Bobby Ong

Co-founder & CEO @coingecko and @geckoterminal. Bootstrapping in the crypto space since 2013.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

More ways for AI agents to access crypto data efficiently! 🔥

Our team shipped CoinGecko MCP, x402 API, and now the CoinGecko CLI.

AI needs reliable, structured crypto data to do useful things. If you're building AI agents in crypto, @coingecko API should be your data layer.

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

Running crypto AI agents just got 200x more efficient & powerful 🔥

Introducing the CoinGecko CLI — a free, open-source terminal for real-time crypto market data, built for AI agents (such as @openclaw, Claude Code) & developers. #BuildwithCoinGecko

See how it works 👇🧵

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@mumbcs Yes! Drop me an email at [email protected] and I’ll loop in my HR team to discuss more

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Had a fun time speaking at the Malaysia Blockchain Week this morning. The blockchain space in Malaysia getting more vibrant with each passing year!

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

We're here with our CEO @Bobbyong at #MYBW26 🔥

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Crypto exchanges are pushing into stocks, precious metals, commodities, and forex amid the current bear market.

To put it into perspective:
- Crypto TradFi trading volume has already reached 10x 2025's total, hitting $1.45T in the first half of the year.
- Crypto TradFi open interest in U.S. stocks overtook precious metals for the first time in June at $4.67B.

These are just two insights from our research team's latest report, which explores how crypto exchanges are going all out to reshape traditional asset trading in their race for differentiation.

Give it a read yourself and let me know your take.

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

Stocks, precious metals, commodities, and forex have now become the battlegrounds for crypto exchange differentiation.

Here are 4 highlights you shouldn't miss about how crypto exchanges are reshaping traditional asset trading.

Thread below. 🧵

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@bitcoinmalaya @coingecko Nice! Thanks for the shoutout and glad you like it!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@AaronTeng Malaysia has many talented people, and not to mention two of them run Broadcom and Intel too!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

This is one more sign that the bottom is hopefully near. All the people that want to unstake and dump ETH have mostly done so by now

[Arkham @arkham]

The ETH Validator Exit Queue has dropped to ZERO.

NOBODY is waiting to unstake ETH.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Assuming we are close to the bottom and it is a good idea to start accumulating tokens that will 2-10x in the next 12 months, which tokens do you think will have the best potential to grow?

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

We have heard your request for crypto payment for our CoinGecko API for a long time. We just rolled out crypto payment and you can now subscribe to CoinGecko API with crypto. Bullish to supporting crypto-native builders with more accessible data.

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

💡 NEW: CoinGecko API now supports crypto & stablecoin payments across 6 major networks & 90+ assets on selected API plans.

Crypto natives can now access the most comprehensive & reliable crypto market data, fully onchain.

Subscribe with crypto ⬇️
https://t.co/RUcjzO8EMy

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

We are entering an AI first world, but can you imagine going on a first date and your date tells you she is using Granola to transcribe the conversation and will feed this to her AI model to grade the date? 🤦‍♂️

[signüll @signulll]

when did it become okay to do this?

humans evolved with the assumption that most spoken words disappear. replacing that with permanent searchable transcripts changes how ppl behave in ways we probably don’t fully understand yet.

also it’s amazing that she is outsourcing her self perception to a model. i guess a lot of ppl already did that through social media.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@RGWorldz Nice! Great to see! Now all we need is for us to get back one year ago where BTC is $117k!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Our team shipped another big one last week - @CoinGecko data is now live in ChatGPT as a plugin!

Connect it to @ChatGPTapp, and you can ask it to fetch things like trending coins and price charts, or even check global market conditions.

Try it out and let us know your thoughts.

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

CoinGecko Plugin is now available in ChatGPT ✨

Access CoinGecko's crypto market data directly in @ChatGPTapp.

Ask questions, compare coins, explore charts, and stay on top of the market without switching tabs.

Try it now: https://t.co/WKvvX1POXR

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@zeancharlie @Serhatyay3 @0FJAKE @bankrbot @0xDeployer @GeckoTerminal Thanks for flagging to me. I'll get our team to investigate further

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Hi memecoin trenchers - I heard Robinhood Chain is where all the action is right now so we at GeckoTerminal are offering free fast pass updates for the next 2 weeks. Submit your memecoin token info and get it reflected fast on GeckoTerminal. We are joining in the fun right too!

[GeckoTerminal @GeckoTerminal]

GM ROBINHOOD PROJECTS 🏹 🟩

For a limited time, we’re offering FREE Fast Pass Token Updates for all tokens on Robinhood Chain.

Get your socials, logo, and banner live within 24 hours!

⏳ Now till 24 Jul 2026

Just select 'REGULAR PASS' when submitting:
https://t.co/dxvF8tYrZs

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Some people have asked me what do I think of this current bear cycle - does it feel worse than previous cycles? Or previous cycles were much worse?

