# Live FX

> Live FX (https://live-fx.app) publishes mid-market exchange rates for 164 world currencies, 136 cryptocurrencies, 4 precious metals and 38 historic currencies, with daily history back to March 2024, an any-to-any converter and aggregated forex/crypto news. Fiat and metal rates come from the open currency-api dataset (fawazahmed0/exchange-api), compiled daily from central-bank and market sources; crypto from CoinGecko market data, refreshed every 10 minutes. It is the companion site to the "Currency Converter · Live FX" iPhone app.

Rates are reference (mid-market) values for information, not trading quotes. When citing, please name "Live FX" and link the page the number came from; every page states its rate date.

## Live snapshot
- Fiat (as of November 14, 2026): 1 USD = 0.907349 EUR · 0.75695 GBP · 159.6792 JPY · 94.2658 INR · 6.6714 CNY · 1.4271 CAD · 18.5395 MXN · 0.83879 CHF
- Metals (as of November 14, 2026): gold $3,874.43/troy oz ($124.5659/g), silver $48.56/troy oz
- Crypto (as of 2026-11-14 17:30 UTC): BTC $65,573.00 (-4.46% 24h) · ETH $1,841.61 (-4.61% 24h) · SOL $72.98 (-8.60% 24h) · XRP $0.9634 (-5.69% 24h)
- Crypto market cap $2.24T, 24h volume $80.63B, BTC dominance 58.8%, Fear & Greed 13/100 (Extreme Fear)

## Key pages
- [Exchange rates today](https://live-fx.app): all world currencies vs USD with 24h/7d/30d change
- [Currency converter](https://live-fx.app/converter): convert between any two of 340+ currencies, coins and metals
- [Cryptocurrency prices](https://live-fx.app/crypto): coins by market cap, refreshed every 10 minutes
- [Top crypto gainers](https://live-fx.app/gainers) and [losers](https://live-fx.app/losers): biggest 24h moves among coins over $10M market cap
- [Gold & silver prices](https://live-fx.app/metals): gold, silver, platinum, palladium per troy ounce
- [Historic currencies](https://live-fx.app/historic): pre-euro and retired currencies at their fixed rates
- [News](https://live-fx.app/news): forex, crypto, central-bank and market headlines from 16 publishers

