Removal of Unsupported Categories
Upcoming Removal of Unsupported Categories from CoinGecko and CoinGecko API
Summary
We are announcing the removal of certain categories from CoinGecko and CoinGecko API. These categories will no longer be supported across all API endpoints starting February 12, 2025.
| No | Category Name | Category ID |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Election 2020 | us-election-2020 |
| 2 | Governance | governance |
| 3 | Cryptocurrency | cryptocurrency |
| 4 | Technology and Science | technology-science |
| 5 | Presale Meme | presale-meme-coins |
| 6 | Business Platform | business-platform |
| 7 | Number | number |
| 8 | Structured Product | structured-products |
| 9 | Investment | investment |
| 10 | Niftex Shards | niftex-shards |
| 11 | Ethereum POW IOU | ethereum-pow-iou |
| 12 | Mirrored Assets | mirrored-assets |
| 13 | Remittance | remittance |
| 14 | Protocol | protocol |
| 15 | Unicly Ecosystem | utokens |
| 16 | Finance and Banking | finance-banking |
| 17 | Eth 2.0 Staking | eth-2-0-staking |
Reason for Removal
Many of these categories no longer have associated coins. Some categories are outdated and no longer relevant in the crypto space. The changes align with updated category topology standards to maintain data accuracy and relevance.
Impact
API responses for the /coins/markets endpoint will no longer support data of the categories above. Any requests specifying these categories will return an error.
Action Required
Ensure applications using the /coins/markets endpoint are not querying these removed categories. Please update any code or documentation referencing these categories to prevent errors.