# Kaiko

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kaiko/  
**Website:** https://www.kaiko.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

Kaiko is an institutional-grade crypto market data provider. Its product line spans Kaiko REST (historical and reference data), Kaiko Stream (real-time WebSocket and gRPC), Cloud Delivery (S3 and Snowflake direct shares), Kaiko On-chain, and Kaiko Indices (regulated benchmark indices). Authentication uses API keys; access is sales-led.

## Kin Score — 57.9 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 57.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 55.9 |
| Governance | 30.3 |
| Contract Governance | 30.3 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 70.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 60.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 40.1 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (8)

- **Kaiko REST API** — REST endpoints for trades, order books, OHLCV, market reference, trade flows, FX rates, and derivatives across 100+ exchanges. Historical depth back to 2014. Authentication via ...
- **Kaiko Stream** — Real-time crypto market data delivered over gRPC server-streaming. Feeds include tick-level trades, top-of-book (best bid/ask), level-2 order book updates, level-1 aggregations ...
- **Kaiko On-chain API** — On-chain metrics including DEX trades, liquidity, lending markets, and MEV signals across major chains.
- **Kaiko Indices** — Regulated benchmark crypto indices designed for fund administrators and ETF/ETP issuers.
- **Kaiko Canton Oracle API** — Canton oracle pricing endpoints.
- **Kaiko Index Reference Data API** — Reference-rate data for Kaiko indices.
- **Kaiko Indices API** — Index composition and replication data.
- **Kaiko Supply API** — Asset supply and market-capitalization rankings.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Kaiko MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Kaiko Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (3)

- **Kaiko Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Kaiko Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Kaiko Trust Center** — SOC 2 Type II

## Plans (1)

- **Kaiko Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Web3, Crypto, Market Data, Institutional, FX, Indices, Onchain, Streaming

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