Bitstamp

European cryptocurrency exchange offering REST and WebSocket APIs for spot trading, order management, market data, account balances, and transaction history across major crypto pairs. Founded in 2011, Bitstamp provides institutional-grade infrastructure with HMAC-SHA256 authenticated private endpoints, real-time WebSocket streaming, margin trading, derivatives, staking, and travel-rule compliance tooling.

Bitstamp publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Market Data API. Tagged areas include Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Trading, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.

The Bitstamp catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bitstamp’s developer surface includes authentication, support, signup flow, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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47.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessPaidSelf serve

2 APIs

CryptocurrencyExchangeTradingBitcoinEthereumSpot TradingWebSocketMarket DataOrder ManagementFinance

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Composite quality — 47.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

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Examples 7

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login

Signup

Signup

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Facebook

Facebook

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

FeeSchedule

FeeSchedule

Source (apis.yml)

name: Bitstamp
description: European cryptocurrency exchange offering REST and WebSocket APIs for spot trading, order management, market
  data, account balances, and transaction history across major crypto pairs. Founded in 2011, Bitstamp provides institutional-grade
  infrastructure with HMAC-SHA256 authenticated private endpoints, real-time WebSocket streaming, margin trading, derivatives,
  staking, and travel-rule compliance tooling.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bitstamp.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstamp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Cryptocurrency
- Exchange
- Trading
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Spot Trading
- WebSocket
- Market Data
- Order Management
- Finance
apis:
- name: Bitstamp WebSocket API
  description: Real-time WebSocket API providing live market data streams including order book updates, live trades, ticker
    data, and private account event channels via authenticated token-based subscriptions.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/
  baseURL: wss://ws.bitstamp.net
  tags:
  - WebSocket
  - Real-time
  - Market Data
  - Order Book
  - Trades
  - Ticker
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstamp/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Bitstamp Support
    url: https://www.bitstamp.net/support/
    email: support@bitstamp.net
- aid: bitstamp:bitstamp-market-data-api
  name: Bitstamp Market Data API
  description: Public market data endpoints (no authentication required)
  humanURL: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/
  baseURL: https://www.bitstamp.net
  tags:
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitstamp-market-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstamp/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstamp/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitstamp/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bitstamp-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bitstamp-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitstamp-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bitstamp-authentication.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/#authentication
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.bitstamp.net/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/support/
- type: Login
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/account/login/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/account/register/
- type: FeeSchedule
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/fee_schedule/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bitstamp.net/blog/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitstamp/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/Bitstamp
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/Bitstamp/
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: info@apievangelist.com