API3 arbitrage
API3 on 24 exchanges spot and 18 in futures: live routes, past spreads and how long they last.
Prices at · open routes a minute older; real time in the scanners on paid plans · How we count
- Price
- $0.256050
- 24h volume
- $14.6M
- Exchanges
- 29
- 24 spot · 18 futures
- Routes now
- 8
- 0 take · 8 risky
- Gaps in 7 days
- 572
- 225 over a minute
API3 right now
API3 is cheapest on OKX ($0.256) and dearest on HTX ($0.2564): 0.16% apart across 12 exchanges with a liquid spot market, before fees.
8 routes in profit after fees are worth a look ("take" or "risky"); the best: MEXC → Bybit, 0.11%.
Over 7 days a spread in profit opened 572 times, and 225 of them lasted a minute or longer; one usually closed within 6.0 s.
Funding per 8 hours runs from −0.0636% on KuCoin to 0.0100% on MEXC, across 11 exchanges (outliers, markets under $50k a day and exchanges publishing no volume left out).
API3 arbitrage opportunities now
Spot and futures, no transfer
| Long | Short | Spread | Size at best price | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEXC perp | Bybit | 0.114% | — | Risky |
| KuCoin perp | Bybit | 0.034% | $37 | Risky |
| Binance perp | Bybit | 0.054% | $67 | Risky |
| Bitget perp | Bybit | 0.034% | $60 | Risky |
| XT perp | Bybit | 0.034% | $67 | Risky |
| WEEX perp | Bybit | 0.033% | $67 | Risky |
| OKX perp | Bybit | 0.014% | $67 | Risky |
| Toobit perp | Bybit | 0.014% | $67 | Risky |
API3 arbitrage strategy
No API3 route worth taking with an open transfer right now. Gaps of a minute or longer open several times a week, though — here is how to catch the next one:
- Watch MEXC → HTX: the spread opened there 41 times in 7 days, 7 of them for a minute or longer; it usually lasts 3.0 s.
- The transfer is ready: API3 moves from MEXC to HTX on ETH, withdrawal fee 2 API3. Keep USDT on MEXC and API3 on HTX so you do not wait for it.
- Set an alert on the route: you hear when the spread pays after fees. Then buy on MEXC and sell on HTX.
API3 price on every exchange
Refreshed every 10 seconds. The best buy and sell prices are highlighted.
Spot · 24
| Exchange | Bid | Ask | Book spread | 24h volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTXAPI3/USDT | 0.255900 | 0.256900 | 0.39% | $1.3M |
| BinanceAPI3/USDT | 0.256100 | 0.256200 | 0.04% | $382.4K |
| TokocryptoAPI3/USDT | 0.256000 | 0.256100 | 0.04% | $382.4K |
| ToobitAPI3/USDT | 0.256000 | 0.256200 | 0.08% | $137.9K |
| OKXAPI3/USDT | 0.255900 | 0.256100 | 0.08% | $132.8K |
| WhiteBITAPI3/USDT | 0.255700 | 0.256400 | 0.27% | $123.2K |
| Coinbase ExchangeAPI3/USD | 0.255660 | 0.255850 | 0.07% | $89.4K |
| CoinbaseAPI3/USDC | 0.255660 | 0.255850 | 0.07% | $89.2K |
| CoinbaseAPI3/USD | 0.255660 | 0.255850 | 0.07% | $89.2K |
| XTAPI3/USDT | 0.256000 | 0.256100 | 0.04% | $57.4K |
| MEXCAPI3/USDT | 0.256000 | 0.256100 | 0.04% | $53.9K |
| WEEXAPI3/USDT | 0.255500 | 0.256500 | 0.39% | $43.3K |
Perpetual futures · 18
| Exchange | Bid | Ask | Book spread | Funding | 24h volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BingXAPI3/USDT | 0.255900 | 0.256200 | 0.12% | 0.0017%/4h | $6.7M |
| WhiteBITAPI3/USDT | 0.254000 | 0.257400 | 1.33% | 0.0050%/4h | $2M |
| WEEXAPI3/USDT | 0.255600 | 0.255700 | 0.04% | 0.0050%/4h | $977.3K |
| OKXAPI3/USDT | 0.255900 | 0.256000 | 0.04% | 0.0050%/4h | $604.8K |
| DeepcoinAPI3/USDT | 0.255800 | 0.256000 | 0.08% | 0.0050%/4h | $311.1K |
| ToobitAPI3/USDT | 0.255700 | 0.255800 | 0.04% | 0.0050%/4h | $284.3K |
| MEXCAPI3/USDT | 0.255700 | 0.255800 | 0.04% | 0.0050%/4h | $230.2K |
| BybitAPI3/USDT | 0.256500 | 0.256700 | 0.08% | 0.0050%/4h | $177K |
| XTAPI3/USDT | 0.255700 | 0.255800 | 0.04% | 0.0050%/4h | $171.6K |
| BitgetAPI3/USDT | 0.255700 | 0.255900 | 0.08% | 0.0050%/4h | $118.2K |
| KuCoinAPI3/USDT | 0.255600 | 0.255700 | 0.04% | −0.0318%/4h | $60.7K |
| GateAPI3/USDT | 0.255900 | 0.256000 | 0.04% | 0.0100%/8h | $36K |
How often API3 spreads open
Exchange pairs between which the price drifted apart with a profit after fees over 7 days. “Over a minute” counts the gaps that held for a minute or longer: those can be caught. The rest are flashes of seconds that close before an order arrives.
