# Vlad Cealicu (slim)

> Vlad Cealicu is historical co-founder/CTO of CCData; API architect and technical author and founder. CoinDesk Data API and letme on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Historical co-founder/CTO of CCData; API architect and technical author.

Founder of Anchor Terminal.

- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vcealicu

## What Vlad builds

- [CoinDesk Data API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api.md), graded D, 46.7/100, in Data providers. Institutional market-data REST and WebSocket API covering spot, futures, options, reference-rate indices (CADLI, CCIX), asset metadata, on-chain data and news across 300+ exchanges, with an official hosted MCP server since May 2026. Historical co-founder/CTO of CCData; API architect and technical author, researched 2026-10-27.
- [letme](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/letme.md), graded BB, 74.2/100, in Agent tool access. letme (letme.dev) picks a tool for a job from Anchor Terminal's published grades by one published rule and says how to call it direct. Agents ask by job, capability or listing over HTTP or MCP, with no key. Founder, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Quynh Tran-Thanh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quynh-tran-thanh/), Founder

## Questions

### Who is Vlad Cealicu?

Founder of Anchor Terminal.

### What does CoinDesk Data (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare), Anchor Terminal make?

Anchor Terminal lists CoinDesk Data API and letme from CoinDesk Data (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare), Anchor Terminal.

### How are Vlad's tools graded?

CoinDesk Data API is graded D, 46.7 out of 100; letme is graded BB, 74.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://data.coindesk.com/blogs/on-chain-data-series-ii-streamlining-blockchain-data-output-and-distribution
- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vcealicu
- https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation
- https://support.ccdata.io/hc/en-gb/requests/new
- https://data.coindesk.com/company/contact
- https://www.anchorterminal.com/about/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcealicu/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/quynhtranthanh/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/anchor-terminal/
- https://x.com/AnchorTerminal
- https://www.anchorterminal.com/about/#contact

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.