OpenRate Press Kit
Everything you need to cite OpenRate in a story or research paper — without a back-and-forth. CC BY 4.0 data, named contacts, and the methodology to back every number.
Headline numbers (live)
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What OpenRate is
OpenRate is a public, independently-operated dataset that prices peer-to-peer stablecoin (USDT) markets across 9 major exchanges and 30 fiat currencies in real time. The dataset is licensed CC BY 4.0 and served via a free public JSON API — no key, no rate limit on standard usage.
Beyond live rates, OpenRate publishes the USDT Premium Index — a per-country measurement of how much above (or below) the official forex rate USDT trades in P2P markets. The premium is a direct measurement of capital-control friction: countries with restrictive USD-access regimes (Argentina, Nigeria, Russia, Pakistan) carry persistent double-digit premiums; countries with open capital accounts (Eurozone, UK, India under LRS) trade at near-parity.
Story angles we can support
- Capital-control economics: real-time premium data for Argentina, Nigeria, Russia, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Venezuela
- Stablecoin adoption + macro: growth in USDT volumes by region, payment-rail adoption (UPI, Pix, SBP, M-Pesa, GCash)
- Crypto remittance economics: corridor-by-corridor cost vs Wise/Western Union (USD→INR, AED→PKR, GBP→PHP, etc.)
- Crypto-tax compliance: India 1% TDS, EU MiCA, Argentine AFIP — calculator backends + per-jurisdiction context
- Exchange regulation: real-time per-(country × exchange) legal status with regulator citations
- Sanctions impact: Russia/Iran/Venezuela P2P liquidity migration patterns
Data access
- Free JSON API: /p2p/api
- Datasets index: /datasets
- Methodology: /methodology
- How to cite: /cite
- Historical exports (CSV): on request — see contact below
Brand assets
Logo: /openrate-icon.svg (SVG, no background). Approved name forms: OpenRate, openrate.live. Avoid Open-Rate, Open Rate, OPENRATE (all-caps).
Color: brand orange #FF6A35.
Quotable framing
For background, OpenRate can be described as:
“OpenRate aggregates live peer-to-peer USDT rates across 9 major exchanges and 30 fiat currencies, plus a USDT Premium Index that measures the gap between official and parallel-market dollar rates in capital-controlled economies. The data is free and openly licensed (CC BY 4.0).”
Contact
For story collaboration, embargoed dataset access, custom data requests, or interview availability: see /p2p/about for current contact channels. Response within 24 hours for press queries.