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.

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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, CFO of Coinigy

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.

Coinigy Interface Screenshot

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.

Picture of the Coinigy API

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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