# Get market data for a currency

`GET https://api.cryptohopper.com/v1/exchange/currencies/{currency}`

Part of [Exchanges](https://www.cryptohopper.com/api-documentation/api-reference/exchanges.md) in the Cryptohopper API reference.

Returns market data for one currency: price, 24h high, low and change, market cap, supply, all-time high and a weekly price series. Also returns the total market cap and 24h volume of all tracked currencies.

OAuth scope: `read`

price_per_exchange is always an empty list. ath_date is a Unix timestamp.

## Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `access-token` | string | yes | The OAuth access token of the user. |

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `currency` | string | yes | Currency symbol, for example BTC. Case insensitive. |

## Example request

```bash
curl "https://api.cryptohopper.com/v1/exchange/currencies/CURRENCY" \
  -H "access-token: YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

## Response

Example response (illustrative values):

```json
{
    "data": {
        "currency": "BTC",
        "data": {
            "name": "Bitcoin",
            "symbol": "BTC",
            "icon": "https://cdn.cryptohopper.com/images/exchange/currencies/svg/BTC.svg",
            "high_24h": "64250.1200000000",
            "low_24h": "62010.5500000000",
            "price_usd": "63120.4500000000",
            "price_btc": "1.00000000",
            "price_change_24h": "1150.2000000000",
            "percent_change_24h": "1.85",
            "weekly_prices": null,
            "market_cap_usd": "1250000000000.00",
            "volume_usd_24h": "32000000000.00",
            "rank": "1",
            "available_supply": "19750000.00",
            "total_supply": "21000000.00",
            "ath": "73750.0000000000",
            "ath_date": "1710460800",
            "price_per_exchange": []
        },
        "total": 1,
        "total_market_cap": "2450000000000.00",
        "total_volume_24h": "98000000000.00"
    }
}
```

Status codes: 200. Errors return JSON with `status`, `error` and `message`, plus a numeric `code` when the error comes from the API itself rather than the gateway.