{currency}: Get currency details

API: gateio.ws:gate.io-api
Endpoint: /spot/currencies/{currency}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 1111ms

Description

Returns detailed information about a specific cryptocurrency including its full name, blockchain details, trading status, and market cap. Use this to verify currency availability and get chain-specific deposit/withdrawal information.

From spec: Get detailed information about a specific currency including its name, chain details, and market data.

Usage Tips

- Currency parameter is case-sensitive (use uppercase like BTC, ETH) - Check delisted, withdraw_disabled, deposit_disabled fields before transfers - Chain information includes contract addresses for token standards (ERC-20, BEP-20) - Total supply and market cap values are approximate

Parameters (1)

currency (string, path, required)

Currency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)

Examples (1)

Get Bitcoin (BTC) currency details probe-gate

Demonstrates retrieving detailed information about Bitcoin including its trading status and supported blockchains.

curl 'https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/currencies/BTC'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/currencies/BTC")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("gateio")
result = api.fetch("spot/currencies/{currency}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/currencies/BTC");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:15:33.872061 200 1111ms
2026-04-15 01:09:20.364040 200 1408ms
2026-04-14 02:02:28.097537 200 1126ms
2026-04-12 12:36:50.613688 200 1160ms
2026-04-10 03:10:43.047839 200 983ms
2026-04-09 02:51:22.329031 200 1426ms
2026-04-08 07:34:20.676542 200 1216ms
2026-04-07 00:34:07.712973 200 1191ms
2026-04-06 05:27:37.691447 200 1566ms
2026-04-05 14:20:54.055869 200 1956ms