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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

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

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