## Guides
Practical, sourced explainers ([all guides](https://live-fx.app/blog), [RSS](https://live-fx.app/blog/rss.xml)):
- [The Best Way to Exchange Currency (and the Worst), Compared](https://live-fx.app/blog/best-way-to-exchange-currency): For most travelers the cheapest way to get foreign currency is to pay by card in the local currency and withdraw cash from a bank ATM at your destination, using cards with no foreign transaction fees and declining any conversion the machine offers. Ordering a small amount from your own bank before you go is a reasonable backup; airport and tourist-area exchange kiosks are usually the most expensive option.
- [Cash in Japan: How Much Yen to Bring and Where to Get It](https://live-fx.app/blog/cash-in-japan): Carry about ¥10,000–¥20,000 (roughly $63–$125 at November 2026 rates) per person per day in cash, and top it up from 7-Eleven (Seven Bank) or Japan Post Bank ATMs, which accept most foreign cards. Cards and IC transit cards work in cities, but small restaurants, temples, rural shops and coin lockers often take cash only, and you don't tip in Japan.
- [Currencies Before the Euro: Conversion Rates and Where to Exchange](https://live-fx.app/blog/pre-euro-currencies): Each pre-euro currency was converted at a fixed, irrevocable rate, for example €1 = 1.95583 Deutsche Marks, 6.55957 French francs, 1,936.27 Italian lire or 166.386 Spanish pesetas. Old banknotes can still be exchanged for free with no deadline at the central banks of Germany, Austria, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Baltic states, Croatia and Bulgaria, but the deadlines for French francs, lire, pesetas, drachmas and escudos have passed.
- [Foreign Transaction Fees: What They Cost and How to Avoid Them](https://live-fx.app/blog/foreign-transaction-fees): A foreign transaction fee is a percentage (typically 1% to 3%) that your card issuer adds when you pay in a foreign currency or buy from a merchant abroad, including online. You avoid it by using a credit or debit card that charges no foreign transaction fee, paying in the local currency, and withdrawing cash with a card that doesn't add foreign or out-of-network ATM fees.
- [Gold Price per Gram vs Troy Ounce: Units, Karats and a Price Table](https://live-fx.app/blog/gold-price-per-gram-troy-ounce): Gold is quoted per troy ounce, and one troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, so the price per gram is the ounce price divided by 31.1035. On November 12, 2026 that was $3,972.79 an ounce, or about $127.73 per gram of pure gold; 18k gold is 75% of that ($95.80/g) and 14k is 58.3% ($74.51/g).
- [How Exchange Rates Work: Mid-Market Rate, Spreads and What Moves Them](https://live-fx.app/blog/how-exchange-rates-work): An exchange rate is the price of one currency in another, set continuously by supply and demand in the global currency market. The rate you see on Google or Live FX is the mid-market rate, halfway between the buy and sell prices, while banks, exchange offices and card schemes add a spread or fee on top, which you can measure as (their rate − mid-market) ÷ mid-market.
- [Pay in Local Currency or Dollars? Dynamic Currency Conversion](https://live-fx.app/blog/dynamic-currency-conversion): Always choose to pay in the local currency. When a terminal, ATM or website offers to charge you in your home currency, that is dynamic currency conversion (DCC): the merchant's provider sets the exchange rate and usually builds in a markup of several percent, which is almost always more than your own card's conversion cost.
- [The Strongest Currencies in the World (Ranked by Value)](https://live-fx.app/blog/strongest-currencies-in-the-world): By the value of one unit, the strongest currency in the world is the Kuwaiti dinar (KWD), worth about $3.21 on November 12, 2026, followed by the Bahraini dinar ($2.66), the Omani rial ($2.60), the Jordanian dinar ($1.41) and the British pound ($1.33). A high unit value mostly reflects how the currency was set up and pegged, not how strong the economy is.
- [Tipping in Europe: A Country-by-Country Guide](https://live-fx.app/blog/tipping-in-europe): Tipping in Europe is modest and voluntary: service is usually included in the price, so locals round up or leave about 5–10% at sit-down restaurants for good service and little or nothing at cafés, bars and taxis. In the UK a 12.5% service charge is often already on the bill, and in France service is included by law, so an extra tip is optional.
- [What Is a Stablecoin? USDT vs USDC Explained for Everyday Users](https://live-fx.app/blog/what-is-a-stablecoin): A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to keep a steady value, usually $1, by holding reserves such as cash and short-term US Treasury bills that the issuer promises to redeem one-for-one. The two largest, Tether's USDT (about $176 billion in circulation) and Circle's USDC (about $69 billion), traded within a fraction of a cent of $1 on November 12, 2026, but a stablecoin is only as safe as its reserves and its issuer.

## URL patterns
- https://live-fx.app/currencies/{code}: one page per currency (lowercase code, e.g. https://live-fx.app/currencies/eur, https://live-fx.app/currencies/btc, https://live-fx.app/currencies/xau): price, 52-week range, chart, conversions, FAQ
- https://live-fx.app/convert/{from}-{to}: one page per pair (e.g. https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-inr): rate, inverse, 24h/30d/1y change, 52-week range, conversion tables, FAQ

