Currency
Currency is a component that contains the Base and Quote of the existing Symbols in the system. Currency has the following attributes and can be accessed via pending config or real-time config:
| attributes | required | default settings | attribute type | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | Y | – | INT | The ID of the currency; generated. |
| name | Y | – | VARCHAR | The unique name of the currency, used by symbols as base or quote and by currency-specific settings. The catalog must contain EUR and USD. For non-FX symbols it also holds the underlying-asset identifiers used as base. |
| description | N | – | VARCHAR | free text for the description of the currency |