| Market | Route | Over a minute | Gaps | Median lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → Bybit perp | 48 | 55 | 34 min 29 s |
| perp ↔ perp | XT perp → Bybit perp | 19 | 21 | 21 min 31 s |
| spot ↔ perp | WEEX spot → MEXC perp | 18 | 23 | 3 min 20 s |
| perp ↔ perp | Bitget perp → Bybit perp | 14 | 16 | 9 min 18 s |
| perp ↔ perp | Toobit perp → Bybit perp | 13 | 14 | 1 h 42 min |
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → OKX perp | 11 | 13 | 9 min 09 s |
| perp ↔ perp | WEEX perp → Bybit perp | 11 | 11 | 9 min 11 s |
| spot → spot | MEXC spot → HTX spot | 7 | 41 | 3.0 s |
| spot → spot | Binance spot → HTX spot | 5 | 33 | 3.0 s |
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → BingX perp | 5 | 9 | 3 min 02 s |
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → XT perp | 5 | 6 | 2 min 57 s |
| perp ↔ perp | Binance perp → Bybit perp | 5 | 5 | 21 min 41 s |
| spot → spot | Toobit spot → HTX spot | 4 | 25 | 6.0 s |
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → KuCoin perp | 4 | 8 | 1 min 50 s |
| spot → spot | BingX spot → HTX spot | 3 | 30 | 6.0 s |
| spot → spot | Deepcoin spot → HTX spot | 3 | 18 | 9.0 s |
| spot → spot | XT spot → HTX spot | 3 | 14 | 6.0 s |
| perp ↔ perp | MEXC perp → Gate perp | 3 | 7 | 18 s |
| perp ↔ perp | WOO X perp → Bybit perp | 3 | 4 | 22 min 59 s |
| spot → spot | Coinbase Exchange spot USD → HTX spot | 2 | 15 | 6.0 s |
Networks, deposits and withdrawals
Whether the coin can be moved between exchanges: withdrawals open where you buy and deposits open where you sell. Refreshed every 5 minutes.
| Network | Exchange | Deposit | Withdraw | Withdrawal fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API3 | DigiFinex | open | open | 0.0006 API3 |
| ETH | Binance | open | open | 2.28 API3 |
| BitgetERC20 | open | n/a | 7.806 API3 | |
| Bitrue | open | open | 2.9 API3 | |
| Bitvavo | open | open | 4.2 API3 | |
| CEX.IOethereum | open | open | 6 API3 | |
| Coinbaseethereum | n/a | n/a | — | |
| Coinbase Exchangeethereum | n/a | n/a | — | |
| Gate | open | open | — | |
| HitBTC | open | open | 91.56 API3 | |
| HTXapi3 | open | open | 6.809 API3 | |
| KuCoineth | open | open | 2.5 API3 | |
| LATOKENERC20 | n/a | n/a | — | |
| MEXC | open | open | 2 API3 | |
| OKXAPI3-ERC20 | open | open | 0.67 API3 | |
| Phemex | n/a | n/a | — | |
| Poloniex | open | open | 3.587 API3 | |
| Toobit | open | open | 7 API3 | |
| WhiteBITERC20 | open | open | 0.04 API3 | |
| XTEthereum | open | open | 27 API3 |
Gaps of a minute or longer, last 7 days
| When (UTC) | Market | Route | Spread | Lasted | Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 09:18 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.153% | 9 min 12 s | — |
| Oct 24, 06:52 PM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.114% | 8 min 17 s | — |
| Oct 24, 05:46 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → Bybit | 0.234% | 3 h 07 min | — |
| Oct 24, 05:01 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → Bybit | 0.116% | 19 min 51 s | — |
| Oct 24, 04:41 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → Bybit | 0.155% | 12 min 45 s | — |
| Oct 24, 04:16 PM | spot ↔ perp | WEEX → MEXC | 0.116% | 1 min 18 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:39 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → Bybit | 0.158% | 50 min 44 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:22 PM | spot → spot | WEEX → BingX | 0.197% | 2 min 03 s | Transfer status unknown |
| Oct 24, 03:16 PM | perp ↔ perp | Toobit → Bybit | 0.138% | 8 min 24 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:16 PM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.158% | 1 min 33 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:15 PM | perp ↔ perp | Binance → Bybit | 0.177% | 7 min 45 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:10 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.136% | 2 min 15 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:29 PM | spot ↔ perp | WEEX → MEXC | 0.153% | 1 min 51 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:29 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.135% | 3 min 24 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:27 PM | perp ↔ perp | Toobit → BingX | 0.116% | 1 min 23 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:27 PM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.116% | 3 min 14 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:27 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.116% | 2 min 02 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:24 PM | perp ↔ perp | Toobit → Bybit | 