CoinLobster API

Real-time crypto market data for your apps, bots, and AI agents.

16 Endpoints
Market data, whale trades, news, DeFi, analytics
Real-Time Data
WebSocket streaming + REST endpoints
AI Agent Ready
OpenAPI spec, agents.json, llms.txt

Quick Start

# Get your API key from your account page
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
https://coinlobster.com/api/ai/v1/market/ticker?pair=BTC/USD

Available Endpoints

GET /api/ai/v1/market/ticker Live price, 5m volume, funding rates, and OI for any pair 1 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/pairs List of all supported trading pairs 1 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/config Full market configuration with exchange mappings 1 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/orderbook Live order book aggregated across exchanges 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/trades Recent trades across all exchanges 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/funding-rates Current funding rates across futures exchanges 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/open-interest Open interest by exchange 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/market/liquidations Recent forced position closures 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/analytics/signals AI-generated trading signals 5 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/analytics/whale-trades Large trades (>$50K) with exchange and direction 3 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/news/summary AI-summarized crypto news with sentiment 5 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/news/headlines Raw news headlines from multiple sources 1 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/news/sentiment AI sentiment score for a coin plus macro 3 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/news/ohlc 7-day hourly OHLC candle data 2 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/defi/summary 24h DeFi trading summary 3 cr
GET /api/ai/v1/defi/top-tokens Top DeFi tokens by 24h volume 2 cr

Free Public Endpoints

No API key required (per-IP rate limited). Free accounts see a reduced view; Pro subscribers get the full data.

GET /api/public/crypto-whales Recent $100K+ exchange whale trades (free: BTC/ETH + daily pair live, others 15-min delayed) free
GET /api/public/onchain-whales Large DEX swaps on Ethereum/Base/Arbitrum (free: swaps ≥ $250K) free
GET /api/public/onchain-top-tokens Per-chain top-tokens board with price, volume, TVL (free: top 5 per chain) free
GET /api/public/onchain-pair-stats On-chain stats + DEX swaps for a pair's base token (free: swaps ≥ $250K; Pro adds net flow) free

Pricing

$10
500 credits
$49
5,000 credits
$199
25,000 credits

For AI Agents

CoinLobster is discoverable by AI agents via multiple standards:

OpenAPI Spec (openapi.json) → Agent Discovery (agents.json) → LLM Documentation (llms.txt) → Full LLM Docs (llms-full.txt) → ChatGPT Plugin Manifest →

Get Started

Create an account, then generate an API key from your Account page. Purchase credits to start making requests.

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