# Bitstamp

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bitstamp/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 37.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 56.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 35.5 |
| Access Clarity | 35.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 40.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 42.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **Bitstamp WebSocket API** — 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-bas...
- **Bitstamp Market Data API** — Public market data endpoints (no authentication required)

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bitstamp Agentic Access** — 7 operations

## Security (3)

- **Bitstamp Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Bitstamp Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Bitstamp Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Trading, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Spot Trading, WebSocket, Market Data, Order Management, Finance

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bitstamp/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.