Taurus

Taurus SA (Taurus HQ) is a Geneva-based digital asset infrastructure provider for banks and financial institutions. Its platform spans four institutional products exposed through APIs: Taurus-PROTECT (bank-grade custody of cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and private keys secured in FIPS 140-2 Level 3 HSMs), Taurus-CAPITAL (issuance and lifecycle management of tokenized securities and digital assets), Taurus-EXPLORER (blockchain node and indexing services across dozens of protocols), and Taurus-PRIME (institutional trading connectivity with deep liquidity via REST and FIX). The Taurus-PROTECT REST API (versioned /api/rest/v1/) uses bearer plus HMAC request signing, cursor-based pagination, and governance rules enforced by digital signatures, with first-party Java, Go, Python, and TypeScript SDKs, OIDC/SAML SSO, and SCIM provisioning.

Taurus publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency, Custody, and Tokenization.

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

Taurus’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, and 19 more developer resources.

36.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
3 APIs
CompanyDigital AssetsCryptocurrencyCustodyTokenizationBlockchainTradingFinancial ServicesFinTechInstitutional

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 36.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 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 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 3

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

Taurus-PROTECT & Taurus-CAPITAL API

REST API for institutional custody (Taurus-PROTECT) and tokenization / digital asset issuance (Taurus-CAPITAL). Bearer + HMAC request signing, versioned under /api/rest/v1/, cur...

Taurus-EXPLORER API

Blockchain node and indexing services providing normalized access to on-chain data across dozens of supported protocols.

Taurus-PRIME API

Institutional trading infrastructure with deep liquidity and institutional-grade execution, accessible over both a REST API and the FIX protocol.

Event Specifications 1

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

Security Posture 4

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

Taurus Authentication

http/hmac/openIdConnect/saml · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Taurus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Taurus Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Taurus Trust Center

ISAE 3402 Type II, FIPS 140-2 Level 3, CMTA DACS, ISO 27001

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: taurus
name: Taurus
description: 'Taurus SA (Taurus HQ) is a Geneva-based digital asset infrastructure provider for banks and financial institutions.
  Its platform spans four institutional products exposed through APIs: Taurus-PROTECT (bank-grade custody of cryptocurrencies,
  digital assets, and private keys secured in FIPS 140-2 Level 3 HSMs), Taurus-CAPITAL (issuance and lifecycle management
  of tokenized securities and digital assets), Taurus-EXPLORER (blockchain node and indexing services across dozens of protocols),
  and Taurus-PRIME (institutional trading connectivity with deep liquidity via REST and FIX). The Taurus-PROTECT REST API
  (versioned /api/rest/v1/) uses bearer plus HMAC request signing, cursor-based pagination, and governance rules enforced
  by digital signatures, with first-party Java, Go, Python, and TypeScript SDKs, OIDC/SAML SSO, and SCIM provisioning.'
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created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Digital Assets
- Cryptocurrency
- Custody
- Tokenization
- Blockchain
- Trading
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Institutional
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- FN: APIs.json
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- name: Taurus-PROTECT & Taurus-CAPITAL API
  description: REST API for institutional custody (Taurus-PROTECT) and tokenization / digital asset issuance (Taurus-CAPITAL).
    Bearer + HMAC request signing, versioned under /api/rest/v1/, cursor-based pagination, governance rules enforced with
    digital signatures, webhooks, and OIDC/SAML SSO with SCIM provisioning.
  humanURL: https://docs.taurushq.com/protect-capital/docs/introduction
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  - Wallets
  - Transactions
  - Staking
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    url: https://docs.taurushq.com/protect-capital/docs/introduction
- name: Taurus-EXPLORER API
  description: Blockchain node and indexing services providing normalized access to on-chain data across dozens of supported
    protocols.
  humanURL: https://docs.taurushq.com/explorer/reference/introduction
  baseURL: https://docs.taurushq.com/explorer/reference
  tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Nodes
  - Indexing
  properties:
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    url: https://docs.taurushq.com/explorer/reference/introduction
- name: Taurus-PRIME API
  description: Institutional trading infrastructure with deep liquidity and institutional-grade execution, accessible over
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  humanURL: https://docs.taurushq.com/prime
  baseURL: https://docs.taurushq.com/prime/reference
  tags:
  - Trading
  - Liquidity
  - FIX
  - Execution
  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
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- type: Packages
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- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/taurus-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
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- type: Security
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- type: DomainSecurity
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- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://ch.linkedin.com/company/taurus-sa
- type: Twitter
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