{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "hyperliquid", "name": "Hyperliquid", "vendor": "Hyperliquid Labs", "vendorUrl": "https://hyperliquid.xyz", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "Hyperliquid is a perpetuals and spot exchange whose order book runs on its own chain. Agents trade through the REST info and exchange endpoints and WebSocket at api.hyperliquid.xyz, signing with a wallet key or an approved API wallet.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperliquid.json", "dns": "hyperliquid.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/hyperliquid-dex/hyperliquid-python-sdk", "license": "The exchange runs on the Hyperliquid chain (HyperCore), whose node is distributed as a binary under an Apache-2.0 repository; the Python and Rust SDKs are MIT. The API servers and front end are closed", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "hyperliquid-python-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No API keys. Every exchange action is a signed message from an EVM wallet; info requests need no signature. A master account approves API wallets (agent wallets) with `approveAgent`, optionally named and with an expiry, which can only sign on its behalf and cannot query data. L1 actions (orders, cancels, margin settings) and user-signed actions (USDC and spot sends, withdrawals, approvals) use two different EIP-712 schemes, and the docs recommend an SDK for signing. Nonces are per signer, must sit within two days behind and one day ahead of block time, and sub-accounts signed by one API wallet share its nonce set (https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/for-developers/api/nonces-and-api-wallets.md, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The API has no charge. Base-tier fees are 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker on perpetuals and 0.070% taker and 0.040% maker on spot, assessed on rolling 14-day volume, falling to 0.024% taker and 0% maker above $7 billion, with maker rebates to -0.003% for large maker share and staking discounts of 5% to 40%. Withdrawals to the bridge cost $1; an activation gas fee applies to a first order. `reserveRequestWeight` buys extra rate limit at 0.0005 USDC a request (https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/trading/fees.md, checked 2026-11-03).", "priceSummary": "0.04% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs (checked 2026-11-03). Accounts are funded by depositing USDC on Arbitrum or other bridged chains; several third-party MCP servers in the registry sell Hyperliquid data by x402, none of them Hyperliquid's.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1873, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 167497, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/for-developers/api", "llmsTxt": "https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.spot-trading", "exchange.market-data", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "exchange.staking", "market.crypto", "wallet.onchain" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "llms-txt", "python", "rust", "sandbox", "usage-priced", "no-key", "no-status-page", "bug-bounty", "rest" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 50, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1018, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 39, "payments": 55, "reliability": 40, "schema": 42, "security": 64, "transparency": 26 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hyperliquid's API needs no signup or key, an approved API wallet can trade but not withdraw, fees and rate limits are published with numbers, and a testnet mirrors mainnet. There is no official MCP server, OpenAPI file, status page, changelog or readable terms, and signing uses two schemes the docs say to leave to an SDK.", "bestFor": "An agent trading perpetuals or spot on chain from its own wallet with no account, or acting for a master account through an approved API wallet.", "strengths": [ "API wallets approved by the master account can only sign trading actions; withdrawals and external transfers need the user's own key", "Numeric rate limits per IP and per address, with weights per request type and a paid `reserveRequestWeight` top-up", "Fees published per tier from 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker on perpetuals, with maker rebates and staking discounts", "A testnet at api.hyperliquid-testnet.xyz with the same API and a faucet of 1,000 mock USDC for addresses that have deposited on mainnet", "Client order IDs (`cloid`), `expiresAfter`, `noop` and a `scheduleCancel` dead man's switch for safe retries" ], "weaknesses": [ "No official MCP server; the 23 registry entries are all third parties, several selling data by x402", "No OpenAPI file, no changelog, no API versioning and no status page found", "The terms of use and privacy policy at app.hyperliquid.xyz draw by script and hyperliquid.xyz/terms answered 403, so the restricted jurisdictions are unchecked", "Order errors are message strings without codes, and the docs give no 429 or Retry-After guidance beyond one request every 10 seconds when limited", "The official Python SDK is marked Alpha, last released 4 June 2026, with 112 open issues" ], "agentNotes": [ "Generate a fresh API wallet, approve it with `approveAgent` with a name and expiry, sign with it, and query with the master address, never the agent address", "Use the Python SDK's `sign_l1_action` and `sign_user_signed_action`; mixing the two, field order in msgpack or an uppercase address gives \"User or API Wallet ... does not exist\"", "Set a `cloid` on every order and read the per-order `statuses` array; one batch-level error rejects the whole batch", "Budget address limits by volume (one action per 1 USDC traded after 10,000); batch orders to lower IP weight, and use WebSocket for data", "Arm `scheduleCancel` before unattended trading so open orders are cancelled if the agent stops" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 50 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 39, "payments": 55, "reliability": 40, "schema": 42, "security": 64, "transparency": 20 }, "provenanceScore": 32, "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": "pip install hyperliquid-python-sdk", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"type\":\"l2Book\",\"coin\":\"BTC\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.derivatives", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hyperliquid" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Perpetuals taker fee, tier 0", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.045, "note": "0.045% of notional; maker 0.015%" }, { "item": "Spot taker fee, tier 0", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.07, "note": "0.070% of notional; maker 0.040%" }, { "item": "Bridge withdrawal", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1, "note": "$1 per withdrawal to the bridge contract" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "hyperliquid.xyz", "domainRegistered": "2022-10-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/terms", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "No legal entity found on a readable page. The docs name Hyperliquid Labs (self-funded) and the Hyper Foundation (bug bounty); app.hyperliquid.xyz/terms and hyperfoundation.org draw by script and hyperliquid.xyz/terms answered 403.", "RDAP gives hyperliquid.xyz a registration date of 15 October 2022, registrar Squarespace Domains.", "No status page found; status.hyperliquid.xyz did not resolve and the docs link none. No changelog; the docs have no dated release notes.", "https://hyperliquid.xyz/.well-known/security.txt answered 403, so security.txt is unknown. The docs' bug bounty page gives bugbounty@hyperfoundation.org.", "hyperliquid.gitbook.io/robots.txt allows everything with Content-Signal ai-input=yes; hyperliquid.xyz/robots.txt allows everything." ], "score": 32 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.json", "live": { "slug": "hyperliquid", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://hyperliquid.xyz/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:05.956872316Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:05.956872316Z" } }, "answer": "MEXC API scores 56.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "mexc", "name": "MEXC API", "vendor": "MEXC (Comoros) Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mexc.com/mexc-api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "MEXC's spot and futures API gives programmatic access to market data, orders, balances, transfers and withdrawals over REST and WebSocket, with an official command-line tool that also runs as a local MCP server for AI agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mexc.json", "dns": "mexc.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/mexcdevelop", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mexc-ai/cli" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API keys made at mexc.com/user/openapi after a browser sign-up; the futures API also needs identity verification. The key goes in the X-MEXC-APIKEY header and signed endpoints carry an HMAC SHA256 signature with a timestamp and a recvWindow of up to 60 seconds. Permissions are granular (SPOT_ACCOUNT_READ, SPOT_DEAL_WRITE, SPOT_WITHDRAW_WRITE, SPOT_TRANSFER_WRITE and the futures equivalents), a key can be limited to chosen trading pairs and linked to up to 10 IP addresses, and a key with no linked IP is valid for 90 days and can be renewed for 90 more from 5 days before expiry. Up to 30 keys per account (https://www.mexc.com/api-docs/spot-v3/introduction, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Trading fees per fill. MEXC's own fee guide of 20 October 2026 gives spot 0 per cent maker and 0.05 per cent taker (0.04 per cent with MX deduction), futures from 0 per cent maker and 0.02 per cent taker on BTCUSDT to 0.01 and 0.04 per cent on standard contracts, and a separate API futures schedule of 0.06 per cent maker and 0.08 per cent taker since 1 June 2026. Zero-fee campaigns and MX discounts don't apply to API trading. The fee page itself is drawn by script. Market data needs no key (https://www.mexc.com/learn/article/17827791510370, checked 2026-11-03).", "priceSummary": "0.05% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the CLI docs, llms.txt or the terms (checked 2026-11-03). Fees are taken from each fill.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 299, "popularity": { "githubStars": 315, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.mexc.com/api-docs/spot-v3/introduction", "llmsTxt": "https://www.mexc.