> ## Documentation Index
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# Welcome to Coinbase Prime APIs

Coinbase Prime is a full-service prime brokerage platform for institutional investors, combining secure custody solutions, advanced trading options via our Smart Order Router, and real-time market data to meet the needs of professional traders and financial institutions.

## APIs

The Prime APIs allow for programmatic management of trading, custody, real-time market data, and account management through REST, FIX, and WebSocket APIs.

* [Prime REST API](/prime/rest-api/requests): Place orders, create wallets, initiate transactions, and access historical data.

* [Prime FIX API](/prime/fix-api/connectivity): Execute high-volume orders. If you are not familiar with FIX, begin with our REST API.

* [Prime WebSocket Feed](/prime/websocket-feed/overview): Receive real-time updates for market data and trades.

## Audience

* **Institutions** with programmatic trading strategies can execute multiple order types and use Coinbase’s smart order routing technology to ensure the best all-in price across connected liquidity venues.

* **Financial technology firms**, brokerages, and others looking to build a crypto offering within their products can integrate with the APIs to manage crypto trading on behalf of their customers.

* **Fund administrators** and operations teams can automate critical processes such as settlements, rebalancing, and bookkeeping in a transparent manner.

## Key Features

**Trading and Order Management** - Full market access for programmatic execution and price optimization:

* Programmatically execute market, limit, TWAP, and VWAP orders
* List order fills
* Cancel orders
* Access WebSocket and FIX market data

**Account Management** - Automate reconciliation, trade and transaction tracking, and more:

* View resources across your account hierarchy, at the entity, organization, portfolio, and user levels
* View transactions and positions by portfolio and wallet
* Provide read-only access to your third-party partners for further streamlining.

**Custody** - Store your assets with a highly secure crypto custodian:

* Retrieve wallets, corresponding transactions, and deposit instructions
* View balances by type and symbol

**Onchain Wallet** – Directly manage Prime onchain address groups, wallets, and transactions:

* Create and retrieve onchain wallets, including onchain-specific attributes
* Create onchain transactions and retrieve detailed transaction data within your portfolio
* Organize onchain addresses into groups for streamlined enterprise-level management