crypto_global_quotes {crypto2}

Retrieves historical quotes for the global aggregate market

Description

This code retrieves global quote data (latest/historic) from coinmarketcap.com.

Usage

crypto_global_quotes(
  which = "latest",
  convert = "USD",
  start_date = NULL,
  end_date = NULL,
  interval = "daily",
  quote = FALSE,
  requestLimit = 2200,
  sleep = 0,
  wait = 60,
  finalWait = FALSE
)

Arguments

which

string Shall the code retrieve the latest listing or a historic listing?

convert

string (default: USD) to one or more of available fiat or precious metals prices (fiat_list()). If more than one are selected please separate by comma (e.g. "USD,BTC"), only necessary if 'quote=TRUE'

start_date

string Start date to retrieve data from, format 'yyyymmdd'

end_date

string End date to retrieve data from, format 'yyyymmdd', if not provided, today will be assumed

interval

string Interval with which to sample data, default 'daily'. Must be one of ⁠"1d" "2d" "3d" "15d" "30d" "60d"⁠

quote

logical set to TRUE if you want to include price data (FALSE=default)

requestLimit

integer (default 2200) Maximum number of requests one API call can handle

sleep

integer (default 0) Seconds to sleep between API requests

wait

waiting time before retry in case of fail (needs to be larger than 60s in case the server blocks too many attempts, default=60)

finalWait

to avoid calling the web-api again with another command before 60s are over (TRUE=default)

Value

List of latest/new/historic listings of crypto currencies in a tibble (depending on the "which"-switch and whether "quote" is requested, the result may only contain some of the following variables):

btc_dominance

number Bitcoin's market dominance percentage by market cap.

eth_dominance

number Ethereum's market dominance percentage by market cap.

active_cryptocurrencies

number Count of active crypto currencies tracked by CMC This includes all crypto currencies with a listing_status of "active" or "listed".

total_cryptocurrencies

number Count of all crypto currencies tracked by CMC This includes "inactive" listing_status crypto currencies.

active_market_pairs

number Count of active market pairs tracked by CoinMarketCap across all exchanges.

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active_exchanges

number Count of active exchanges tracked by CMC This includes all exchanges with a listing_status of "active" or "listed".

total_exchanges

number Count of all exchanges tracked by CMC This includes "inactive" listing_status exchanges.

last_updated

Timestamp of when this record was last updated.

total_market_cap

number The sum of all individual cryptocurrency market capitalizations in the requested currency.

total_volume_24h

number The sum of rolling 24 hour adjusted volume (as outlined in our methodology) for all crypto currencies in the requested currency.

total_volume_24h_reported

number The sum of rolling 24 hour reported volume for all crypto currencies in the requested currency.

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altcoin_volume_24h

number The sum of rolling 24 hour adjusted volume (as outlined in our methodology) for all crypto currencies excluding Bitcoin in the requested currency.

altcoin_volume_24h_reported

number The sum of rolling 24 hour reported volume for all crypto currencies excluding Bitcoin in the requested currency.

altcoin_market_cap

number The sum of all individual cryptocurrency market capitalizations excluding Bitcoin in the requested currency.

Examples

## Not run: 
# return new listings from the last 30 days
new_quotes <- crypto_global_quotes(which="latest", quote=TRUE, convert="BTC")
# return all global quotes in the first week of January 2014
quotes_2014w1 <- crypto_global_quotes(which="historical", quote=TRUE,
  start_date = "20140101", end_date="20140107", interval="daily")

# report in two different currencies
listings_2014w1_USDBTC <- crypto_global_quotes(which="historical", quote=TRUE,
  start_date = "20200101", end_date="20240530", interval="daily", convert="BTC")

## End(Not run)