> It's not like stocks where you can see actual bid/ask and daily volume numbers.
Yes it is. Cryptocurrency exchanges have orderbooks like regular exchanges do.
Yes it is. Cryptocurrency exchanges have orderbooks like regular exchanges do.
Can you show me a current bid on bitcoin? IOW, where someone has obligated themselves to purchase N BTC at a price of $P, if someone is willing to sell that many at that price? Is that information posted publicly as it is with stocks?
There are more APIs there, publically accessible, small rate limit, have fun.
GDAX == Coinbase API. Trading on Coinbase makes, AFAIK, a market buy/sell through GDAX.
Here is an example with GDAX:
https://www.gdax.com/trade/BTC-USD
Here is an example of an API supporting public access through Gemini:
https://docs.gemini.com/rest-api/
Here is another (clunkier) one from Kraken:
Usually there’s a UI accessible with an account and an API that allows faster, direct access to the feed.