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Gluwa

Gluwa is a borderless financial platform and blockchain infrastructure company that connects emerging markets to the global economy. Its consumer surface is the Gluwa Wallet, Dashboard, Invest (Investor DAO / fixed-term interest accounts) and Exchange, backed by the Gluwacoin interoperable stablecoin standard (USDG, KRWG, NGNG). Gluwa exposes a REST API (balances, fees, transactions, payment QR codes, wrap/unwrap, and an Exchange API for quotes, orders and order books) secured with API keys and address signatures, with webhooks and idempotent transaction requests. Gluwa also builds and operates Creditcoin, an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain, and the Universal Smart Contract (USC) multichain framework, shipping TypeScript, Solidity, PHP, .NET and Java SDKs. Originally surfaced as a 500 Global portfolio company.

Gluwa publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Stablecoin, and Payments.

The Gluwa catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Gluwa’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, engineering blog, authentication, changelog, and 11 more developer resources.

31.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs
CompanyBlockchainCryptocurrencyStablecoinPaymentsFintechWalletCreditcoinSmart ContractsEmerging Markets

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 31.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Gluwa API

REST API for the Gluwa borderless financial platform — balances, fees, transactions, payment QR codes, wrap/unwrap, and the Exchange API (quotes, orders, order books). Secured w...

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Gluwa Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Gluwa Authentication

apiKey/http-signature · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Gluwa Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: gluwa
name: Gluwa
description: Gluwa is a borderless financial platform and blockchain infrastructure company that connects emerging markets
  to the global economy. Its consumer surface is the Gluwa Wallet, Dashboard, Invest (Investor DAO / fixed-term interest accounts)
  and Exchange, backed by the Gluwacoin interoperable stablecoin standard (USDG, KRWG, NGNG). Gluwa exposes a REST API (balances,
  fees, transactions, payment QR codes, wrap/unwrap, and an Exchange API for quotes, orders and order books) secured with
  API keys and address signatures, with webhooks and idempotent transaction requests. Gluwa also builds and operates Creditcoin,
  an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain, and the Universal Smart Contract (USC) multichain framework, shipping TypeScript,
  Solidity, PHP, .NET and Java SDKs. Originally surfaced as a 500 Global portfolio company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gluwa/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://gluwa.com/resources/meta-image.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- Stablecoin
- Payments
- Fintech
- Wallet
- Creditcoin
- Smart Contracts
- Emerging Markets
apis:
- name: Gluwa API
  description: REST API for the Gluwa borderless financial platform — balances, fees, transactions, payment QR codes, wrap/unwrap,
    and the Exchange API (quotes, orders, order books). Secured with API keys and address signatures; supports webhooks and
    idempotent transaction requests.
  humanURL: https://docs.gluwa.com/api/api.md
  baseURL: https://api.gluwa.com
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Blockchain
  - Stablecoin
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.gluwa.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.gluwa.com/api/api.md
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/gluwa-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/gluwa-error-codes.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/gluwa-webhooks.yml
  - type: Idempotency
    url: conventions/gluwa-conventions.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://gluwa.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dashboard.gluwa.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.gluwa.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.gluwa.com/api/api.md
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.gluwa.com/get-started/dashboard.md
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dashboard.gluwa.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/@gluwa
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gluwa
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gluwa-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/gluwa-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/gluwa-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/gluwa-error-codes.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/gluwa-webhooks.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/gluwa-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/gluwa-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/gluwa-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/gluwa-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gluwa-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence