Luno

Luno is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 and operating across South Africa, Nigeria, Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia and other markets, providing wallets and the ability to buy, sell, store and trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets. The Luno API is a REST API (with an accompanying WebSocket market-data stream) covering market data, account balances, order placement and trading, transfers, sends and withdrawals. It authenticates with an API key pair over HTTP Basic and is used by Luno's official Go, Python, PHP and Java SDKs and by the official Luno MCP server.

Luno publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.

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

Luno’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, signup flow, authentication, and 23 more developer resources.

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52.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-06 · rubric v0.19.0

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitcoin Ethereum Trading Fintech Wallets Blockchain Financial-Services

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-06 · rubric v0.19.0

Composite quality — 52.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 17

Access Clarity 8.5 / 17

Operational Transparency 6.4 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 6.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 8.4 / 15

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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

Luno API

REST API for Luno market data, accounts, trading, transfers and withdrawals, plus a WebSocket market-data stream. Legacy API under /api/1/ and the newer Exchange API under /api/...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Luno MCP Server

Official MCP server for the Luno Cryptocurrency API.

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

TrustCenter

Security

SecurityTxt

Authentication

DomainSecurity

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Scroll for all 7

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: luno
name: Luno
description: Luno is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 and operating across South Africa, Nigeria, Europe, Malaysia,
  Indonesia and other markets, providing wallets and the ability to buy, sell, store and trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and other
  digital assets. The Luno API is a REST API (with an accompanying WebSocket market-data stream) covering market data, account
  balances, order placement and trading, transfers, sends and withdrawals. It authenticates with an API key pair over HTTP
  Basic and is used by Luno's official Go, Python, PHP and Java SDKs and by the official Luno MCP server.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/luno/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- balderton-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://github.com/luno.png
tags:
- Company
- Cryptocurrency
- Exchange
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Trading
- Fintech
- Wallets
- Blockchain
- Financial-Services
tags_raw:
- Company
- Cryptocurrency
- Exchange
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Trading
- Fintech
- Wallet
- Blockchain
- Financial Services
apis:
- name: Luno API
  description: REST API for Luno market data, accounts, trading, transfers and withdrawals, plus a WebSocket market-data stream.
    Legacy API under /api/1/ and the newer Exchange API under /api/exchange/{1,2,3}/.
  humanURL: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
  baseURL: https://api.luno.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/luno-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/luno-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/luno-error-codes.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/luno-rate-limits.yml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/luno-streaming-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/luno-streaming-asyncapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.luno.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.luno.com/api
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.luno.com/developers/api
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.luno.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/luno
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.luno.com/signup
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.luno.com/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.luno.com/legal/privacy
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.luno.com/legal/compliance
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.luno.com
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/luno-trust-center.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.luno.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/luno-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/luno-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/luno-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/luno-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/luno-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/luno-security.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/luno-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/luno-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/luno-error-codes.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/luno-rate-limits.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/luno-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/luno-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/luno-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/luno-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 15
  pass: local-v1

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