ChangeNOW and CoinStats have unveiled new capabilities behind their respective platforms, shedding light on the trading engine and data aggregation tools that power millions of monthly users. In two separate but complementary deep dives, the companies detailed how they handle fast crypto swaps and multi‑chain data, underscoring the growing infrastructure layer of the crypto economy.
ChangeNOW Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett explained that the non‑custodial exchange acts as a “trading engine” that intermediates between users and external exchanges, using its own liquidity reserves to deliver swaps in under a minute. The platform supports over 1,500 assets across 110 networks and 2 million trading pairs, with 70+ fiat on‑ramps via partners like Transak and Simplex. In a benchmark of 150,000 transactions by swap aggregator Swapzone, ChangeNOW’s median USDT‑to‑ETH swap settled in less than a minute—roughly 45 times faster than the industry median.
The exchange recently launched several new features: private transfers that hide the sender’s wallet address while maintaining AML checks, a Permanent Exchange Address that converts any incoming crypto to a preselected coin, a crypto payment link for invoices, and a prediction markets hub tracking events across politics, finance, and pop culture. Shangett highlighted that during stress events—such as the Dogecoin frenzy, Monero liquidity crunches, and the TRUMP token launch—the geographically distributed team pre‑positions inventory to manage demand spikes without degrading performance.
Meanwhile, CoinStats presented its Crypto API as a single endpoint for wallet, market, DeFi, and news data. The REST API covers 100,000+ coins from 200+ exchanges and 120+ blockchains, automatically detecting staking, lending, and LP positions across 10,000+ DeFi protocols. A free tier, credit‑based pricing, and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that exposes 20+ tools to AI agents make it a broad solution for portfolio trackers, trading bots, and tax tools. The same infrastructure powers the CoinStats app used by over 1 million people monthly.
Both companies emphasized that no single API fits every need; most production products end up combining two or three providers. The disclosures come as the crypto industry increasingly relies on robust middleware to accelerate development cycles and reduce engineering debt.
