Brave Search is a privacy-focused search engine that doesn’t profile users, and delivers results from its own, independent index of the Web. It’s used by millions of people worldwide, and is the default search for many of the Brave browser’s 120+ million users. To support its crypto-aware audience, Brave Search integrates CoinGecko’s API to display real-time cryptocurrency data directly in the search engine results page (SERP). This market data also supports the answering of market-related crypto questions in Brave’s AI experiences, including Ask Brave (search) and Leo (browser assistant).

Key Metrics at a Glance

• Brave Search has integrated the CoinGecko API to surface real-time, interactive crypto price charts and currency converters for 17,000+ cryptocurrencies. This integration also supports market valuations for assets shown in blockchain explorer results, and market data charts in Brave’s AI-powered answer experiences.
• Brave Search serves over 80 million daily queries and 2.4 billion monthly queries.

Delivering Upfront Value: Crypto Data in Search Results

Traditional search engines generally require users to initiate a search, then navigate through results to find the information they need. Brave has taken a different approach to deliver actionable crypto data directly within its search results page.

When users search for cryptocurrency tickers or prices, Brave surfaces live prices, conversion rates, and price charts in its UI, without requiring the user to leave the search results page. The same search-first experience also extends into Brave’s AI-powered surfaces. Ask Brave brings AI-powered answers into Brave Search, while Leo is Brave’s browser-native AI assistant. For market-related crypto prompts, CoinGecko data helps Brave surface timely price data and charts within these answer experiences, eliminating the need to open separate tabs or visit third-party websites to check crypto prices or market data. Overall this reduces user friction, and enables quicker access to key information.

For instance, when a user searches for "BTC to USD" or prompts “What is BTC’s price performance in the past 30 days?”, Brave Search displays:

• Live price updates
• Interactive inline price charts
• On-page conversion tools

Brave Search results displaying Bitcoin price chart.

Leo AI prompt response displaying Bitcoin price chart.

These features are powered by a direct integration with CoinGecko’s API, which supplies both real-time and historical cryptocurrency data. The /coins/markets endpoint delivers live prices, market capitalization, and 24-hour trading volume. For historical price data, Brave uses the /coins/{id}/market_chart endpoint to display inline price charts within the search UI.

Additionally, the /simple/price endpoint enables seamless conversion between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.

This setup allows Brave to display accurate market data for over 17,000 tokens across global fiat pairs, without requiring users to leave the search results page.

Extending Crypto Search to Wallet Holdings

Brave also extends this crypto search experience to wallet lookups. When users search an ENS domain, EVM address, or Solana address, Brave can surface a wallet’s top asset holdings directly in the search results.

CoinGecko’s broad token and market coverage helps Brave display real-time prices and market valuations to the assets shown, allowing users to understand wallet balances in market terms. This gives users a faster way to assess asset exposure, without needing to open separate tabs or manually cross-reference token balances with market prices.

ENS domain Brave Search results with live asset holdings and valuation.

Brave Search results for a Solana wallet address, with live asset holdings and valuation.

Why This Matters

By incorporating crypto market data across search results, wallet lookups, and AI-powered answer experiences, Brave is significantly enhancing the utility of its products for users active in digital assets. This integration is particularly strategic given Brave's crypto-native ecosystem: users of the Brave browser can already earn Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) via their Brave Rewards feature, creating a naturally crypto-aware user base. Brave also builds the multi-chain Brave Wallet directly into the browser, providing users a secure, easy way to manage digital assets and access Web3.

BAT tokenizes the attention economy, enabling users, advertisers, and creators to earn, engage, and transact in new ways. For these users, quick access to crypto data is essential to their daily digital experience. By eliminating the need to navigate away from search results to check BAT prices or other cryptocurrency data, Brave creates a seamless workflow that maximizes both convenience and engagement for its crypto-engaged audience. And, with the recently published BAT Roadmap 4.0, accessing crypto data via Search will be even more relevant across a variety of new use cases as they are released.

Brave’s integration of the CoinGecko API ensures that the market data behind its search results, conversion tools, market charts, wallet asset valuations, and relevant AI-powered answer experiences is sourced from a reliable, independent aggregator with broad token and market coverage. This allows Brave to display live prices, real-time asset valuations, and timely chart data directly within the user experience, supporting practical crypto search use cases without unnecessary complexity.

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This article was written in collaboration with the Brave team.