# CCXT (MCP server)

> CCXT is an MCP server that adds finance tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Official CCXT MCP server - Market data and trading across 100+ exchanges and prediction markets. It has 44,271 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y ccxt-mcp.

Connect AI agents (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any MCP host) to 100+ cryptocurrency exchanges and prediction markets through the unified ccxt API: market data, account balances, order management, and — when you explicitly enable it — trading.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt |
| GitHub stars | 44,271 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: ccxt-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Finance |
| Latest release | v4.5.85 (Oct 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.ccxt/ccxt-mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccxt": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio ccxt -- npx -y ccxt-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccxt": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ccxt": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccxt-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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