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.market-data", "exchange.spot-trading", "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "market.crypto" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "closed-source", "usage-priced", "mcp", "cli", "agent-skills", "read-only-mode", "llms-txt", "python", "java", "go", "no-status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 791, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 31, "reliability": 43, "schema": 64, "security": 65, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MEXC publishes granular key permissions, per-pair key limits, weighted rate limits with Retry-After and a dated changelog, and its official CLI runs a read-only-capable MCP server with confirmation before any fund movement. There is no sandbox or status page, API futures orders pay a higher fee schedule, and the user agreement excludes the US, UK, EU members and others.", "bestFor": "Spot and futures for agents in served countries that want a vendor-built MCP server with read-only and confirmation modes.", "strengths": [ "Granular key permissions (account read, trade, withdraw, transfer), per-pair restriction, up to 10 linked IPs and a 90-day expiry for unbound keys", "An official MCP mode in the `@mexc-ai/cli` tool with `--read-only`, a read-only market subset of 22 tools and a confirmation step before orders and transfers", "Rate limits published as weight buckets per IP and UID, with Retry-After on 429 and 418", "A dated changelog of 72 spot and 26 futures entries, the newest 23 October 2026", "Fees published on MEXC's own pages, with the API futures schedule stated separately" ], "weaknesses": [ "No sandbox or testnet; only an order-validation endpoint", "No status page, incident history or SLA", "The MCP server is local only, not in the official MCP registry, and the CLI is UNLICENSED with no public source", "API futures orders pay 0.06 per cent maker and 0.08 per cent taker, and zero-fee campaigns exclude API trading", "The user agreement bars users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, France and other jurisdictions" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a key limited to SPOT_ACCOUNT_READ and SPOT_DEAL_WRITE, the pairs you trade and your IP addresses; keys without a linked IP expire after 90 days", "Start the MCP server as `mexc mcp spot --read-only` unless the task trades, and never pass `--yes`; orders and transfers wait for the person's confirmation", "Call POST /api/v3/order/test before a live order, since there is no sandbox", "On 429 or 418 wait for Retry-After; order placement and cancellation share 12 requests a second per UID, and repeated breaches ban the IP for up to 3 days", "Treat a 5xx on an order as unknown, not failed, and query the order before retrying; set newClientOrderId so the order can be found" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 31, "reliability": 43, "schema": 64, "security": 65, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 78, "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": "npm install -g @mexc-ai/cli", "http": "curl 'https://api.mexc.com/api/v3/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mexc-spot": { "args": [ "mcp", "spot", "--read-only" ], "command": "mexc" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.market-data", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mexc" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Spot taker fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.05, "note": "maker 0 per cent; 0.04 per cent with MX deduction, not for API trading" }, { "item": "API futures taker fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.08, "note": "maker 0.06 per cent, since 1 June 2026, outside the Innovation Zone" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MEXC (Comoros) Ltd", "domain": "mexc.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-02-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.mexc.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.mexc.com/privacypolicy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.mexc.com/api-docs/spot-v3/change-log", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "MEXC (Comoros) Ltd is named in the user agreement, last updated 13 October 2026, with a registered address in Mutsamudu, Anjouan. The privacy policy, last updated 1 June 2026, names no entity.", "RDAP gives mexc.com a registration date of 27 February 2000; the exchange says it began in 2018, so the domain predates it.", "www.mexc.com/robots.txt allows the root and disallows /user/, /orders/ and some locale paths; it lists llms.txt as a sitemap. mexcdevelop.github.io has no robots.txt.", "https://www.mexc.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. status.mexc.com does not resolve; no status page was found.", "The fee page at mexc.com/fee is drawn by script; the fee figures come from MEXC's own fee guide and a 2024 announcement." ], "score": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc.json", "live": { "slug": "mexc", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mexc.