crypto_global_quotes: Retrieves historical quotes for the global aggregate market

In crypto2: Download Crypto Currency Data from 'CoinMarketCap' without 'API'

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)

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