fee FAQ; maker and taker table not read" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "binance.com", "domainRegistered": "2017-04-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.binance.com/en/terms", "privacy": "https://www.binance.com/en-GB/about-legal/privacy-portal", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.binance.com/docs/binance-spot-api-docs/CHANGELOG", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "The Terms of Use and the privacy pages answered our reader with navigation and footer only, so no contracting entity, governing law or data-handling statement was read. The about page names three ADGM entities as regulated subsidiaries, not as the contracting party.", "RDAP gives binance.com a registration date of 1 April 2017.", "https://www.binance.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact line (security@binance.com) and no Expires or Policy line, so its validity is unknown under RFC 9116.", "No status page was found. www.binance.com/robots.txt allows the pages read and disallows */api/, */bapi/ and */my/; developers.binance.com and agent.binance.com have no robots.txt (404); api.binance.com and testnet.binance.vision disallow all crawlers, so no API call was made to either.", "The spot API changelog is dated, newest 30 October 2026." ], "score": 54 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.json", "live": { "slug": "binance", "probe": { "target": "https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-04T20:04:53.146241263Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 554, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 474, "p95ms24h": 582, "samples24h": 48, "samples30d": 48, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "githubStars": 4902, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://binance.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:53:46.658619838Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T20:04:53.146241263Z" } }, "answer": "Kraken API scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against Binance API's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Binance API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "b": { "slug": "kraken", "name": "Kraken API", "vendor": "Payward, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://docs.kraken.com/api/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "Kraken's exchange APIs cover spot, tokenised US stocks, forex and futures over REST, WebSocket and FIX, with rate limits by client tier, a self-service futures demo and kraken-cli, an open-source CLI whose kraken-mcp binary is a local MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kraken.json", "dns": "kraken.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under Kraken's Global Terms of Service (30 October 2026). kraken-cli, which carries the kraken-mcp server, is MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Spot API key and private key, signed with HMAC-SHA512 over the path, nonce and POST data, sent as API-Key and API-Sign. Permissions per key are Query Funds, Deposit Funds, Withdraw Funds, Query Open Orders \u0026 Trades, Query Closed Orders \u0026 Trades, Modify Orders, Cancel/Close Orders, Query Ledger Entries and Export Data, with optional Key Expiration, IP Address Restriction, a custom nonce window and a WebSocket interface setting. Futures keys are separate. kraken auth login signs in with OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE) in a browser and saves a restricted spot key with no withdrawal rights that expires after at most 90 days, or a read-only one with --read-only (https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000919966, https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The API costs nothing to call. Kraken Pro spot fees at the lowest 30-day volume tier are 0.40 per cent maker and 0.80 per cent taker, stablecoin, pegged token and FX pairs 0.20 per cent each way, and futures 0.02 per cent maker and 0.05 per cent taker. Public market data, paper trading in kraken-cli and the futures demo need no account.", "priceSummary": "0.4% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the CLI or the MCP docs (checked 2026-11-03).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 152, "popularity": { "githubStars": 795, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.kraken.com/api/", "llmsTxt": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/main/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.spot-trading", "exchange.market-data", "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "exchange.staking", "market.crypto" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "cli", "llms-txt", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "rust", "go", "usage-priced", "no-card", "mit" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 159, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 67, "schema": 80, "security": 80, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Kraken pairs a documented REST, WebSocket and FIX API with the open-source kraken-cli, whose kraken-mcp server gates 33 dangerous tools behind approval and signs in by OAuth with a no-withdrawal key. Spot has no self-service sandbox, no OpenAPI file was found, and a 59-minute connectivity outage hit every interface on 30 October 2026.", "bestFor": "An agent that trades spot, xStocks, forex or futures on a person's Kraken account from a local machine, with paper trading to test first and an approval gate on live orders.", "strengths": [ "Official local MCP server with 152 typed tools in services, destructive_hint on dangerous tools and an elicitation approval before each unless disabled", "OAuth sign-in from the CLI mints a restricted spot key with no withdrawal rights that expires within 90 days, or a read-only key", "Rate limits published with numbers by client tier for REST and the matching engine, shared across REST, WebSocket and FIX", "Fees published without login, 0.40 per cent maker and 0.80 per cent taker at the lowest Pro tier, 0.02 and 0.05 on futures", "Dated changelog of 120 entries with deprecations announced by date, a Statuspage site with API components and a valid security.txt" ], "weaknesses": [ "No self-service spot sandbox; the spot UAT environment is on request through an account manager, and paper trading lives in the CLI", "No OpenAPI file was found for the REST API; the machine-readable contract is the CLI's tool catalogue", "Spot and derivatives clients could not connect or submit orders on any interface for 59 minutes on 30 October 2026", "The CLI's feedback tool can upload a local file it names with no approval step, so the docs say to drop it for agents reading