bitFlyer Releases All New Bitcoin Exchange, bitFlyer Lightning
With bitFlyer Lightning, bitFlyer targets professional traders with an industry-leading trading platform.
bitFlyer is pleased to announce the release of bitFlyer Lightning, a brand new Bitcoin Exchange built for professionals. bitFlyer Lightning was designed and built by bitFlyer, a company who's CEO hails from Goldman Sachs as a former equities trader. bitFlyer Lightning incorporates an advanced and intuitive user interface, multiple customizable features, and even the ability to personalize your screen theme. It also includes essential functions for professional traders such as fast transactions, various oscillators, position management, news, and profit and loss calculation for the first time in Japan.
Existing bitFlyer customers can login to bitFlyer Lightning (https://lightning.bitflyer.jp/?lang=en) using their bitFlyer account. New customers can create an account from the bitFlyer home page.
About the bitFlyer Lightning API
With the bitFlyer Lightning API, you can capture data including order status, published trading history, and the full order book. In addition, you will be able to send new orders, cancel or confirm your balance, and more. The bitFlyer Lightning API offers more than just a Web API, as a real-time feed via PubNub is available as well. With PubNub, you can receive data via iOS, Android, Ruby, JavaScript, Java, Objective C, .NET, and Node.js.
Information available through the bitFlyer Lightning API
[ Public API ]
- Order Book
- Ticker
- Execution history
[ Private API ] (Authentication by API key required)
- Asset balance
- Send a new order
- Cancel order
- Cancel all orders
- Obtain order
- Obtain execution
- Obtain list of executions related to order(s)
bitFlyer Lightning API Documentation
https://lightning.bitflyer.jp/docs?lang=en
Notes
The private API is available to verified Business Class or higher customers.
To upgrade to Business Class, personal information, bank account confirmation, and submission of photo ID (driver's license / passport) is required.
Prize Giveaway
bitFlyer will be marking the release of bitFlyer Lightning with several campaigns that will run throughout the month of July. Gifts include a PlayStation 4 and Apple Watch to 6 lucky customers, as well as a 2,000 JPY Amazon Gift Card to 300 customers. In addition, the Bitcoin Trading Tight Spread campaign as well as the Zero Transaction Fee campaign are both ongoing at the bitFlyer Bitcoin Marketplace.
https://lightning.bitflyer.jp/?lang=en
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