Currency Beacon
Currency Beacon (formerly CurrencyScoop) provides a free API for real-time and historical foreign exchange rates, with MCP support for AI agents. · Currency Beacon · APIs & integration
Overview
CurrencyScoop has rebranded to Currency Beacon. The free Developer sandbox plan gives 5,000 API/MCP requests per month with hourly updates, no card required.
Good fit
Use Currency Beacon when you need simple, low-volume access to real-time or historical currency exchange rates for prototypes.
- prototyping
- student projects
- personal dashboards
Not a fit
Avoid if you need more than 5,000 requests/month or production-grade update frequency without upgrading.
- production finance apps
- high-traffic services
Quickstart · 5 steps
- Sign up for a free Currency Beacon account.
- Verify your email address and log in.
- Navigate to your dashboard and copy your API key.
- Read the API documentation for endpoint usage.
- Make your first API request using your API key.
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