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:36.213483882Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:36.213483882Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 36, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "mexc", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Read as a closed hosted service with open SDKs. The API has no dated changelog, so the last dated change is the Python SDK's 0.24.0 on 4 June 2026, 152 days before this check; the node repository was pushed on 10 August 2026 and the docs describe newer actions (HIP-4 outcome markets, borrow and lend) without dates. Judgement call (10 of 30). No three dated releases in 90 days (0). Support through Discord and the docs' FAQ, 112 open issues on the SDK whose replies couldn't be read (8 of 25). Official Python and Rust SDKs, the Rust one last pushed 21 October 2025; no MCP registry entry (15). CI on Python 3.9 and 3.13 with Poetry, Dependabot badge, a lock file (6 of 10). Total 39.", "b": "Read as a closed service. Last dated change 23 October 2026 in both the spot and futures logs (30). Spot entries on 14 August, 24 August, 11 September and 23 October 2026, futures on 1 September, 11 September, 19 October and 23 October (20). An API support Telegram group, a ticket form and dated changelogs; GitHub issues not read (10 of 15). The official SDK repository was last pushed in February 2024 while the CLI is current (10 of 15). The CLI ships platform binaries with no dependencies and no public repository or CI; the SDK is stale (5 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 39, "b": 75 } }, { "by": 32, "category": "transparency", "leads": "mexc", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "The editorial half. The SDKs are MIT and the node repository Apache-2.0 with a Dockerfile around a binary; the API servers and front end are closed and the terms were unreadable (12 of 30). No privacy policy read and nothing in the docs on data handling (0 of 30). Deprecated actions are marked in the docs without dates or a policy (8 of 20). No subprocessors or data locations (0 of 20). Total 20.", "b": "The editorial half. A closed service with a dated user agreement naming MEXC (Comoros) Ltd; the CLI is UNLICENSED on npm (15 of 30). The privacy policy names no entity, states no retention periods and relies on standard contractual clauses for transfers (10 of 30). The changelog flags endpoints as \"will be discontinued soon\" without dates and the futures log records removals (8 of 20). Third parties are named by category only, with no subprocessor list or data locations (5 of 20). 15 + 10 + 8 + 5 = 38." }, "scores": { "a": 26, "b": 58 } }, { "by": 24, "category": "payments", "leads": "hyperliquid", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No machine payment protocol (0). Fees published per tier without login (20). No card anywhere; public info endpoints are free and the testnet faucet gives 1,000 mock USDC, though only to an address that has deposited on mainnet (15 of 20). No signup; an agent with a funded EVM wallet deposits USDC on a bridged chain and trades, subject to the unread terms (20). Total 55.", "b": "No machine payment protocol (0). Fees published without login on MEXC's own fee guide (20 October 2026) and a 2024 announcement, with a separate API futures schedule; the fee page itself is drawn by script (16 of 20). Public market data needs no key or card; trading needs a verified and funded account. Judgement call (15 of 20). A person must sign up in a browser, and futures need identity verification (0). 0 + 16 + 15 + 0 = 31." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 31 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "schema", "leads": "mexc", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract; request and response shapes are tables and JSON examples in the docs (0 of 25). llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page by appending .md (10). Each info type and exchange action has a short description of what it does, and the signing page lists common mistakes, but little says when to use one call over another (12 of 20). Fields are one-letter keys (`a`, `b`, `p`, `s`, `r`, `t`, `c`) with numbers as strings, enums such as `tif` Alo, Ioc or Gtc, and required fields marked in tables (9 of 15). An example for every call and a list of order and cancel error strings, with no HTTP error table (11 of 15). No API version, no changelog and no dated release notes; deprecated actions such as `userDexAbstraction` are marked in place (0 of 15). Total 42.", "b": "No OpenAPI found; a Postman collection and the CLI's 25 capability reference files are the nearest machine-readable contract (5 of 25). llms.txt on mexc.com, written for assistants and pointing at the API docs and legal pages (7 of 10). Per-endpoint pages with purpose, parameters and permissions, without when-not-to-use guidance (13 of 20). Typed parameters with enums for order types, statuses and intervals (11 of 15). Examples on each endpoint and a separate error-code page with numeric codes and messages (13 of 15). Versioned API (v3) with a dated changelog of 72 entries to 23 October 2026 (15). 5 + 7 + 13 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 64." }, "scores": { "a": 42, "b": 64 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "hyperliquid", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "An API, read for response sizing. Time-range calls return at most 500 blocks of data, fills and historical orders cap at 2,000 items, candles at 5,000, l2Book at 20 levels a side (18 of 25). Cursor-by-timestamp pagination on fills and funding, filtering by coin or dex, no field selection (14 of 20). Order errors are documented strings per order, one batch-level error rejects a batch, and `orderStatus` answers `unknownOid`; no codes and no rate-limit error shape (12 of 20). `cloid`, per-signer nonces within a time window, `expiresAfter`, `noop` to burn a nonce and `scheduleCancel` as a dead man's switch (18 of 20). Few required fields, but signing needs msgpack field order, two EIP-712 schemes and lowercase addresses, and the official SDKs are Python (Alpha) and Rust only (8 of 15). Total 70.", "b": "Graded on the REST API with the CLI's MCP mode. Responses take limit parameters and the MCP read-only market subset is 22 tools, but a full spot MCP category lists 123 tools (15 of 25). startTime, endTime and limit on history, symbol filters on open orders (14 of 20). Numeric codes with messages, a 30035 order-limit code added 23 October 2026, 5xx guidance (14 of 20). newClientOrderId is optional with no idempotency guarantee; the CLI adds --dry-run and a confirmation step (10 of 20). Few required parameters; SDKs in five languages whose repository was last pushed in February 2024 (11 of 15). 