Wintermute

Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic trading firm and cryptocurrency market maker providing institutional-grade liquidity across centralized exchanges, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Its offerings span OTC spot trading for hundreds of tokens, options with bespoke structures, forwards, CFDs, programmatic "API liquidity", and a DeFi trading and liquidity-provisioning arm, plus Wintermute Ventures, an early-stage investment vehicle. Access to Wintermute's trading services is institutional and onboarding-gated through the node.wintermute.com portal (authenticated via an Auth0-backed OIDC / OAuth2 identity provider); there is no public self-serve developer API or open OpenAPI at this time. Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pantera Capital.

Wintermute is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cryptocurrency, Trading, Market Making, and Liquidity.

Wintermute’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

9.3/100 minimal Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-21 · rubric v0.4
0 APIs 0 Features
CompanyCryptocurrencyTradingMarket MakingLiquidityDeFiOTCDigital AssetsFinance

API Rating

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scored 2026-07-21 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 9.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: wintermute
name: Wintermute
description: Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic trading firm and cryptocurrency market maker providing institutional-grade
  liquidity across centralized exchanges, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Its
  offerings span OTC spot trading for hundreds of tokens, options with bespoke structures, forwards, CFDs, programmatic "API
  liquidity", and a DeFi trading and liquidity-provisioning arm, plus Wintermute Ventures, an early-stage investment vehicle.
  Access to Wintermute's trading services is institutional and onboarding-gated through the node.wintermute.com portal (authenticated
  via an Auth0-backed OIDC / OAuth2 identity provider); there is no public self-serve developer API or open OpenAPI at this
  time. Added to the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pantera Capital.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wintermute/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- pantera-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Cryptocurrency
- Trading
- Market Making
- Liquidity
- DeFi
- OTC
- Digital Assets
- Finance
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.wintermute.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://node.wintermute.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.wintermute.com/insights
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wintermute-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/wintermute-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 4
  pass: local-v1