CryptoCompare

CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark

Quantitative ranking of integrated exchanges across Legal, KYC and Transaction Risk, Team, Data Provision, Asset Quality and Diversity, Market Quality, Security, and Negative Reports Penalty. Grade points and per-criterion splits are surfaced on the /exchanges/general endpoint of the min-api.

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https://data.coindesk.com/research/exchange-benchmark

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cryptocompare:exchange-benchmark
name: CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark
tags:
- Exchange Ratings
- Methodology
- Risk
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
baseURL: https://data.coindesk.com/research/exchange-benchmark
humanURL: https://data.coindesk.com/research/exchange-benchmark
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://data.coindesk.com/research/exchange-benchmark
description: Quantitative ranking of integrated exchanges across Legal, KYC and Transaction Risk, Team,
  Data Provision, Asset Quality and Diversity, Market Quality, Security, and Negative Reports Penalty.
  Grade points and per-criterion splits are surfaced on the /exchanges/general endpoint of the min-api.