Kaiko Digital Asset Rates

Single asset cryptocurrency rates administered by Kaiko Indices for financial professionals and product issuers.

Price Rates

Single asset cryptocurrency price rates for financial professionals seeking the broadest coverage. 

Each Price Rate is calculated real-time (every 5s), as well as being published as a daily fixing covering three different time zones: London (16:00 UTC), Singapore (08:00 UTC), New York (20:00 UTC).

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Reference Rates 

Kaiko’s Reference Rates combine high quality data with expert governance to create quantitative, clean prices. 

Each Reference Rate is calculated real-time (every 5s), as well as being published as a daily fixing covering three different time zones: London (16:00 UTC), Singapore (08:00 UTC), New York (20:00 UTC).

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Exchange due diligence

Trades data sources assessment

Before any rates computation is operated, Kaiko applies an exchange vetting mechanism differing for each type of rates. The vetting relies on Kaiko's extensive exchange due diligence, the basis for Kaiko Exchange Ranking.

For an exchange to be considered in the calculation of a rate, it needs to fulfil all the following requirements:

Price Rate

Basic Vetting

  • Not be on a sanction list

Standard Rate

Soft Vetting

  • Not be on a sanction list
  • KYC/AML controls
  • Maintain trading policies
  • Offer API & Websocket
  • Offer live & historical data
  • In a stable and open country

Reference Rate

Full Vetting

  • Not be on a sanction list
  • At least 5 years of operation
  • In a stable and open country
  • Regulated by a government body
  • Strong KYC/AML controls 
  • Maintain trading policies
  • Provide cold storage
  • Offer API & Websocket
  • Offer live & historical trade data

Minimum one basic vetted exchange

Minimum two soft vetted exchanges

Minimum three full vetted exchanges

For an asset to be eligible for any type of rates, the methodology requires minimum number of exchanges trading the relevant pair and passing all vetting criteria:

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