What does Dune's Sim API actually do?

It provides real-time, accurate cryptocurrency token pricing by directly analyzing on-chain data and modeling the entire DEX landscape as a graph, focusing on executable prices that account for slippage.

Will this fix all crypto price discrepancies?

It significantly improves pricing accuracy, especially for long-tail assets and on emerging chains, by providing slippage-aware, live data. For high-volume, blue-chip tokens, the difference might be less noticeable but still more reliable.

Is this the future of crypto price aggregation?

It's a major step towards it. By offering a more strong, real-time, and actionable pricing solution, Sim sets a new standard for what developers and users should expect from financial data in the DeFi space.

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Dune Analytics: Your Crypto Price is Wrong (and Costly)

Imagine glancing at your speedometer, seeing 60 mph, and then your car suddenly lurches because that reading was from ten minutes ago. That’s the crypto price problem Dune Analytics is tackling.

Fintech Dose Apr 27, 2026 6 min read

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Most crypto prices on trading apps are based on outdated transaction data and ignore slippage, making them practically worthless. 𝕏
Dune Analytics' Sim real-time API provides accurate, live pricing by analyzing all on-chain events and optimizing for actual trade execution cost. 𝕏
This new approach is crucial infrastructure for developers building wallets and DeFi applications, improving user trust and trading reliability. 𝕏

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Priya Patel

Crypto markets reporter covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, and on-chain market dynamics.

#blockchain #cryptocurrency pricing #defi #dune analytics #real-time api #slippage

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