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The API provides access to cryptocurrency market data, including prices, market capitalization, trading volume and historical data for thousands of cryptocurrencies and tokens.
Engineers use the `requests` library with a CMC API key in headers to query the `/v1/cryptocurrency/listings/latest` endpoint, retrieving ranked coin data. Results are stored in TimescaleDB or ClickHouse for real-time dashboards and backtesting environments.
CoinMarketCap data powers AI crypto analytics tools that answer 'Which altcoins are outperforming Bitcoin this week?' by retrieving live market data and generating AI-written analysis. ML models trained on CMC historical data detect pump-and-dump patterns and market anomalies.
# pip install requests pandas
import requests, pandas as pd
resp = requests.get(
"https://pro-api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/cryptocurrency/listings/latest",
headers={"X-CMC_PRO_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"limit": 10, "convert": "USD"}
)
coins = resp.json()["data"]
df = pd.DataFrame([{"name": c["name"], "price": c["quote"]["USD"]["price"]} for c in coins])
print(df)Official dataset source
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