15 + 14 + 14 + 10 + 11 = 64." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 64 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Hyperliquid Labs", "b": "MEXC (Comoros) Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "The exchange runs on the Hyperliquid chain (HyperCore), whose node is distributed as a binary under an Apache-2.0 repository; the Python and Rust SDKs are MIT. The API servers and front end are closed", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "0", "b": "299", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-06-04", "b": "2026-10-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-10-13", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-06-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.9k stars, 167k PyPI/wk", "b": "315 stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "MEXC API scores 56.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hyperliquid or MEXC API?" }, { "answer": "Hyperliquid takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. MEXC API needs an API key.", "question": "Do Hyperliquid and MEXC API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Hyperliquid. MEXC API runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Hyperliquid and MEXC API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 64", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 31" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent trading perpetuals or spot on chain from its own wallet with no account, or acting for a master account through an approved API wallet.", "slug": "hyperliquid", "watchFor": "No official MCP server; the 23 registry entries are all third parties, several selling data by x402" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 42", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 39", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 26" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Spot and futures for agents in served countries that want a vendor-built MCP server with read-only and confirmation modes.", "slug": "mexc", "watchFor": "No sandbox or testnet; only an order-validation endpoint" } 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kraken" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kucoin.json", "title": "Hyperliquid vs KuCoin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kucoin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-okx.json", "title": "Hyperliquid vs OKX API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-okx" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 3, "edge": "mexc", "hyperliquid": 40, "key": "reliability", "mexc": 43, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 22, "edge": "mexc", "hyperliquid": 42, "key": "schema", "mexc": 64, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "hyperliquid", "hyperliquid": 70, "key": "ergonomics", "mexc": 64, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "mexc", "hyperliquid": 64, "key": "security", "mexc": 65, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "hyperliquid", "hyperliquid": 55, "key": "payments", "mexc": 31, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 36, "edge": "mexc", "hyperliquid": 39, "key": "maintenance", "mexc": 75, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 32, "edge": "mexc", "hyperliquid": 26, "key": "transparency", "mexc": 58, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "MEXC API scores 56.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do exchange derivatives.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "hyperliquid": "Hyperliquid's API needs no signup or key, an approved API wallet can trade but not withdraw, fees and rate limits are published with numbers, and a testnet mirrors mainnet. There is no official MCP server, OpenAPI file, status page, changelog or readable terms, and signing uses two schemes the docs say to leave to an SDK.", "mexc": "MEXC publishes granular key permissions, per-pair key limits, weighted rate limits with Retry-After and a dated changelog, and its official CLI runs a read-only-capable MCP server with confirmation before any fund movement. There is no sandbox or status page, API futures orders pay a higher fee schedule, and the user agreement excludes the US, UK, EU members and others." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-mexc", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-mexc.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-mexc.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-mexc.min.md" }, "markdown": "MEXC API scores 56.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do exchange derivatives.