untrusted input", "The terms bar bots, scripts and third-party applications on Kraken's content without written consent, alongside the documented API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Start kraken-mcp with -s market,paper,feedback or the default services; add trade only with a least-privilege key, and never pass --allow-dangerous on an agent that reads untrusted input", "Ask the person to run kraken auth login in their own terminal; it needs a browser and saves a no-withdrawal key that expires in 90 days at most", "Send a fresh --cl-ord-id on each order and run it with --validate first; after a network error look the order up before sending it again", "Keep the nonce strictly increasing per key and stay under the tier's counter, since EAPI:Rate limit exceeded has no Retry-After header", "Test strategies in a paper workspace, which fills at live prices with no account, before a live workspace" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 40, "reliability": 67, "schema": 80, "security": 80, "transparency": 36 }, "provenanceScore": 94, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/releases/latest/download/kraken-cli-installer.sh | sh", "http": "curl https://api.kraken.com/0/public/Ticker?pair=XBTUSD", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope user kraken -- kraken-mcp -s market,paper,feedback", "config": { "mcpServers": { "kraken": { "args": [ "-s", "market,paper,feedback" ], "command": "kraken-mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.spot-trading", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kraken" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Spot trade, maker, tier 1", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.4, "note": "Kraken Pro, under $10,000 30-day volume" }, { "item": "Spot trade, taker, tier 1", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.8, "note": "Kraken Pro, under $10,000 30-day volume" }, { "item": "Futures trade, maker, tier 1", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.02, "note": "under $5M 30-day volume" }, { "item": "Futures trade, taker, tier 1", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.05, "note": "under $5M 30-day volume" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Payward, Inc.", "domain": "kraken.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-04-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.kraken.com/legal/global-terms", "privacy": "https://www.kraken.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.kraken.com", "changelog": "https://docs.kraken.com/api/docs/change-log", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "The Global Terms of Service (last updated 30 October 2026) name Payward Interactive, Inc., Payward Ltd., Bit Trade Pty Limited and Payward Trading Ltd as contracting entities by region under California law; the site footer is © 2011 to 2026 Payward, Inc. The privacy notice was linked from the legal hub and not read.", "RDAP gives kraken.com a registration date of 3 April 2000, before the exchange's 2011 founding.", "https://www.kraken.com/.well-known/security.txt names bugbounty@kraken.com and a bug bounty policy page on kraken.com, expiring 13 February 2027.", "www.kraken.com, docs.kraken.com and support.kraken.com robots.txt disallow only /u/ and /lp/ (docs allows all but /cdn-cgi/ and /_next/).", "status.kraken.com is a Statuspage site; its history page renders by script, so incidents were read from its incidents.json feed, which reached back to 4 September 2026." ], "score": 94 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.json", "live": { "slug": "kraken", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.kraken.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partially Degraded Service", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T20:05:18.866095768Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://kraken.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-02-13T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:35.804472383Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T20:05:18.866095768Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 22, "category": "reliability", "leads": "kraken", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "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.", "b": "Read with the hosted lines on the spot API. status.kraken.com is a Statuspage site with REST, WebSocket and FIX components (20). The incidents feed read covers 4 September to 3 November 2026. On 30 October spot and derivatives clients could not connect or submit orders across web, mobile, REST, WebSocket and FIX for 59 minutes 39 seconds, rated minor by Kraken; on 28 October some FIX clients were rejected on reconnection for 1 hour 59 minutes while other interfaces worked; the futures engine was degraded for 3 minutes on 13 October. A whole-exchange order outage 21 seconds short of an hour is read as one major (10 of 30). Numeric limits per key by tier and per pair for the matching engine (15). EAPI:Rate limit exceeded and EService:Throttled with a retry timestamp, a client order id and a validate flag on orders, but no Retry-After header (12 of 15). No SLA (0). Generally available (10). 20 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 67." }, "scores": { "a": 45, "b": 67 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "transparency", "leads": "kraken", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "The editorial half. A closed service whose Terms of Use couldn't be read; the docs, connectors, CLI and skills are MIT on GitHub (10 of 30). The privacy notice couldn't be read, so no retention or subprocessor statement was checked; the prohibited-countries list is public and dated (5 of 30). The changelog gives retirement dates for SBE schemas and FIX fields months ahead (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read (0 of 20). 10 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 31.", "b": "The editorial half. A closed service with clear terms naming regional Payward entities under California law; the CLI is MIT (15 of 30). The privacy notice was not read (5 of 30). The changelog dates deprecations and the terms carry a last-updated date (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read (0 of 20). 