Getting Started with Galaxy APIs

Welcome to the Galaxy API Developer Portal. This section provides a recommended path from onboarding to production-ready integration.

Overview

Galaxy APIs provide programmatic access to institutional services including trading, custody, lending, staking, onchain activities, and related workflows.

API Families and Personas

Galaxy has different API families that are used for different personas. Before implementation, identify which API family matches your needs.

API Family	Primary Personas	Typical Goals
OTC Trading APIs	Over the Counter Trading for Liquidity providers, market makers, hedge funds, systematic trading	Institutional OTC execution with warehouse-style liquidity access and market impact controls
Prime Services APIs	Prime brokerage/platform teams, enterprise treasury, asset managers	Unified access to trading, custody, lending, and staking services through one institutional API surface
Staking Infrastructure APIs	Custodians, exchanges, wallet platforms, fintech product teams	Programmatic staking operations, lifecycle management, and rewards reporting
Onchain Execution Service APIs	DeFi infrastructure teams, validators, high-throughput trading platforms	Low-latency Solana transaction propagation and routing for performance-sensitive onchain workflows

Family Entry Points

Each family has its own documentation set for getting started, authentication, first-call validation, and integration controls.

API Family	Start Here
OTC Trading APIs	Trading Getting Started
Prime Services APIs	Prime Services Getting Started
Staking APIs	Staking Getting Started
Onchain Execution Service APIs	Onchain Execution Service Getting Started

Support

Technical Issues: api-support@galaxy.com
Account/Access: developer-relations@galaxy.com
Status Page: status.galaxy.com

Next Steps

Browse the API Catalog for api-specific documentation
Review the family-specific getting started pages above
Check out code samples in our GitHub repository