Clear DefinitionsKaiko Data
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Pronunciation
[kai-koe day-tuh]
Analogy
Like Bloomberg Terminal for equities, Kaiko delivers comprehensive, normalized crypto market data to power trading and analytics.
Definition
A market data provider offering institutional‑grade historical and real‑time cryptocurrency trade, order book, and reference data via API and tick‑level feeds.
Key Points Intro
Kaiko Data supplies high‑fidelity blockchain and exchange data for quant strategies, risk models, and research.
Key Points
Coverage: Hundreds of spot and derivative exchanges, on‑chain data.
Granularity: Tick‑level trades, full order book snapshots.
Delivery: REST, WebSocket, S3 bulk exports.
Normalization: Unified schema and currency conversion.
Example
A hedge fund uses Kaiko’s real‑time order book snapshots to detect arbitrage opportunities across Binance and Coinbase Pro.
Technical Deep Dive
Kaiko’s pipeline ingests exchange APIs and websockets, normalizes JSON to Parquet with schema `(timestamp, side, price, amount)`, and publishes to AWS S3 with partitioning by exchange/date. REST endpoints support time‑series queries with pagination.
Caveat
Enterprise pricing can be high; evaluate ROI for smaller projects.
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