15 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 36." }, "scores": { "a": 43, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 8, "category": "security", "leads": "kraken", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "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.", "b": "Keys with nine named permissions, optional expiry, IP restriction and nonce window, plus an OAuth sign-in from the CLI (authorisation code with PKCE, public client) that mints a no-withdrawal key expiring within 90 days or a read-only key (30). Read-only and no-withdrawal keys, position limits and pair allowlists in account settings, and MCP approval prompts for 33 dangerous tools (18 of 20). The API returns no untrusted content; the CLI docs warn that the feedback tool uploads a local file without approval (10). Keys and their permissions are listed in settings and ledgers record activity, but no per-call log for the operator was found (6 of 15). A valid security.txt, a bug bounty policy page, SECURITY.md and a secure SDLC workflow in the CLI; certifications not read (16 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 6 + 16 = 80." }, "scores": { "a": 72, "b": 80 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "schema", "leads": "binance", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "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.", "b": "No OpenAPI file was found for the REST API in the docs read; the CLI's agents/tool-catalog.json gives JSON Schema inputs for all 188 commands and the 152 MCP tools (15 of 25). The docs serve Markdown twins such as quickstart.md and the CLI ships llms.txt, AGENTS.md and CONTEXT.md (10). Endpoint pages and guides on order lifecycle, errors and rate limits say what each call does, with less on when not to use one (15 of 20). Enums for order types, time in force and flags, and enums and required fields in the tool catalogue (12 of 15). Python, Node.js and cURL examples, an errors guide and the CLI's error-catalog.json with retry guidance (13 of 15). A changelog of 120 dated entries with deprecations dated (15). 15 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 13 + 15 = 80." }, "scores": { "a": 86, "b": 80 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "payments", "leads": "kraken", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "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.", "b": "No machine payment protocol (0). Maker and taker fees by tier published without login (20). Public market data, paper trading and the futures demo need no account or card (20). A person signs up, verifies and mints a key or approves the OAuth sign-in (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40." }, "scores": { "a": 35, "b": 40 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Binance", "b": "Payward, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted service under Binance's Terms of Use, which load by script and weren't read. 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Binance API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Binance API or Kraken API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Binance API and Kraken API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Binance API has a hosted endpoint at https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic. Kraken API runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Binance API and Kraken API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An agent trading a funded Binance account outside the prohibited countries, with the deepest set of markets in this group and a free testnet.", "slug": "binance", "watchFor": "No status page or incident history found on binance.com or in the API docs" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 67 against 45", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 72", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 43" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "An agent that trades spot, xStocks, forex or futures on a person's Kraken account from a local machine, with paper trading to test first and an approval gate on live 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-dydx" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-kraken.json", "title": "Deribit vs Kraken API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-kraken" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-kraken.json", "title": "dYdX vs Kraken API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-kraken" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kraken.json", "title": "Hyperliquid vs Kraken API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kraken" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "binance": 45, "by": 22, "edge": "kraken", "key": "reliability", "kraken": 67, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "binance": 86, "by": 6, "edge": "binance", "key": "schema", "kraken": 80, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "binance": 76, "by": 3, "edge": "kraken", "key": "ergonomics", "kraken": 79, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "binance": 72, "by": 8, "edge": "kraken", "key": "security", "kraken": 80, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "binance": 35, "by": 5, "edge": "kraken", "key": "payments", "kraken": 40, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "binance": 81, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "maintenance", "kraken": 81, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "binance": 43, "by": 22, "edge": "kraken", "key": "transparency", "kraken": 65, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Kraken API scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against Binance API's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Binance API leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do exchange spot trading.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "binance": "Binance publishes numeric rate limits, a free testnet with FIX, connectors in eight languages and, since late October 2026, a remote MCP server that trades only in a dedicated sub-account with no withdrawal scope. There is no status page, the terms and privacy notice could not be read, and the MCP tool list is not published.", "kraken": "Kraken pairs a documented REST, WebSocket and FIX API with the open-source kraken-cli, whose kraken-mcp server gates 33 dangerous tools behind approval and signs in by OAuth with a no-withdrawal key. Spot has no self-service sandbox, no OpenAPI file was found, and a 59-minute connectivity outage hit every interface on 30 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kraken API scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against Binance API's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Binance API leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do exchange spot trading.\n\n- Binance API: grade B, 63.2/100, rank #448 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/binance.