Trusted Volume

Definition

The sum of all volume from the spot markets of a set of trusted exchanges in units of U.S. dollars.

Name

MetricID

Unit

Interval

Trusted Spot Volume

volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d

USD

Trusted Spot Volume, 1 Hour

volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h

USD

Details

Our trusted volume metric is an aggregation of the reported volume from exchanges that we consider the most accurate and trustworthy. The full list of constituent exchanges included in our Trusted Volume can be found here

API Endpoints

Trusted Spot Volume can be accessed using the timeseries/asset-metrics or timeseries/pair-metrics endpoints by passing volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d or volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h into the metrics parameter.

Asset metrics

get

Returns requested metrics for specified assets. Results for block by block metrics (1b frequency) are ordered by tuple (asset, height, block_hash), all other metrics are ordered by tuple (asset, time). You can change the sorting using sort query parameter. Supported output formats are json (default) and csv, use format query parameter to override it. To fetch the next page of results use next_page_url JSON response field or x-next-page-url CSV HTTP header if present. If multiple metrics are requested in the same time the strict policy for partially available metrics among requested ones is applied:

Authorizations

Query parameters

assetsstring[]required

Comma separated list of assets. Use the /catalog-all/assets endpoint for the full list of supported assets or specify asterisk (*) in order to get metrics for all supported assets.

metricsstring[]required

Comma separated metrics to request time series data for. Information on all available metrics can be found on page https://coverage.coinmetrics.io/asset-metrics-v2. Use the /catalog-all/metrics or /catalog-all/assets endpoint for the full list of supported metrics per asset.

Example: ["AdrActCnt","BlkHgt"]

frequencystring · default: "1d"optional

Frequency of the metrics. Supported values are 1b (block by block), 1s (one second), 1m (one minute), 5m (five minutes), 10m (ten minutes), 1h (one hour), 1d (one day), 1d-ny-close (one day at New York close time). Please refer to the /catalog/metrics endpoint for the full list. Use the /catalog-all/assets endpoint for the full list of supported frequencies per asset-metric pair.

Example: 1b

statusstring · enum · default: "all"optional

Which metric values do you want to see. Applicable only for "reviewable" metrics. You can find them in the /catalog/metrics endpoint.

Available options:

start_timestringoptional

Start of the time interval. This field refers to the time field in the response. Multiple formats of ISO 8601 are supported: 2006-01-20T00:00:00Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.000Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456789Z, 2006-01-20, 20060120. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with start_height and start_hash. UTC timezone by default. Z suffix is optional and timezone parameter has a priority over it. If start_time is omitted, response will include time series from the earliest time available.

end_timestringoptional

End of the time interval. This field refers to the time field in the response. Multiple formats of ISO 8601 are supported: 2006-01-20T00:00:00Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.000Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456789Z, 2006-01-20, 20060120. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with end_height and end_hash. UTC timezone by default. Z suffix is optional and timezone parameter has a priority over it. If end_time is omitted, response will include time series up to the latest time available.

start_heightinteger · int64optional

The start height indicates the beginning block height for the set of data that are returned. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with start_time and start_hash.

end_heightinteger · int64optional

The end height indicates the ending block height for the set of data that are returned. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with end_time and end_hash. This parameter is disabled for Community users.

start_hashstringoptional

The start hash indicates the beginning block height for the set of data that are returned. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with start_time and start_height.

end_hashstringoptional

The end hash indicates the ending block height for the set of data that are returned. Inclusive by default. Mutually exclusive with end_time and end_height.

start_inclusiveboolean · default: trueoptional

Inclusive or exclusive corresponding start_* parameters.

end_inclusiveboolean · default: trueoptional

Inclusive or exclusive corresponding end_* parameters.

min_confirmationsinteger · int32 · max: 99optional

Specifies how many blocks behind the chain tip block by block metrics (1b frequency) are based on. Default for btc is 2 and 99 for eth. For example, a min_confirmations of 0 means metrics are being calculated for the block at the tip of the chain (the latest block received by our node) whereas a min_confirmations of 6 means that metrics are being applied to the block that is 6 blocks behind the chain tip (i.e., the 7th block if the chain tip is block 1).

timezonestring · default: "UTC"optional

Timezone name for start_time and end_time timestamps. This parameter does not modify the output times, which are always UTC. Format is defined by TZ database.

