# CurrencyBeacon

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/currencybeacon/  
**Website:** https://currencybeacon.com  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Currency exchange rates REST API providing real-time mid-market rates for 170+ fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, with 30 years of historical data, server-side conversion, timeseries analysis, and MCP server support for LLM integrations. Sourced from central banks and trusted financial institutions with 99.99% uptime.

## Kin Score — 42.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 41.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| 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

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

## APIs (3)

- **CurrencyBeacon conversion API** — Currency conversion operations
- **CurrencyBeacon currencies API** — Supported currencies information
- **CurrencyBeacon rates API** — Currency exchange rate operations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Currencybeacon Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (2)

- **Currencybeacon Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Currencybeacon Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Currencybeacon Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Currency, Exchange Rates, Forex, Cryptocurrency, Financial Data, Historical Rates, Currency Conversion

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