\n\n- Hyperliquid: grade D, 50/100, rank #1018 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperliquid.json\n- MEXC API: grade C, 56.3/100, rank #791 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mexc.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mexc.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### Hyperliquid (D)\n\nGood for: An agent trading perpetuals or spot on chain from its own wallet with no account, or acting for a master account through an approved API wallet.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 64\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 31\n\nWatch for: No official MCP server; the 23 registry entries are all third parties, several selling data by x402\n\n### MEXC API (C)\n\nGood for: Spot and futures for agents in served countries that want a vendor-built MCP server with read-only and confirmation modes.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 42\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 39\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 26\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No sandbox or testnet; only an order-validation endpoint\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: MEXC API +36\n\n- Hyperliquid (39): Read as a closed hosted service with open SDKs. The API has no dated changelog, so the last dated change is the Python SDK's 0.24.0 on 4 June 2026, 152 days before this check; the node repository was pushed on 10 August 2026 and the docs describe newer actions (HIP-4 outcome markets, borrow and lend) without dates. Judgement call (10 of 30). No three dated releases in 90 days (0). Support through Discord and the docs' FAQ, 112 open issues on the SDK whose replies couldn't be read (8 of 25). Official Python and Rust SDKs, the Rust one last pushed 21 October 2025; no MCP registry entry (15). CI on Python 3.9 and 3.13 with Poetry, Dependabot badge, a lock file (6 of 10). Total 39.\n- MEXC API (75): Read as a closed service. Last dated change 23 October 2026 in both the spot and futures logs (30). Spot entries on 14 August, 24 August, 11 September and 23 October 2026, futures on 1 September, 11 September, 19 October and 23 October (20). An API support Telegram group, a ticket form and dated changelogs; GitHub issues not read (10 of 15). The official SDK repository was last pushed in February 2024 while the CLI is current (10 of 15). The CLI ships platform binaries with no dependencies and no public repository or CI; the SDK is stale (5 of 10). 30 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 75.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: MEXC API +32\n\n- Hyperliquid (26): The editorial half. The SDKs are MIT and the node repository Apache-2.0 with a Dockerfile around a binary; the API servers and front end are closed and the terms were unreadable (12 of 30). No privacy policy read and nothing in the docs on data handling (0 of 30). Deprecated actions are marked in the docs without dates or a policy (8 of 20). No subprocessors or data locations (0 of 20). Total 20.\n- MEXC API (58): The editorial half. A closed service with a dated user agreement naming MEXC (Comoros) Ltd; the CLI is UNLICENSED on npm (15 of 30). The privacy policy names no entity, states no retention periods and relies on standard contractual clauses for transfers (10 of 30). The changelog flags endpoints as \"will be discontinued soon\" without dates and the futures log records removals (8 of 20). Third parties are named by category only, with no subprocessor list or data locations (5 of 20). 15 + 10 + 8 + 5 = 38.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Hyperliquid +24\n\n- Hyperliquid (55): No machine payment protocol (0). Fees published per tier without login (20). No card anywhere; public info endpoints are free and the testnet faucet gives 1,000 mock USDC, though only to an address that has deposited on mainnet (15 of 20). No signup; an agent with a funded EVM wallet deposits USDC on a bridged chain and trades, subject to the unread terms (20). Total 55.\n- MEXC API (31): No machine payment protocol (0). Fees published without login on MEXC's own fee guide (20 October 2026) and a 2024 announcement, with a separate API futures schedule; the fee page itself is drawn by script (16 of 20). Public market data needs no key or card; trading needs a verified and funded account. Judgement call (15 of 20). A person must sign up in a browser, and futures need identity verification (0). 0 + 16 + 15 + 0 = 31.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: MEXC API +22\n\n- Hyperliquid (42): No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract; request and response shapes are tables and JSON examples in the docs (0 of 25). llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page by appending .md (10). Each info type and exchange action has a short description of what it does, and the signing page lists common mistakes, but little says when to use one call over another (12 of 20). Fields are one-letter keys (`a`, `b`, `p`, `s`, `r`, `t`, `c`) with numbers as strings, enums such as `tif` Alo, Ioc or Gtc, and required fields marked in tables (9 of 15). An example for every call and a list of order and cancel error strings, with no HTTP error table (11 of 15). No API version, no changelog and no dated release notes; deprecated actions such as `userDexAbstraction` are marked in place (0 of 15). Total 42.