Ep 36 - What is Coinigy? A cross-exchange charting, portfolio management, trading, and research platform with real time APIs and historical data

Published: Aug. 29, 2018, 9:24 p.m.

In this episode, Aaron Mangal discusses the Coinigy platform with Derek Urben, CFO of Coinigy, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coinigy is\xa0a cross-exchange charting, portfolio management, trading, and research platform.

Using a monthly subscription model, Coinigy\xa0allows users a wide cornucopia of data sets and access to exchanges including the possibility to execute trades through a secure Application Programming Interface (API).

Derek Urben,\xa0CFO, Coinigy

Coinigy's reach stretches across more than 45 exchanges with 75+ technical indicators all under a single pane of glass interface. On the alert side of things you can trigger SMS, E-Mail and in-browser price alerts powered by low-latency data feeds.

In addition, they allow instant access to real-time APIs and historical data. There is also the ability to leverage enterprise-grade data feeds for individuals and institutions.

The API is\xa0live, real-time data powered by the Coinigy CryptoFeed\u2122. This API stretches across 41 exchanges, 3,516 markets and 3.468 cryptocurrencies.

After listening to this episode you will learn:

  • About Derek's origin story and how he got started in Cryptocurrency and Coinigy
  • Who the users of Coinigy are
  • Why Coinigy doesn't hold user funds
  • The emergence about just about anything "as a service"
  • Why the membership subscription model was chosen
  • Basic security practices and architecture behind the platform and how it protects users
  • Why APIs are a common practice along with cloud computing for traditional trading houses
  • About the research arm of Coinigy\xa0and the types of information they aggregate
  • How they position as an aggregator allows a non-biased exploration of the ecosystem
  • Why the future of firms, mergers and private equities will shift dramatically

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