Coinbase Prime offers robust APIs for institutional trading, custody, and staking. These APIs are purpose-built to support integration of crypto-as-a-service (CaaS), payments, and trading infrastructure into your applications. Concepts pages provide foundational guidance on core functionality and integration workflows to accelerate your development process.

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Core Concepts

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Account Structure

  • Account Structure - Multi-entity, multi-portfolio organizational structure and API scoping

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Trading

  • Trading Overview - Product pairs, order creation, tracking, fills, and cancellation workflows
  • Order Types - Supported order algorithms and execution strategies
  • FIX - Financial Information eXchange protocol for institutional trading

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Wallets

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Balances

  • Balances - Real-time portfolio and wallet balance monitoring

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Transactions

  • Deposits - Crypto and fiat deposit address generation and tracking
  • Withdrawals - External transaction workflows
  • Transfers - Internal transaction workflows

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Staking

  • Staking - Custodial staking flows with reward tracking

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USDC & PYUSD

  • Stablecoins - USDC and other stablecoin integration patterns

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Monitoring & Reporting

  • Activities - Activity tracking for all portfolio operations and approvals