\n- MEXC API (64): No OpenAPI found; a Postman collection and the CLI's 25 capability reference files are the nearest machine-readable contract (5 of 25). llms.txt on mexc.com, written for assistants and pointing at the API docs and legal pages (7 of 10). Per-endpoint pages with purpose, parameters and permissions, without when-not-to-use guidance (13 of 20). Typed parameters with enums for order types, statuses and intervals (11 of 15). Examples on each endpoint and a separate error-code page with numeric codes and messages (13 of 15). Versioned API (v3) with a dated changelog of 72 entries to 23 October 2026 (15). 5 + 7 + 13 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 64.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Hyperliquid +6\n\n- Hyperliquid (70): An API, read for response sizing. Time-range calls return at most 500 blocks of data, fills and historical orders cap at 2,000 items, candles at 5,000, l2Book at 20 levels a side (18 of 25). Cursor-by-timestamp pagination on fills and funding, filtering by coin or dex, no field selection (14 of 20). Order errors are documented strings per order, one batch-level error rejects a batch, and `orderStatus` answers `unknownOid`; no codes and no rate-limit error shape (12 of 20). `cloid`, per-signer nonces within a time window, `expiresAfter`, `noop` to burn a nonce and `scheduleCancel` as a dead man's switch (18 of 20). Few required fields, but signing needs msgpack field order, two EIP-712 schemes and lowercase addresses, and the official SDKs are Python (Alpha) and Rust only (8 of 15). Total 70.\n- MEXC API (64): Graded on the REST API with the CLI's MCP mode. Responses take limit parameters and the MCP read-only market subset is 22 tools, but a full spot MCP category lists 123 tools (15 of 25). startTime, endTime and limit on history, symbol filters on open orders (14 of 20). Numeric codes with messages, a 30035 order-limit code added 23 October 2026, 5xx guidance (14 of 20). newClientOrderId is optional with no idempotency guarantee; the CLI adds --dry-run and a confirmation step (10 of 20). Few required parameters; SDKs in five languages whose repository was last pushed in February 2024 (11 of 15). 15 + 14 + 14 + 10 + 11 = 64.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hyperliquid | MEXC API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 43 | MEXC API +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 64 | MEXC API +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 64 | Hyperliquid +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 65 | MEXC API +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 55 | 31 | Hyperliquid +24 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 75 | MEXC API +36 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 26 | 58 | MEXC API +32 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50 · D** | **56.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hyperliquid | MEXC API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Hyperliquid Labs | MEXC (Comoros) Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | The exchange runs on the Hyperliquid chain (HyperCore), whose node is distributed as a binary under an Apache-2.0 repository; the Python and Rust SDKs are MIT. The API servers and front end are closed | none |\n| Tools exposed | 0 | 299 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-06-04 | 2026-10-23 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-13 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-06-01 |\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 | not found in the text |\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 | 1.9k stars, 167k PyPI/wk | 315 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Hyperliquid.** Hyperliquid's API needs no signup or key, an approved API wallet can trade but not withdraw, fees and rate limits are published with numbers, and a testnet mirrors mainnet. There is no official MCP server, OpenAPI file, status page, changelog or readable terms, and signing uses two schemes the docs say to leave to an SDK.\n\n**MEXC API.** MEXC publishes granular key permissions, per-pair key limits, weighted rate limits with Retry-After and a dated changelog, and its official CLI runs a read-only-capable MCP server with confirmation before any fund movement. There is no sandbox or status page, API futures orders pay a higher fee schedule, and the user agreement excludes the US, UK, EU members and others.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Hyperliquid\n\n1. Generate a fresh API wallet, approve it with `approveAgent` with a name and expiry, sign with it, and query with the master address, never the agent address\n2. Use the Python SDK's `sign_l1_action` and `sign_user_signed_action`; mixing the two, field order in msgpack or an uppercase address gives \"User or API Wallet ... does not exist\"\n3. Set a `cloid` on every order and read the per-order `statuses` array; one batch-level error rejects the whole batch\n4. Budget address limits by volume (one action per 1 USDC traded after 10,000); batch orders to lower IP weight, and use WebSocket for data\n5. Arm `scheduleCancel` before unattended trading so open orders are cancelled if the agent stops\n\n### MEXC API\n\n1. Use a key limited to SPOT_ACCOUNT_READ and SPOT_DEAL_WRITE, the pairs you trade and your IP addresses; keys without a linked IP expire after 90 days\n2. Start the MCP server as `mexc mcp spot --read-only` unless the task trades, and never pass `--yes`; orders and transfers wait for the person's confirmation\n3. Call POST /api/v3/order/test before a live order, since there is no sandbox\n4. On 429 or 418 wait for Retry-After; order placement and cancellation share 12 requests a second per UID, and repeated breaches ban the IP for up to 3 days\n5. Treat a 5xx on an order as unknown, not failed, and query the order before retrying; set newClientOrderId so the order can be found\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hyperliquid or MEXC API?