data & indices

Achieve Your Digital Asset Goals with Confidence

CoinDesk Data & Indices delivers the infrastructure to power institutional crypto products. We combine comprehensive market data and compliant indices with the distribution power of our award-winning media to offer a complete solution: From raw data to the full stack for digital asset products.

CoinDesk data & indices

Achieve Your Digital Asset Goals with Confidence

CoinDesk Data & Indices delivers the infrastructure to power institutional crypto products. We combine comprehensive market data and compliant indices with the distribution power of our award-winning media to offer a complete solution: From raw data to the full stack for digital asset products.

400+
BMR Compliant Benchmarks
300+
Exchanges
$49BN+
Underlying Assets Under Management
99.9%
Up Time

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Join the leaders with $40B in assets benchmarked against our indices. Underpinned by a decade of market history through every cycle, we are trusted by 100+ global partners to deliver proven stability.


Integrate institutional-quality, real-time and historical market data covering virtually every exchange, digital asset and currency pair in the market.

We are regulated in the UK by the FCA, offer 400+ BMR compliant indices, show adherence to the IOSCO principles, have SOC 1 Type II & SOC 2 Type II certifications, and are certified to ISO 27001.

Shaping Today’s Markets

The Industry Standard

Broad Market Benchmarks

Our indices don’t just exist — they power many of the products shaping today’s crypto markets. We deliver thousands of reference rates and multi-asset indices to meet the diverse needs of our partners.

The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX) has been live since 2014, serving as the trusted foundation for the first U.S. and Canadian Bitcoin ETFs.

The CoinDesk 20 Index has generated over $15B in volume since its 2024 launch, underlying 20+ global investment vehicles, while the CoinDesk 5 Index serves as the benchmark for the first U.S. crypto ETP.

Market Data You Can Trust

Complete Transparency

Beyond Prices

Real-time and historical coverage from 300+ exchanges,10,000+ coins, and 300,000+ pairs through one robust API.


From derivatives to order books, every trade,funding rate, and liquidity layer captured for institutional depth.

On-chain insights for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and EVM chains, plus unbiased research to decode market trends.

Adopted by leading exchanges, institutions and asset managers.

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Awards

2025 - Best Cryptocurrency Index Provider

CoinDesk Indices was awarded the "2025 Best Cryptocurrency Index Provider" by ETF Express. We are thrilled to receive this award, for a second consecutive year.

ETF Express - Best Cryptocurrency Index Provider 2024

2024 - Best Cryptocurrency Index Provider

CoinDesk Indices was awarded the "2024 Best Cryptocurrency Index Provider" by ETF Express. We are thrilled to receive this award, for a second consecutive year.

Hedgeweek Global Digital Assets Awards 2024 - Index Provider of the Year

2024 - Index Provider of the Year

The users of Hedgeweek voted CoinDesk Indices the winner of the “Index Provider of the Year” at the Hedgeweek Global Digital Asset Awards 2024. This award means a lot to us since winner selection is done by peer voting.

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2024 - Most Innovative Company in the Digital Asset Industry

CoinDesk Indices, in partnership with CoinFund have won the World Finance Innovation Awards in 2023 and 2024 for Most Innovative Companies - Digital Assets Category.

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Latest Reports
Digital Assets Quarterly Report
Q4 2025 delivered a heartbreaking drawdown, but beneath the volatility, familiar patterns held. Our Q4 2025 Quarterly Review and Outlook report examines what went wrong, what went right, and what's next – including the growing institutional appetite for crypto.
January 8, 2026
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Exchange Benchmark Report
The Exchange Benchmark, established in 2019 to bring clarity and accountability to a complex and rapidly evolving market. Since launching, it has become the industry standard for evaluating exchanges.
November, 2025
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