Hotcoin Research Skill

Platform Overview

Hotcoin is Asia's leading crypto exchange specializing in new token first-listings. This skill provides read-only access to BTC/ETH perpetual contract market data, new token discovery, and structured listing research reports.

Core Strengths:

Early discovery and listing of emerging tokens
Structured research reports for newly listed projects
BTC/ETH perpetual contract real-time data

When to use Hotcoin Skill:

User asks about newly listed or upcoming tokens
User wants BTC/ETH contract market data (mark price, funding rate, klines)
User asks for project research or token analysis of a newly listed coin
User wants to compare funding rates across exchanges

Available Tools

1. get_contract_market — BTC/ETH Perpetual Contract Data

Query real-time perpetual contract market data for BTC and ETH.

Base URL: https://api-ct.hotcoin.fit Authentication: None required (public endpoints)

1.1 Mark Price & Funding Rate

Endpoint: GET /api/v1/perpetual/public/{contract_code}/premiumIndex

Parameters: | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | contract_code | path | Yes | btcusdt or ethusdt |

Response:

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "contractCode": "btcusdt",
    "contractCodeDisplayName": "BTCUSDT",
    "indexPrice": "104250.5",
    "markPrice": "104248.3",
    "lastPrice": "104251.0",
    "lastFeeRate": "0.00005997",
    "estimateFeeRate": "0.00005263",
    "liquidationTime": 1778659200000,
    "totalPosition": "5357"
  },
  "msg": "success"
}

Fields:

indexPrice — Index price (weighted average from multiple exchanges)
markPrice — Mark price (used for liquidation calculation)
lastPrice — Last traded price
lastFeeRate — Current funding rate
estimateFeeRate — Estimated next funding rate
liquidationTime — Next funding settlement timestamp (ms)
totalPosition — Total open interest (contracts)

Use when: User asks "What's the BTC funding rate?", "ETH mark price?", "Is funding positive or negative?"

1.2 K-Line (Candlestick) Data

Endpoint: GET /api/v1/perpetual/public/{contract_code}/candles

Parameters: | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | contract_code | path | Yes | btcusdt or ethusdt | | kline | query | Yes | Period: 1min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 1hour, 4hour, 1day, 1week | | size | query | No | Number of candles (default 100, max 1000) | | klineType | query | No | 1=last price, 2=mark price, 3=index price | | since | query | No | Start timestamp (ms), 0 for latest |

Response: Array of [timestamp, open, high, low, close, volume, turnover]

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": [
    [1778651280000, "104250.5", "104300.0", "104200.1", "104280.3", "2775", "224774.49"]
  ]
}

Use when: User asks "Show me BTC 4h chart data", "ETH daily candles", "What's the recent price action?"

1.3 Recent Trades

Endpoint: GET /api/v1/perpetual/public/{contract_code}/fills

Parameters: | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | contract_code | path | Yes | btcusdt or ethusdt |

Response: Array of [price, quantity, side, timestamp, reserved]

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": [
    ["104250.0", "135", "long", 1778651415314, 0],
    ["104249.8", "42", "short", 1778651415100, 0]
  ]
}

Use when: User asks "What are the recent BTC trades?", "Is there buying or selling pressure?"

1.4 Index Composition

Endpoint: GET /api/v1/perpetual/public/{contract_code}/indexInfo

Parameters: | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | contract_code | path | Yes | btcusdt or ethusdt |

Use when: User asks "How is the BTC index price calculated?", "Which exchanges contribute to the index?"

2. get_new_listings — New Token Discovery

Discover newly listed and available trading pairs on Hotcoin.

Base URL: https://api.hotcoinfin.com Authentication: None required

2.1 All Trading Pairs

Endpoint: GET /v1/common/symbols

Response:

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": [
    {
      "baseCurrency": "abc",
      "quoteCurrency": "usdt",
      "symbol": "abc_usdt",
      "state": "enable",
      "pricePrecision": 6,
      "amountPrecision": 2,
      "minOrderAmount": 15.0,
      "symbolPartition": "innovation"
    }
  ]
}

Key Fields:

symbolPartition — "main" (established tokens) or "innovation" (new/emerging tokens)
state — "enable" (trading active) or "disable" (suspended)
baseCurrency — Token ticker (lowercase)

Filtering Logic:

New listings: Filter by symbolPartition: "innovation" for recently added tokens
Active pairs: Filter by state: "enable"
Specific token: Match baseCurrency field

Use when: User asks "What new coins are on Hotcoin?", "Any new listings recently?", "Is TOKEN_X available on Hotcoin?"