\n\nMEXC API scores 56.3 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Hyperliquid and MEXC API need an API key?\n\nHyperliquid takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. MEXC API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Hyperliquid and MEXC API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Hyperliquid. MEXC 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/hyperliquid-vs-mexc.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-mexc.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hyperliquid\", \"b\": \"mexc\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hyperliquid mexc`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperliquid.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mexc.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Hyperliquid or MEXC API\n\n- [Bitfinex API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitfinex-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Bitfinex API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitfinex-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Bitget vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitget-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Bitget vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitget-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Bithumb Open API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bithumb-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Bithumb Open API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bithumb-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Bitstamp API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitstamp-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Bitstamp API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitstamp-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Bybit vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bybit-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Bybit vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bybit-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Crypto.com Exchange API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-com-exchange-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Crypto.com Exchange API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-com-exchange-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Gate vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Gate vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gate-io-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Gemini Exchange API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-exchange-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Gemini Exchange API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-exchange-vs-mexc.md)\n- [HTX trading API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/htx-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [HTX trading API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/htx-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-upbit.md)\n- [KuCoin vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kucoin-vs-mexc.md)\n- [MEXC API vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mexc-vs-okx.md)\n- [MEXC API vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mexc-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [MEXC API vs Upbit Open API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mexc-vs-upbit.md)\n- [Binance API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Binance API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/binance-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Coinbase Advanced Trade API vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-advanced-trade-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Coinbase Advanced Trade API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-advanced-trade-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs Uniswap Trading API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-uniswap.md)\n- [Kraken API vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kraken-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Deribit vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [Deribit vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deribit-vs-mexc.md)\n- [dYdX vs Hyperliquid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-hyperliquid.md)\n- [dYdX vs MEXC API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-mexc.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kraken.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs KuCoin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-kucoin.md)\n- [Hyperliquid vs OKX API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperliquid-vs-okx.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": "Hyperliquid vs MEXC API", "url": "" } ], "description": "MEXC scores 56.3 (C) to Hyperliquid's 50 (D) for exchange derivatives. 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