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Use GOOGLEFINANCE Function to Import Crypto prices into Google Sheets

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 Understanding "GOOGLEFINANCE" The GOOGLEFINANCE function is a powerful and handy tool that is a Built-In Function in Google Sheets that allows you to fetch real-time financial data directly into your spreadsheet. It's particularly useful for tracking stock prices, exchange rates, and cryptocurrency prices as we'll explore. The GOOGLEFINANCE function enables the creation of simple trackers or grandiose dashboards into Google Sheets without code, API, or anything else. Unlike most of the other solutions, importing real-time and historical prices using the GOOGLE FINANCE function  is free.  Basic Syntax: =GOOGLEFINANCE(ticker, attribute, [start_date], [end_date], [interval]) ticker: The symbol for the asset you want to track (e.g., "BTC-USD" for Bitcoin in USD). attribute: Optional. Specifies the type of data you want to retrieve (e.g., "price", "close", "high", "low", "open", "volume"). I...

Import Crypto live prices into Excel

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 Excel is a powerful tool that can be leveraged to track cryptocurrency prices. There are several methods to achieve this, but I shall explain a process in this article: Built-in Stock Data in this article.  Excel offers to fetch real-time prices for a limited number of cryptocurrencies without additional Add-ins, code, or API. This is free and the simplest method available to everyone, but the method restricts the available cryptocurrencies. At the moment of publishing this article available crypto are: -         Bitcoin (BTC) -         Ethereum (ETH) -         Litecoin (LTC) -         Bitcoin Cash (BCH) -         Ripple (XRP). To track a wider range of cryptocurrencies, including lesser-known or newly launched ones, you'll need to use third-party APIs or some of ...