Example: America/New_York

page_sizeinteger · int32 · min: 1 · max: 10000 · default: 100optional

Number of items per single page of results. The value of this parameter is ignored if the endpoint supports the format parameter and its value is set to json_stream.

paging_fromstring · enum · default: "end"optional

Where does the first page start, at the start of the interval or at the end. The value of this parameter is ignored if the endpoint supports the format parameter and its value is set to json_stream.

Available options:

sortstring · enum · default: "asset"optional

How results will be sorted. Metrics with 1b frequency are sorted by (asset, height, block_hash) tuples by default. Metrics with other frequencies are sorted by (asset, time) by default. If you want to sort 1d metrics by (time, asset) you should choose time as value for the sort parameter. Sorting by time is useful if you request metrics for a set of assets.

Available options:

limit_per_assetinteger · int32optional

How many entries per asset result should contain. For example, this combination of parameters assets=btc,eth&metrics=ReferenceRate&limit_per_asset=1 returns the latest ReferenceRate values for btc and eth.

prettyboolean · default: falseoptional

Human-readable formatting of JSON responses.

formatstring · enum · default: "json"optional

Format of the response.

Available options:

null_as_zeroboolean · default: falseoptional

Nulls are represented as zeros in the response.

next_page_tokenstringoptional

Token for receiving the results from the next page of a query. Should not be used directly. To iterate through pages just use next_page_url response field.

ignore_forbidden_errorsboolean · default: falseoptional

Ignore "forbidden" errors for the items you currently don't have access to.

ignore_unsupported_errorsboolean · default: falseoptional

Ignore "unsupported" errors for not currently supported by Coin Metrics items.

Responses

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

curl -L \
  --url 'https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?assets=text&metrics=AdrActCnt'

200

400

401

403

414

application/json

text/csv

Example of a message with daily metrics.

Example of a message with block by block metrics.

Example of a message with 1s metrics.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "asset": "btc",
      "time": "2020-02-29T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "PriceUSD": "8582.09029964933",
      "SplyBMXNtv": "283220.10827406",
      "SplyBMXNtv-status": "reviewed",
      "SplyBMXNtv-status-time": "2020-03-01T09:59:13.847251000Z"
    },
    {
      "asset": "btc",
      "time": "2020-03-01T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "PriceUSD": "8541.77389392169",
      "SplyBMXNtv": "284691.32323907",
      "SplyBMXNtv-status": "reviewed",
      "SplyBMXNtv-status-time": "2020-03-02T14:00:02.622168000Z"
    }
  ],
  "next_page_token": "0.MjAyMC0wNi0wN1QwMDowMDowMFo,MjAyMC0wNi0wN1QwMDowMDowMFo",
  "next_page_url": "https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?api_key=<your_key>&pretty=true&assets=btc&metrics=SplyBMXNtv,PriceUSD&page_size=2&next_page_token=0.MjAyMC0wNi0wN1QwMDowMDowMFo,MjAyMC0wNi0wN1QwMDowMDowMFo"
}

Time series of metrics for an asset.

curl --compressed "https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?assets=btc&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d&frequency=1d&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>"

import requests
response = requests.get('https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/asset-metrics?assets=btc&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d&frequency=1d&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>').json()
print(response)

from coinmetrics.api_client import CoinMetricsClient

api_key = "<API_KEY>"
client = CoinMetricsClient(api_key)

print(
    client.get_asset_metrics(
        assets=["btc"], metrics="volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d", limit_per_asset=5
    ).to_dataframe()
)

Pair metrics

get

Returns metrics for specified asset pairs. Results are ordered by tuple (pair, time). To fetch the next page of results use next_page_url JSON response field.

Authorizations

Query parameters

pairsstring[]required

Comma separated list of asset pairs or patterns like btc-*, or *-btc. Use the /catalog-all/pairs endpoint for the full list of supported asset pairs.

metricsstring[]required

Comma separated metrics to request time series data for. Information on all available metrics can be found on page https://coverage.coinmetrics.io/pair-metrics-v2. Use the /catalog-all/pairs endpoint for the full list of supported metrics per pair.

