Currency & Crypto Exchange
What it shows
A real-time currency and crypto exchange desk. It shows major currency rates against the dollar plus any pairs you add yourself: fiat/fiat, crypto/fiat and crypto/crypto. Every pair has a live rate and a 24h change. A handy tool for tracking dollar strength and converting value between assets.
How to read it
Currency rates are the macro backdrop for crypto: a strong dollar usually weighs on risk assets while a weak one supports them. Crypto/fiat and crypto/crypto pairs are useful for quickly converting value and comparing relative strength. Practical takeaway: watch the dollar's direction as context for crypto market posture, and set your custom pairs to the assets you actually track.
Parameters
- Currency rates vs USD
- Quick cards for EUR, GBP, PLN, UAH against the dollar: a gauge of USD strength.
- Positive reading: A weakening dollar (currencies gain vs USD) is historically supportive of risk assets including crypto.
- Negative reading: A strengthening dollar (currencies weaken vs USD) is historically a headwind for risk assets.
- Neutral reading: Stable rates: no clear pressure on the dollar.
- Pair rate
- How many units of the quote currency one unit of the base currency costs.
- Neutral reading: A conversion value: informational on its own; the 24h change provides context.
- 24h change
- The percentage move of the pair's rate over the last 24 hours.
- Positive reading: Positive (green): the base currency strengthens against the quote.
- Negative reading: Negative (red): the base currency weakens against the quote.
- Neutral reading: Near zero: the pair is flat.
- Pair type
- A FIAT, CRYPTO/FIAT or CRYPTO label marks the nature of the pair.
- Neutral reading: Helps quickly tell fiat pairs from crypto ones; informational.
Example
EUR/USD rises +0.8%, GBP/USD +0.6%, and PLN strengthens against the dollar. The dollar is weakening broadly, which has historically been a supportive backdrop for crypto. Additionally, an ETH/BTC pair with a positive 24h change shows Ethereum's relative strength versus Bitcoin.