💰 Crypto Price Tracker

Monitor the rapidly shifting landscape of decentralized finance by automatically tracking thousands of emerging altcoins and established cryptocurrencies. This advanced token price tracker is explicitly built to monitor live market data straight from target websites, covering an expansive roster of over 10,000 digital assets. Instead of manually refreshing various crypto ranking pages, you can configure this tool to automatically run daily or weekly monitoring sweeps across your highly customized token watchlists. It efficiently captures the vital details you need to evaluate market momentum, including real-time fiat prices, circulating supply metrics, and acute 24-hour volume spikes. Active researchers and quantitative analysts use this tool to systematically discover micro-cap opportunities and track portfolio health long before these specific assets hit mainstream trading tools or major exchanges. The generated results give you a highly granular look at the overall market, outputting current valuations, localized currency conversions, and moving percentage changes directly from public endpoints. With absolutely zero authentication hurdles, you can seamlessly schedule tasks to pull live pricing data and pipe the scraped results directly into your own analytical models. By treating financial websites as a reliable API, this tracker empowers you to build robust automated alerts for sudden market movements and token liquidity events.

Store Quickstart

Start with the Quickstart template (BTC, ETH, SOL, USD). For portfolio tracking, use Portfolio Tracker with 10-20 coins and history enabled.

Key Features

• 💰 10,000+ coins — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and every major altcoin
• 💱 Multiple vs-currencies — USD, EUR, JPY, BTC, ETH quote options
• 📊 Full market data — Price, market cap, 24h volume, % change
• 📈 Historical sparklines — 7d price sparkline data included
• 📅 Historical data — Up to 365 days of daily prices
• 🔑 No API key needed — Free tier of CoinGecko API

Use Cases

Who	Why
Crypto traders	Daily market snapshots for trading decisions
Portfolio trackers	Periodic portfolio valuation across coins
Tax/accounting firms	Historical prices for transaction reporting
DeFi analysts	Token price feeds for on-chain research
News sites	Live crypto price widgets on finance pages

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
coins	string[]	(required)	CoinGecko coin IDs (max 50)
vsCurrencies	string[]	["usd"]	Quote currencies
includeHistory	boolean	false	Include historical prices
historyDays	integer	7	Days of history (1-365)

Input Example

{
  "coins": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
  "vsCurrencies": ["usd", "jpy"],
  "includeHistory": false
}

Input Examples

Example: Top tokens snapshot

{
  "coins": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum",
    "solana"
  ],
  "vsCurrencies": [
    "usd",
    "eur",
    "jpy"
  ]
}

Example: Portfolio watch

{
  "coins": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum"
  ],
  "vsCurrencies": [
    "usd"
  ],
  "include24hChange": true,
  "include7dChange": true
}

Example: Token market data fanout

{
  "category": "layer-1",
  "vsCurrency": "usd",
  "perPage": 50
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
coin	string	Coin ID (bitcoin, ethereum, etc.)
symbol	string	Ticker symbol
currency	string	Quote currency (usd, eur, jpy)
price	number	Current price
marketCap	number	Market cap (if includeMarketCap)
change24h	number	24h percentage change (if include24hChange)
volume24h	number	24h trading volume
fetchedAt	string	ISO timestamp

Output Example

{
  "id": "bitcoin",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "price": {"usd": 95420, "jpy": 14500000},
  "marketCap": 1880000000000,
  "volume24h": 42000000000,
  "change24h": 2.35,
  "sparkline7d": [94000, 94500, 95000, 95420]
}

API Usage

Run this actor programmatically using the Apify API. Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your token from Apify Console → Settings → Integrations.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/taroyamada~cryptocurrency-price-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "coins": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"], "vsCurrencies": ["usd", "jpy"], "includeHistory": false }'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("taroyamada/cryptocurrency-price-tracker").call(run_input={
  "coins": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
  "vsCurrencies": ["usd", "jpy"],
  "includeHistory": false
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('taroyamada/cryptocurrency-price-tracker').call({
  "coins": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
  "vsCurrencies": ["usd", "jpy"],
  "includeHistory": false
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Tips & Limitations

• Powered by CoinGecko's free public API — no API key required.
• Schedule every 5 minutes for near-real-time price tracking.
• Use multiple vsCurrencies to monitor cross-currency arbitrage opportunities.
• Combine with webhook delivery to send alerts on threshold breaches.

FAQ

Rate limits?

CoinGecko free tier: ~30 calls/min. This actor batches requests to stay safe.

Where do coin IDs come from?

Use CoinGecko's coin list (e.g., 'bitcoin', not 'BTC'). The actor validates IDs at input time.

Can I get real-time prices?

CoinGecko free tier has 1-5 min cache. For sub-minute, paid tier needed.

Historical data retention?

Free tier: 365 days of daily data. Older history requires paid tier.

Which exchanges does the price come from?

CoinGecko aggregates volume-weighted prices across hundreds of exchanges.

Is there a rate limit?

CoinGecko free tier allows ~30 calls/minute. The actor batches requests automatically.

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Cost

Pay Per Event:

• actor-start: $0.01 (flat fee per run)
• dataset-item: $0.005 per output item

Example: 1,000 items = $0.01 + (1,000 × $0.005) = $5.01

No subscription required — you only pay for what you use.

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