# Recent Crypto Whale Trades

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/crypto/whales/recent`

Returns recent large crypto trades (whale trades) across all pairs.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | Default 500 Max 500 Min 1 | No | How many items to return. Default: 500. Max: 500. Min: 1. |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `exchange` | string |  |
| `id` | string |  |
| `pair` | string |  |
| `price` | string |  |
| `side` | string |  |
| `size` | string |  |
| `symbol` | string |  |
| `total` | string |  |
| `whaled_at` | string |  |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/crypto/whales/recent" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/crypto/whales/recent", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "exchange": "Coinbase",
      "id": "string",
      "pair": "BTC-USD",
      "price": "93210.00",
      "side": "buy"
    }
  ]
}
```