0.215% | 7 min 02 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:17 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → MEXC | 0.235% | 1 min 33 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:16 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → BingX | 0.215% | 2 min 16 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:16 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.218% | 4 min 01 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:16 PM | perp ↔ perp | Binance → BingX | 0.118% | 2 min 43 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:15 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → BingX | 0.178% | 5 min 46 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:12 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.274% | 7 min 49 s | — |
| Oct 24, 02:11 PM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.237% | 10 min 34 s | — |
| Oct 24, 11:51 AM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.108% | 19 min 06 s | — |
| Oct 24, 11:35 AM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.107% | 2 min 06 s | — |
| Oct 24, 10:55 AM | perp ↔ perp | Bitget → Bybit | 0.107% | 3 min 09 s | — |
| Oct 24, 10:32 AM | perp ↔ perp | Bitget → Bybit | 0.107% | 3 min 18 s | — |
| Oct 24, 10:32 AM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → BingX | 0.130% | 4 min 09 s | — |
| Oct 24, 10:15 AM | perp ↔ perp | WOO X → Bybit | 0.127% | 23 min 00 s | — |
| Oct 24, 09:43 AM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.131% | 22 min 24 s | — |
| Oct 24, 09:19 AM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.221% | 2 h 05 min | — |
| Oct 24, 08:55 AM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.223% | 2 h 42 min | — |
| Oct 24, 07:50 AM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.110% | 32 min 18 s | — |
| Oct 24, 06:56 AM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → XT | 0.109% | 2 min 54 s | — |
| Oct 24, 05:56 AM | perp ↔ perp | Binance → Bybit | 0.243% | 6 h 43 min | — |
| Oct 24, 05:53 AM | perp ↔ perp | Toobit → Bybit | 0.243% | 6 h 45 min | — |
| Oct 24, 05:04 AM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → Bybit | 0.303% | 10 h 31 min | — |
| Oct 24, 03:54 AM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.102% | 8 min 27 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:40 AM | perp ↔ perp | KuCoin → Bybit | 0.141% | 38 min 57 s | — |
| Oct 24, 03:40 AM | perp ↔ perp | XT → Bybit | 0.103% | 25 min 03 s | — |
| Oct 24, 01:00 AM | spot ↔ perp | WEEX → MEXC | 0.143% | 2 min 48 s | — |
| Oct 24, 12:02 AM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.130% | 32 min 18 s | — |
| Oct 23, 11:58 PM | perp ↔ perp | Bitget → Bybit | 0.103% | 11 min 39 s | — |
| Oct 23, 11:10 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → OKX | 0.170% | 9 min 09 s | — |
| Oct 23, 11:00 PM | spot ↔ perp | WEEX → MEXC | 0.225% | 5 min 36 s | — |
| Oct 23, 10:54 PM | perp ↔ perp | KuCoin → BingX | 0.170% | 1 min 51 s | — |
| Oct 23, 10:44 PM | perp ↔ perp | MEXC → BingX | 0.130% | 11 min 15 s | — |
| Oct 23, 10:33 PM | perp ↔ perp | WEEX → Bybit | 0.490% | 26 min 30 s | — |
Spread at the peak after taker fees. Lifetime is measured to about 3 s.
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FAQ
- Why is the API3 spread so high on some exchanges?
8 routes in profit after fees are worth a look ("take" or "risky"); the engine's commonest warnings: even when the prices meet, closing crosses each leg's bid-ask spread, and that eats the profit; profit under $1. We have no network status from Tokocrypto, WEEX and BingX +6, so a transfer there cannot be checked.
- Where is API3 cheapest to buy?
Cheapest now on OKX: $0.256; dearest on HTX: $0.2564, 0.16% apart. 12 exchanges with a liquid API3 market compared, at the mid between bid and ask.
- Can I transfer API3 between OKX and HTX?
Yes: withdrawals from OKX and deposits to HTX are open now on ETH, a withdrawal fee of 0.67 API3. The networks' status is checked every 5 minutes; every network is in the table below.
- Is there an arbitrage opportunity in API3 right now?
Yes, in futures (no transfer: a long and a short): 8 routes are worth a look ("take" or "risky"), the first MEXC → Bybit, 0.11%, marked "risky".
Not on spot after fees: no spot route earns right now. The widest price gap is 0.16% (OKX → HTX), and trading fees and the withdrawal eat it. In 7 days, gaps of a minute or longer opened most often between MEXC and HTX: 7 times.
- What is the API3 spread now?
0.16% between the cheapest (OKX) and the dearest (HTX) exchange, before fees. No route worth taking with an open transfer right now.