Example: ["volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h","volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d"]

frequencystring · default: "1d"optional

Frequency of the pair metrics. Supported values are 1h, 1d.

start_timestringoptional

Start of the time interval. This field refers to the time field in the response. Multiple formats of ISO 8601 are supported: 2006-01-20T00:00:00Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.000Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456789Z, 2006-01-20, 20060120. Inclusive by default. UTC timezone by default. Z suffix is optional and timezone parameter has a priority over it. If start_time is omitted, response will include time series from the earliest time available.

end_timestringoptional

End of the time interval. This field refers to the time field in the response. Multiple formats of ISO 8601 are supported: 2006-01-20T00:00:00Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.000Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456Z, 2006-01-20T00:00:00.123456789Z, 2006-01-20, 20060120. Inclusive by default. UTC timezone by default. Z suffix is optional and timezone parameter has a priority over it. If end_time is omitted, response will include time series up to the latest time available.

start_inclusiveboolean · default: trueoptional

Inclusive or exclusive corresponding start_* parameters.

end_inclusiveboolean · default: trueoptional

Inclusive or exclusive corresponding end_* parameters.

timezonestring · default: "UTC"optional

Timezone name for start_time and end_time timestamps. This parameter does not modify the output times, which are always UTC. Format is defined by TZ database.

Example: America/New_York

page_sizeinteger · int32 · min: 1 · max: 10000 · default: 100optional

Number of items per single page of results. The value of this parameter is ignored if the endpoint supports the format parameter and its value is set to json_stream.

paging_fromstring · enum · default: "end"optional

Available options:

sortstring · enum · default: "pair"optional

How results will be sorted. Metrics are sorted by (pair, time) by default. If you want to sort 1d metrics by (time, pair) you should choose time as value for the sort parameter. Sorting by time is useful if you request metrics for a set of asset pairs.

Available options:

limit_per_pairinteger · int32optional

How many entries per pair result should contain. For example, this combination of parameters pair=btc-usd,eth-usd&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h&limit_per_pair=1 returns the latest volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h values for btc-usd and eth-usd.

prettyboolean · default: falseoptional

Human-readable formatting of JSON responses.

formatstring · enum · default: "json"optional

Format of the response.

Available options:

next_page_tokenstringoptional

Token for receiving the results from the next page of a query. Should not be used directly. To iterate through pages just use next_page_url response field.

Responses

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

curl -L \
  --url 'https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/pair-metrics?pairs=text&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1h'

200

400

401

403

414

{
  "data": [
    {
      "pair": "btc-usd",
      "time": "2020-09-28T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d": "317000178.776577"
    },
    {
      "pair": "btc-usd",
      "time": "2020-09-29T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d": "246153685.485477"
    },
    {
      "pair": "btc-usd",
      "time": "2020-09-30T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d": "217972373.240482"
    },
    {
      "pair": "btc-usd",
      "time": "2020-10-01T00:00:00.000000000Z",
      "volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d": "492203699.871197"
    }
  ]
}

Time series of pair metrics.

curl --compressed "https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/pair-metrics?assets=btc&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d&frequency=1d&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>"

import requests
response = requests.get('https://api.coinmetrics.io/v4/timeseries/pair-metrics?assets=btc&metrics=volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d&frequency=1d&pretty=true&api_key=<your_key>').json()
print(response)

from coinmetrics.api_client import CoinMetricsClient

api_key = "<API_KEY>"
client = CoinMetricsClient(api_key)

print(
    client.get_pair_metrics(
        assets=["btc"], metrics="volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d", limit_per_asset=5
    ).to_dataframe()
)

Chart

Examples

A sample of the daily trusted volumes data for Bitcoin is shown below:

assets

time

volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d

btc

2020-09-21 00:00:00

44395555400

btc

2020-09-22 00:00:00

60004540100

btc

2020-09-23 00:00:00

45919134800

asset. The IDs of the asset.
time. The reference rate time in ISO 8601 date-time format.
volume_trusted_spot_usd_1d. The trusted volume value in units of U.S. dollars.

Release History

Release Version. Market Data Feed v2.2 - Jan 21, 2021 rollout (not a separate MDF version)

Interpretation

Fake trading volume is a persistent problem on crypto exchanges. With little regulatory oversight, it can be difficult to determine whether reported volume numbers are accurate or exaggerated. At Coin Metrics, we’ve taken a data driven approach to the problem and offer a trusted volume metric, derived from the Trusted Exchange Framework, to help identify legitimate trading volume. Our trusted volume metric is an aggregation of the reported volume from exchanges that we consider the most accurate and trustworthy. This is based on a combination of both quantitative and qualitative features. The current set of trusted volume metrics consider spot markets only and do not include futures or options markets.

Availability for Assets

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