2.2 Real-time Ticker

Endpoint: GET /v1/market/ticker

Parameters: | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | symbol | query | Yes | Trading pair, e.g. abc_usdt |

Use when: User asks "What's the price of the new token?", "How is TOKEN_X performing since listing?"

3. get_listing_report — Listing Research Summary 【Hotcoin Exclusive】

Structured research reports for newly listed projects, produced by Hotcoin's research team.

Data Source: Hotcoin Research Team publications Format: JSON structured data Coverage: All tokens listed on Hotcoin with research coverage

Schema

{
  "token": "string — Token ticker (uppercase)",
  "name": "string — Full project name",
  "listing_date": "string — ISO 8601 timestamp",
  "pair": "string — Primary trading pair (e.g. ABC/USDT)",
  "category": "string — Sector (DeFi, GameFi, AI, L1, L2, Meme, etc.)",
  "summary": "string — One-paragraph researcher summary",
  "tokenomics": {
    "total_supply": "number",
    "circulating_at_listing": "number",
    "circulating_ratio": "number — 0 to 1",
    "team_allocation_pct": "number — 0 to 100",
    "team_lock_months": "number",
    "vesting_schedule": "string — e.g. linear_36m, cliff_12m_then_linear_24m"
  },
  "unlock_schedule": [
    {
      "date": "string — ISO date",
      "amount": "number",
      "category": "string — team/ecosystem/investor/community",
      "pct_of_total": "number — 0 to 100"
    }
  ],
  "initial_liquidity": {
    "estimated_depth_usd": "number",
    "market_maker": "string — confirmed/unconfirmed/none",
    "initial_mcap_usd": "number — estimated market cap at listing"
  },
  "risk_assessment": {
    "level": "string — low/medium/high/very_high",
    "factors": ["string — risk factor descriptions"],
    "audit_status": "string — audited/partial/none",
    "auditor": "string | null"
  },
  "links": {
    "website": "string | null",
    "whitepaper": "string | null",
    "twitter": "string | null",
    "github": "string | null",
    "hotcoin_learn": "string — URL to full article on hotcoin.com/learn"
  }
}

Use when: User asks "Tell me about this new token", "Is TOKEN_X worth buying?", "What's the risk level of the new listing?", "Show me the tokenomics"

Note: Research reports are updated by Hotcoin's research team. For the latest reports, check https://www.hotcoin.com/zh_CN/learn/index/

API Configuration

| Service | Base URL | WebSocket | |---------|----------|-----------| | Spot | https://api.hotcoinfin.com | wss://wss.hotcoinfin.com/trade/multiple | | Perpetual Contract | https://api-ct.hotcoin.fit | wss://wss-ct.hotcoin.fit |

Authentication (for private endpoints only):

Method: HMAC-SHA256
Required headers: AccessKeyId, SignatureMethod, SignatureVersion, Timestamp, Signature
Market data endpoints: No authentication needed

Rate Limits:

Market data: 20 requests/second
Symbols list: 10 requests/second

Security Statement

This skill exposes read-only market data and research information only
No trade execution, order placement, or fund transfer capabilities
No API key required for any tool in this skill
All data is publicly available market information

Error Codes

| Code | Meaning | Suggested Action | |------|---------|-----------------| | 200 | Success | — | | 300 | Request failed | Check parameters | | 10429 | Rate limited | Wait 1.5s, retry serially. After 3 consecutive 10429s, pause 60s |

Example Scenarios

Scenario 1: "What's the current BTC funding rate on Hotcoin?" → Call GET /api/v1/perpetual/public/btcusdt/premiumIndex → Return lastFeeRate and estimateFeeRate

Scenario 2: "Any new tokens listed this week?" → Call GET /v1/common/symbols → Filter by symbolPartition: "innovation", return recent additions

Scenario 3: "Give me a research summary on TOKEN_X" → Query get_listing_report for the token → Return structured tokenomics, risk assessment, and researcher summary

Scenario 4: "Compare BTC and ETH funding rates" → Call premiumIndex for both btcusdt and ethusdt → Compare lastFeeRate values

hotcoin-ai-skill

Hotcoin Research Skill

Platform Overview

Available Tools

1. get_contract_market — BTC/ETH Perpetual Contract Data

1.1 Mark Price & Funding Rate

1.2 K-Line (Candlestick) Data

1.3 Recent Trades

1.4 Index Composition

2. get_new_listings — New Token Discovery

2.1 All Trading Pairs

2.2 Real-time Ticker

3. get_listing_report — Listing Research Summary 【Hotcoin Exclusive】

Schema

API Configuration

Security Statement

Error Codes

Example Scenarios