Categories
Returns information about all coin categories available on CoinMarketCap. Includes a paginated list of cryptocurrency quotes and metadata from each category. This endpoint is available on the following API plans: - Free - Hobbyist - Startup - Standard - Professional - Enterprise Cache / Update frequency: Data is updated only as needed, every 30 seconds. Plan credit use: 1 API call credit per request + 1 call credit per 200 cryptocurrencies returned (rounded up) and 1 call credit per `convert` option beyond the first. CMC equivalent pages: Our free airdrops page [coinmarketcap.com/cryptocurrency-category/](https://coinmarketcap.com/cryptocurrency-category/).
Continue setup in your AI
Only public catalog IDs and a safe return path are handed to the Plugins page. This does not run the tool or confirm current availability, authorization, price, limits, or upstream status; those conditions are checked again before execution.
- Selected tool
- coinmarketcap.cryptocurrency.categories.retrieve.v2.af482b58
- Provider scope
- CoinMarketCap Cryptocurrency API
- Catalog updated
- 2026-10-27T00:40:01.989419+00:00
- Business task
- Pending verification
Run on this page: Execute is the in-site test path. Continue setup is for adding the public selection to an external AI; the two paths are tracked and validated separately.
Call setup
coinmarketcap.cryptocurrency.categories.retrieve.v2.af482b58