<p>BTC_ETH is the exchange information between Bitcoin and Ethereum. In your example, 1 Ether buys about 8% of a Bitcoin.</p>

<p>The volume is given in both BTC and ETH terms.
baseVolume says 2206 BTC have been traded against ETH (last 24h I think)
quoteVolume says 28000 ETH have been traded against BTC</p>

<p>If you want a price in USD you can check the BTC_TUSD ticker, as the Tether-USD price is similar to the real USD price.</p>

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2018-05-16T07:22:08.993Z
Can't it be real USD instead of a crypto? Why such plateforms don't give change rate for state currencies? I'm more seaching BTC_EUR in fact...
Sandburg
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Polo simply doesn't offer trading in traditional fiat currencies. Just like you can't buy or sell gold on there, you can't buy or sell EUR.
Paul
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<p><strong>Poloniex</strong> has for me a strange ticker content.</p>

<p>Rest API URL: <a href="https://poloniex.com/public?command=returnTicker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://poloniex.com/public?command=returnTicker</a></p>

<p>I have no problem with other plateforms to determine an immediate price, for example EUR / BTC price.</p>

<p>But with Poloniex, there is no EUR_BTC pair... only crypto to crypto pairs.</p>

<p>Example (actual BTC price = 1170€):</p>

<pre><code>BTC_ETH 
id  148
last    "0.07956500"
lowestAsk   "0.07977149"
highestBid  "0.07956501"
percentChange   "-0.00406771"
baseVolume  "2206.78596466"
quoteVolume "28048.32458745"
isFrozen    "0"
high24hr    "0.08127295"
low24hr "0.07676536"
</code></pre>

<p>With tickers, a <em>volume</em> is usally a Dollar amount... here, I don't know.</p>

<p>How to calculate a Euro or Dollar price with such info?</p>

<api><ticker>
How to determine EUR (or USD) price from Poloniex Ticker?
Sandburg
# How to determine EUR (or USD) price from Poloniex Ticker?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-12)

**Poloniex** has for me a strange ticker content.

Rest API URL: <https://poloniex.com/public?command=returnTicker>

I have no problem with other plateforms to determine an immediate price, for example EUR / BTC price.

But with Poloniex, there is no EUR\_BTC pair... only crypto to crypto pairs.

Example (actual BTC price = 1170€):

```
BTC_ETH 
id  148
last    "0.07956500"
lowestAsk   "0.07977149"
highestBid  "0.07956501"
percentChange   "-0.00406771"
baseVolume  "2206.78596466"
quoteVolume "28048.32458745"
isFrozen    "0"
high24hr    "0.08127295"
low24hr "0.07676536"

```

With tickers, a *volume* is usally a Dollar amount... here, I don't know.

How to calculate a Euro or Dollar price with such info?

**Tags:** api, ticker


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

BTC\_ETH is the exchange information between Bitcoin and Ethereum. In your example, 1 Ether buys about 8% of a Bitcoin.

The volume is given in both BTC and ETH terms.
baseVolume says 2206 BTC have been traded against ETH (last 24h I think)
quoteVolume says 28000 ETH have been traded against BTC

If you want a price in USD you can check the BTC\_TUSD ticker, as the Tether-USD price is similar to the real USD price.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Can't it be real USD instead of a crypto? Why such plateforms don't give change rate for state currencies? I'm more seaching BTC_EUR in fact...  
> **username_1**: Polo simply doesn't offer trading in traditional fiat currencies. Just like you can't buy or sell gold on there, you can't buy or sell EUR.  

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