Shapeshift

ShapeShift is a community-owned, non-custodial multichain cryptocurrency platform where users buy, hold, trade, and earn with digital assets across 48+ blockchains and 10,000+ tokens while retaining full custody of their keys. Its open-source "unchained" backend exposes a public, key-free REST and WebSocket API that provides a common interface to many blockchains — account balances, transaction history, UTXOs, raw transaction broadcast, gas/fee estimation, and realtime pending/confirmed transaction updates — behind per-chain hosts such as api.ethereum.shapeshift.com and api.bitcoin.shapeshift.com. ShapeShift was founded in 2014, is backed by Earlybird Venture Capital, and today operates as a DAO with all code public under github.com/shapeshift.

Shapeshift publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: v1 API. Tagged areas include Company, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.

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

Shapeshift’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 21 more developer resources.

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49.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 71/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessOpen

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyCryptocurrencyBlockchainBitcoinEthereumWeb3DeFiWalletTradingMultichainAPI

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 49.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 71/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

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 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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.

Shapeshift v1 API

The v1 API from Shapeshift — 14 operation(s) for v1.

MCP Servers 1

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

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

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Webhooks

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

Packages

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

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

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: shapeshift
name: Shapeshift
description: ShapeShift is a community-owned, non-custodial multichain cryptocurrency platform where users buy, hold, trade,
  and earn with digital assets across 48+ blockchains and 10,000+ tokens while retaining full custody of their keys. Its open-source
  "unchained" backend exposes a public, key-free REST and WebSocket API that provides a common interface to many blockchains
  — account balances, transaction history, UTXOs, raw transaction broadcast, gas/fee estimation, and realtime pending/confirmed
  transaction updates — behind per-chain hosts such as api.ethereum.shapeshift.com and api.bitcoin.shapeshift.com. ShapeShift
  was founded in 2014, is backed by Earlybird Venture Capital, and today operates as a DAO with all code public under github.com/shapeshift.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  label: Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://shapeshift.com/apple-touch-icon.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shapeshift/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- earlybird
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Web3
- DeFi
- Wallet
- Trading
- Multichain
- API
apis:
- aid: shapeshift:shapeshift-v1-api
  name: Shapeshift v1 API
  description: The v1 API from Shapeshift — 14 operation(s) for v1.
  humanURL: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - v1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/shapeshift-v1-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com/docs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.bitcoin.shapeshift.com/docs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.solana.shapeshift.com/docs/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shapeshift-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/shapeshift-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/shapeshift-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://shapeshift.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://github.com/shapeshift/unchained
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com/docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/shapeshift/unchained#readme
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/shapeshift
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/shapeshift/unchained
- type: Support
  url: https://shapeshift.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://shapeshift.com/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.shapeshift.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://shapeshift.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://shapeshift.com/privacy-policy
- type: Packages
  url: packages/shapeshift-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/shapeshift-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/shapeshift-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/shapeshift-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/shapeshift-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/shapeshift-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/shapeshift-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/shapeshift-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/shapeshift-data-model.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/shapeshift-changelog.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/shapeshift-unchained-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/shapeshift-ethereum-overlay.yaml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 24
  pass: local-v1

Shapeshift

Kin Score

APIs 1

Shapeshift v1 API

MCP Servers 1

shapeshift-mcp.yml

Event Specifications 1

Shapeshift Unchained Webhooks

Security Posture 2

Shapeshift Authentication

Shapeshift Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Shapeshift Agentic Access

Resources