# Luno

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/luno/  
**Website:** https://www.luno.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 51.9 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 51.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 87.0 |
| Contract Quality | 44.4 |
| Governance | 12.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 52.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 64.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 56.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 48.0 (agent-ready)

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

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **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)

- **luno-mcp.yml**

## Security (4)

- **Luno Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Luno Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Luno Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Luno Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001

## Tags

Company, Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Trading, Fintech, Wallet, Blockchain, Financial Services

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