How to handle rate limits when building crypto trading bots. Caching strategies, backoff algorithms, and multi-source failover patterns.
Crypto API Rate Limiting: Best Practices for Trading Bots
If you're building a crypto trading bot, you've hit rate limits. CoinGecko's 30 req/min, Binance's 1200/min with burst limits, and every other API has its own rules. Here's how to handle them properly.
The Problem
Most bot developers hit rate limits because they:
Poll every endpoint every second (you don't need BTC price 60x/minute)
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