Check out our articles section to gain valuable insights on cryptocurrency risk(s), current market events, and deeper explanations of the markets. We also write educational pieces for developing machine learning models, utilizing Python for analysis, and other data science techniques.
Our Offerings
We are proud to provide historical cryptocurrency price data in time series format for three main time intervals: Daily, Hourly, and Minute! Each time series includes Opening price, High price, Low price, and Closing price (OHLC format) data, plus volume data and is organized by cryptocurrency exchange. Some exchanges will also include historical transactional data (trade prints), bid/ask spreads, and orderbook snapshots. All data sets are FREE and in easy to download CSV format. We are confident that you will not find a greater resource of free cryptocurrency data in one place!
We provide interactive cryptocurrency market insights for cryptocurrency Market Risk, including: Value at Risk coin profiles for BTC, ETH, XRP (and others), Multi Asset portfolio VaR , and a 20+ asset Correlation HeatMap. Interactively inspect where large transactions are taking place across multiple exchanges with the Whale Scope Transaction Viewer. Market Risk arises primarily from movement in the market. We also provide volatility analysis and reporting, liquidity analysis, and statistical insights. All of our reporting is now FREE
About us
CryptoDataDownload first saw a need for cryptocurrency data in an aggregated place for research in late 2017 and sought to fulfill it. Not only have we established ourselves as the preferred destination for FREE historical cryptocurrency data, we produce institutional level analytics and reporting for cryptocurrency market risks. Please freely download the historical data we offer to use as a starting point into your own research or analysis.
Leader in Free Data
CryptoDataDownload was one of the first to offer free historical cryptocurrency data in an easy to download format (CSV) all in one place.
Leader in Risk Analytics
We continue to lead in the space by being the sole provider of market risk reporting metrics and analytics. You won't find interactive analytical content like this anywhere else!
Interactive Reports & Analytics
Value at Risk (VaR) is a commonly used Market Risk metric that is used to quantify and compare downside risks across different products, and it estimates the size of a potential loss over a time period and statistical confidence level.
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Volatility Analysis and Projections
Volatility analysis reports use both the popular EMWA and GARCH volatility projection methodologies to produce high and low estimates for the next trading day that fall within certain statistical confidence levels. COMING SOON
Liquidity and Volume Analysis
Liquidity and volume reports analyze and track signs of institutional activity, spread, depth, buy/sell ratios, wait time between trades, price elasticity, and volume by time of day; all of which may vary by exchange.
Statistical Data Mining
Statistical analysis reports are an exploration of the underlying data sets and coin profiles from the statistically minded perspective; Seasonality studies, distribution examination, and more under development
Risk Reports analyze the data from a risk perspective
Reports ordered by Symbol and Type. All reports updated daily.
Informational tutorial for how to access the Kraken API endpoints for OHLC, Spreads, and trade print data
Learn about the growing cryptocurrency derivative markets and their uses
What is VaR? Read more about the Value at Risk metric and how it is used to estimate risk.
In this article we discuss what exactly is the orderbook, how does it work, and what does it represent in a functional marketplace
A quick how-to tutorial with a working code example to get you up and running quickly!
Learn about what is the meant when market participants talk about the "basis" and "basis trading" futures and spot cryptocurrency markets
How to load our data sets with Python in 8 lines of code!
This action by the SEC highlights the regulatory risk involved with cryptocurrencies
A discussion of some of the primary and secondary risks found in cryptocurrencies
In this article, we discuss the two main types of derivative markets and the main institutional market participants of each.
Discussion around some of the limitations of using the Value at Risk(VaR) risk metric
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