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/binance.json\n- Kraken API: grade BB, 71/100, rank #159 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kraken.json\n- Best crypto exchange APIs and MCP servers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n- All 210 exchanges comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Binance API (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No status page or incident history found on binance.com or in the API docs\n\n### Kraken API (BB)\n\nGood for: An agent that trades spot, xStocks, forex or futures on a person's Kraken account from a local machine, with paper trading to test first and an approval gate on live orders.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 67 against 45\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No self-service spot sandbox; the spot UAT environment is on request through an account manager, and paper trading lives in the CLI\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Kraken API +22\n\n- 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.\n- Kraken API (67): Read with the hosted lines on the spot API. status.kraken.com is a Statuspage site with REST, WebSocket and FIX components (20). The incidents feed read covers 4 September to 3 November 2026. On 30 October spot and derivatives clients could not connect or submit orders across web, mobile, REST, WebSocket and FIX for 59 minutes 39 seconds, rated minor by Kraken; on 28 October some FIX clients were rejected on reconnection for 1 hour 59 minutes while other interfaces worked; the futures engine was degraded for 3 minutes on 13 October. A whole-exchange order outage 21 seconds short of an hour is read as one major (10 of 30). Numeric limits per key by tier and per pair for the matching engine (15). EAPI:Rate limit exceeded and EService:Throttled with a retry timestamp, a client order id and a validate flag on orders, but no Retry-After header (12 of 15). No SLA (0). Generally available (10). 20 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 67.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Kraken API +22\n\n- Binance API (43): The editorial half. A closed service whose Terms of Use couldn't be read; the docs, connectors, CLI and skills are MIT on GitHub (10 of 30). The privacy notice couldn't be read, so no retention or subprocessor statement was checked; the prohibited-countries list is public and dated (5 of 30). The changelog gives retirement dates for SBE schemas and FIX fields months ahead (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read (0 of 20). 10 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 31.\n- Kraken API (65): The editorial half. A closed service with clear terms naming regional Payward entities under California law; the CLI is MIT (15 of 30). The privacy notice was not read (5 of 30). The changelog dates deprecations and the terms carry a last-updated date (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read (0 of 20). 15 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 36.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Kraken API +8\n\n- 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.\n- Kraken API (80): Keys with nine named permissions, optional expiry, IP restriction and nonce window, plus an OAuth sign-in from the CLI (authorisation code with PKCE, public client) that mints a no-withdrawal key expiring within 90 days or a read-only key (30). Read-only and no-withdrawal keys, position limits and pair allowlists in account settings, and MCP approval prompts for 33 dangerous tools (18 of 20). The API returns no untrusted content; the CLI docs warn that the feedback tool uploads a local file without approval (10). Keys and their permissions are listed in settings and ledgers record activity, but no per-call log for the operator was found (6 of 15). A valid security.txt, a bug bounty policy page, SECURITY.md and a secure SDLC workflow in the CLI; certifications not read (16 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 6 + 16 = 80.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Binance API +6\n\n- 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.\n- Kraken API (80): No OpenAPI file was found for the REST API in the docs read; the CLI's agents/tool-catalog.json gives JSON Schema inputs for all 188 commands and the 152 MCP tools (15 of 25). The docs serve Markdown twins such as quickstart.md and the CLI ships llms.txt, AGENTS.md and CONTEXT.md (10). Endpoint pages and guides on order lifecycle, errors and rate limits say what each call does, with less on when not to use one (15 of 20). Enums for order types, time in force and flags, and enums and required fields in the tool catalogue (12 of 15). Python, Node.js and cURL examples, an errors guide and the CLI's error-catalog.json with retry guidance (13 of 15). A changelog of 120 dated entries with deprecations dated (15). 15 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 13 + 15 = 80.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Kraken API +5\n\n- 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.\n- Kraken API (40): No machine payment protocol (0). Maker and taker fees by tier published without login (20). Public market data, paper trading and the futures demo need no account or card (20). A person signs up, verifies and mints a key or approves the OAuth sign-in (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Binance API | Kraken API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 67 | Kraken API +22 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 80 | Binance API +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 79 | Kraken API +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 72 | 80 | Kraken API +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Kraken API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 81 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 65 | Kraken API +22 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.2 · B** | **71 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Binance API | Kraken API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Binance | Payward, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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 service under Kraken's Global Terms of Service (30 October 2026). kraken-cli, which carries the kraken-mcp server, is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 152 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-10-29 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-30 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-21 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 4.9k stars | 795 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Binance API.