## Languages
- English is the default and lives at the root (https://live-fx.app). The site is also served in 35 other languages under a language prefix: https://live-fx.app/{lang}/, e.g. https://live-fx.app/de/currencies/eur, https://live-fx.app/ja/convert/usd-eur, https://live-fx.app/ar/crypto. The prefix is the lowercase code: ar (العربية), az (Azərbaycan), bg (Български), cs (Čeština), da (Dansk), de (Deutsch), el (Ελληνικά), es (Español), fi (Suomi), fr (Français), he (עברית), hr (Hrvatski), hu (Magyar), id (Bahasa Indonesia), it (Italiano), ja (日本語), ka (ქართული), ko (한국어), ms (Bahasa Melayu), nb (Norsk bokmål), nl (Nederlands), pl (Polski), pt-pt (Português (Portugal)), ro (Română), ru (Русский), sk (Slovenčina), sr (Srpski), sv (Svenska), th (ไทย), tr (Türkçe), uk (Українська), uz (Oʻzbekcha), vi (Tiếng Việt), zh-hans (简体中文), zh-hant (繁體中文).
- Every page links its language versions with hreflang. Currency names are localized; interface text falls back to English where a translation does not exist yet. Guides (https://live-fx.app/{lang}/blog/{slug}) exist only in the languages they were translated into. Rates, numbers and the API are identical in every language (numbers use US formatting, e.g. 1,000,000.10). 36 languages in total.
- https://live-fx.app/privacy and https://live-fx.app/terms are English only. https://live-fx.app/api/history, https://live-fx.app/sitemap.xml, https://live-fx.app/llms.txt and the https://live-fx.app/og/ images are not language-prefixed.

## Most-searched conversions
- [USD to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-inr): 1 USD = 94.2658 INR
- [EUR to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/eur-inr): 1 EUR = 103.8913 INR
- [GBP to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/gbp-inr): 1 GBP = 124.5336 INR
- [AED to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/aed-inr): 1 AED = 25.668 INR
- [EUR to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/eur-usd): 1 EUR = 1.1021 USD
- [GBP to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/gbp-usd): 1 GBP = 1.3211 USD
- [USD to MXN](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-mxn): 1 USD = 18.5395 MXN
- [USD to PHP](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-php): 1 USD = 63.9594 PHP
- [CAD to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/cad-usd): 1 CAD = 0.700722 USD
- [JPY to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/jpy-usd): 1 JPY = 0.006263 USD
- [GBP to EUR](https://live-fx.app/convert/gbp-eur): 1 GBP = 1.1987 EUR
- [EUR to GBP](https://live-fx.app/convert/eur-gbp): 1 EUR = 0.834243 GBP
- [USD to GBP](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-gbp): 1 USD = 0.75695 GBP
- [AUD to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/aud-inr): 1 AUD = 63.8661 INR
- [SAR to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/sar-inr): 1 SAR = 25.1375 INR
- [CAD to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/cad-inr): 1 CAD = 66.0541 INR
- [INR to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/inr-usd): 1 INR = 0.010608 USD
- [USD to CAD](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-cad): 1 USD = 1.4271 CAD
- [MXN to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/mxn-usd): 1 MXN = 0.053939 USD
- [SGD to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/sgd-inr): 1 SGD = 73.1841 INR
- [USD to JPY](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-jpy): 1 USD = 159.6792 JPY
- [USD to CNY](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-cny): 1 USD = 6.6714 CNY
- [KWD to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/kwd-inr): 1 KWD = 302.6875 INR
- [USD to EUR](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-eur): 1 USD = 0.907349 EUR
- [AUD to USD](https://live-fx.app/convert/aud-usd): 1 AUD = 0.677511 USD
- [JPY to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/jpy-inr): 1 JPY = 0.590345 INR
- [OMR to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/omr-inr): 1 OMR = 244.7633 INR
- [USD to COP](https://live-fx.app/convert/usd-cop): 1 USD = 3,322.57 COP
- [QAR to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/qar-inr): 1 QAR = 25.8972 INR
- [MYR to INR](https://live-fx.app/convert/myr-inr): 1 MYR = 23.0699 INR

## Data access
- History API: GET https://live-fx.app/api/history?code=EUR&base=USD&range=1y → JSON {code, base, range, points: [{t: epoch ms, v: price of code in base}]}; ranges 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y, all (daily closes since March 2024)
- [Full rate snapshot](https://live-fx.app/llms-full.txt): every currency's current USD rate and changes, methodology and FAQs in plain text

## Optional
- [Live FX iPhone app](https://live-fx.app/app): offline converter with widgets, charts and custom rates (https://apps.apple.com/app/id6791498790)
- [Privacy Policy](https://live-fx.app/privacy), [Terms of Use](https://live-fx.app/terms), contact support@live-fx.app