Short answer to this question is that - to me, this bear cycle feels pretty much exactly the same as the previous 3 bear cycles that I've gone through. Perhaps I'm also a bit desensitized to price movements by now.

Long answer to this question is that how one feels during the bear cycle depends entirely on each individual's circumstances. Are your funds safe, did you get liquidated, did you get hacked, did you manage to sell during the bull cycle, did you lose your job, is your company growing etc.

For example, if you had all your crypto stuck in FTX or Terra's ecosystem in the previous bear cycle, that must have felt like hell to you to have all your liquid assets disappear overnight. This cycle, we didn't have any ecosystem going entirely belly up, so this bear may have felt like a breeze instead.

For some other folks, this cycle could be terrible cause if you had been trading futures on Binance, you would have been liquidated with the 10/10 incident last year. It was not a spot blowup, but almost everyone trading futures had their account blew up.

Or maybe you were using some DeFi protocols and unfortunately got your funds drained from one of the many hacks that took place this year and saw them all disappear.

Or maybe you have been trading alts, and alts have been bleeding since Jan 2025. It's been nearly 18 months of down only negative news cycle with no light at the end of the tunnel, and quite frankly this is depressing. This cycle is horrible as the ATH bull that we were promised for all our tokens like ETH, SOL etc all did not appear. Yes, we briefly touched ATH but it wasn't a sustained period of elevated prices way beyond the ATH.

Or maybe you lost your job and that's a horrible feeling this cycle. Or maybe you work in a company involved with stablecoins or tokenization and despite the bear market, you are busier than ever and on track for a big bonus cause Wall Street can't get enough of this right now.

If you had been prudent and taken profit last year before the 10/10 incident, then this cycle would not be as bad for you. You probably would have learned your lesson by now and probably also wiser to know what to expect this cycle.

So yea, that's my long answer on how I answer this question on whether this bear cycle is worse or not. It all depends on your own circumstance. We learn to be a bit stronger each bear cycle. Stay strong this bear cycle. We are hopefully coming towards the end soon.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

I'm still trying to figure out if they moved to Robinhood Chain or staying at Solana. I think this is a parody and they are actually staying on Solana. I guess it triggered many folks and got them the attention that they really want, which is all that matters in consumer tech

[world @world_xyz]

update: after careful deliberation from the team in the last 24 hours

world has made the decision to migrate off of solana and onto @RobinhoodCrypto chain

this tactful pivot was not made lightly

our sincere appreciation goes out to the solana foundation and community

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@elvis_osawe If you have been shorting since the start of the year, you would have had your lambo by now!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

I was chatting with a fellow crypto OG last night. As much as we hate to admit, this bear market feels exactly like a simulation with the 4 year cycle.

This is my 4th bear cycle and things are moving exactly according to this script. Next few months will be very challenging before we finally bottom and get to pre-bull stage next year, at which so many of us will be so PTSD with crypto but it's actually the best time to buy and ride the wave for the next 2.5 years

[𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗽 @nobrainflip]

it’s really that simple.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Great to see developers using the CoinGecko API and building cool stuff. Here is Potato building https://t.co/vCkMQF9tow

Share with me other cool projects you are building on top of the CoinGecko API

[Potato @rdbotato]

In March I posted a live bubble map of every graduated Solana memecoin. 7K of users and growing.

Then I went quiet.

3 months of rebuilding later, it's back:
→ prices stream pumpfun tokens straight on-chain
→ degen map ranks real momentum
→ boost a token and 20% gets bought back into it, on-chain

DexScreener charges $299 just to update your token info. Here, the money flows back into your token.

Next: alpha callouts straight from the bubbles.

Data by @coingecko fastest onchain API I've used.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Our research team's latest report digs into how exchanges have pushed into TradFi over 17 months.

Interestingly, SpaceX's pre-IPO perps settled within 5% of its Nasdaq opening price, solidifying crypto's use case for pre-IPOs.

Check it out and let me know what you think 👇

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

Our 2026 TradFi on Crypto Exchanges Report is now LIVE 📊

In the last 17 months, crypto exchanges have pushed well beyond crypto into equities, ETFs, commodities, forex and pre-IPO contracts.

Here are 5 highlights you shouldn't miss 👇

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

The AI trade is so definitely similar to the crypto bubble. Retail holding the IPO bags. Sol, Terra, Luna 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Sol is our new flagship and a step function better than GPT-5.5.

Terra delivers performance competitive to GPT-5.5 at 2x lower cost.

Luna is our most cost-efficient model, delivering strong capability at our lowest cost.

Together, the GPT-5.6 family gives people and developers more choice in how they balance intelligence, speed, and cost.