** Binance publishes numeric rate limits, a free testnet with FIX, connectors in eight languages and, since late October 2026, a remote MCP server that trades only in a dedicated sub-account with no withdrawal scope. There is no status page, the terms and privacy notice could not be read, and the MCP tool list is not published.\n\n**Kraken API.** Kraken pairs a documented REST, WebSocket and FIX API with the open-source kraken-cli, whose kraken-mcp server gates 33 dangerous tools behind approval and signs in by OAuth with a no-withdrawal key. Spot has no self-service sandbox, no OpenAPI file was found, and a 59-minute connectivity outage hit every interface on 30 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Binance API\n\n1. Read the X-MBX-USED-WEIGHT and X-MBX-ORDER-COUNT headers and stop on 429 for the Retry-After seconds; a 418 ban runs 2 minutes to 3 days\n2. Treat a 5xx on an order as unknown, not failed, and query the order by origClientOrderId before retrying\n3. Use an Ed25519 key with an IP restriction and only the reading and trading permissions; never enable withdrawals for an agent key\n4. Develop on testnet.binance.vision with BINANCE_API_ENV=testnet; it resets about monthly without notice\n5. For the MCP route, the person must fund the Agentic sub-account from the web UI first; the agent cannot move funds in from the main account\n\n### Kraken API\n\n1. Start kraken-mcp with -s market,paper,feedback or the default services; add trade only with a least-privilege key, and never pass --allow-dangerous on an agent that reads untrusted input\n2. Ask the person to run kraken auth login in their own terminal; it needs a browser and saves a no-withdrawal key that expires in 90 days at most\n3. Send a fresh --cl-ord-id on each order and run it with --validate first; after a network error look the order up before sending it again\n4. Keep the nonce strictly increasing per key and stay under the tier's counter, since EAPI:Rate limit exceeded has no Retry-After header\n5. Test strategies in a paper workspace, which fills at live prices with no account, before a live workspace\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Binance API or Kraken API?\n\nKraken API scores 71 (BB) on agent readiness against Binance API's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Binance API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Binance API and Kraken API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Binance API and Kraken API without installing anything?\n\nBinance API has a hosted endpoint at https://agent.binance.com/mcp/agentic. Kraken API runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kraken.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"binance\", \"b\": \"kraken\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare binance kraken`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/binance.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kraken.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Binance API or Kraken API\n\n- [Bitfinex API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitfinex-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Bitget vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitget-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Bithumb Open API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bithumb-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Bitstamp API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitstamp-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Bybit vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bybit-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Crypto.com Exchange API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-com-exchange-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Gate vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Gemini Exchange API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-exchange-vs-kraken.md)\n- [HTX trading API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/htx-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Binance API vs Bitfinex API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitfinex.md)\n- [Binance API vs Bitget](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitget.md)\n- [Binance API vs Bithumb Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bithumb.md)\n- [Binance API vs Bitstamp API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bitstamp.md)\n- [Binance API vs Bybit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-bybit.md)\n- [Binance API vs Coinbase Advanced Trade API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-coinbase-advanced-trade.md)\n- [Binance API vs Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-coinbase-mcp.md)\n- [Binance API vs Crypto.com Exchange API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-crypto-com-exchange.md)\n- [Binance API vs Deribit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-deribit.md)\n- [Binance API vs Gate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-gate-io.md)\n- [Binance API vs Gemini Exchange API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-gemini-exchange.md)\n- [Binance API vs HTX trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-htx.md)\n- [Binance API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Binance API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Binance API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Binance API vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-okx.md)\n- [Binance API vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [Binance API vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-upbit.md)\n- [Coinbase Advanced Trade API vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-advanced-trade-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Kraken API vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Kraken API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Kraken API vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-okx.md)\n- [Kraken API vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [Kraken API vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-upbit.md)\n- [Binance API vs dYdX](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-dydx.md)\n- [Deribit vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-kraken.md)\n- [dYdX vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kraken.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-11-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.7", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Binance API vs Kraken API", "url": "" } ], "description": "Kraken scores 71 (BB) to Binance's 63.2 (B) for exchange spot trading. 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