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

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


Using a monthly subscription model, Coinigy allows 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, 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 live, real-time data powered by the Coinigy
CryptoFeed. 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 and 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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