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Glossary/Mid-market price

Mid-market price

The midpoint between the best bid and best ask price for an asset at a point in time, used as the reference for spread calculations.

Mid-market is the canonical reference price. Spread is measured against it: if the mid-market BTC price is 100000 USD and an exchange quotes a buy price of 102000 USD, the implied spread is 2 percent. Augea captures mid-market at snapshot time so every spread estimate is reproducible.

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Estimates, not quotes.