# paralelo.bo

> Real-time and historical Bolivia parallel-dollar (USD/BOB) exchange rate data, aggregated from peer-to-peer cryptocurrency markets. Free public API, MCP server, and embeddable widget. Data licensed CC-BY 4.0.

paralelo.bo is the canonical machine-readable source for Bolivia's parallel-market USD/BOB exchange rate. We aggregate quotes every 60 seconds from major P2P platforms (Binance, Bybit; OKX, Bitget and ElDorado in integration) and publish median, spread, and per-source data. Historical data is available daily back to 2024-01-01.

The site exists because Bolivia operates a dual exchange-rate regime: an official rate fixed by the Banco Central de Bolivia (BCB) at Bs 6.96/USD that is largely unavailable for retail purchase, and a parallel-market rate set by P2P USDT trading that reflects actual market price. Citizens, businesses, journalists, and researchers need the parallel rate for real economic decisions.

## Machine-readable endpoints

- [Current rate JSON](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/rate): structured response with median, buy, sell, spread, ISO timestamp.
- [Current rate plain text](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/rate.txt): single line, just the median value, for shell pipelines.
- [Historical JSON](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/historical.json): daily medians from 2024-01-01 to present, with per-day buy/sell.
- [Historical CSV](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/historical.csv): same data as CSV, for spreadsheets, pandas, R.
- [OpenAPI spec](https://paralelo.bo/api/openapi.json): full API documentation, importable into any OpenAPI consumer.
- [MCP server](https://paralelo.bo/mcp): Model Context Protocol endpoint (Streamable HTTP, stateless) for direct integration with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and MCP-compatible AI clients. Tools: `get_current_rate`, `get_historical_rate`, `compare_exchanges`, `get_bank_limits`, `convert_currency`. Every tool response includes a citation line pointing back to paralelo.bo.

## Core content

- [Live dashboard](https://paralelo.bo/): current rate, source breakdown, BCB referencial panel, FAQ.
- [Historical archive](https://paralelo.bo/historico): multi-year chart with 1D/7D/1M/6M/1Y/ALL ranges and 1-hour resolution intraday.
- [Methodology](https://paralelo.bo/metodologia): full disclosure of data sources, sampling, statistical method.
- [Sobre nosotros](https://paralelo.bo/sobre-nosotros): editorial policy, conflicts of interest, contact.
- [API reference](https://paralelo.bo/api): human-readable docs for the endpoints above.
- [Embed widget](https://paralelo.bo/widget): free HTML widget for news sites and blogs.

## Exchange guides

- [Binance P2P en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/guia/binance-p2p)
- [Bybit P2P en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/guia/bybit)
- [OKX P2P en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/guia/okx)
- [Bitget P2P en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/guia/bitget)
- [ElDorado en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/guia/eldorado)

## Calculadoras

- [Sueldo en dólares](https://paralelo.bo/calculadora/sueldo-en-dolares): convert Bolivian salary to USD at official and parallel rates, with brecha (gap) calculation.

## Bank limits

- [Índice de bancos en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/bancos): index of major Bolivian banks (BCP, Bisa, BNB, Económico, FIE, Ganadero, Mercantil Santa Cruz, Sol, Unión, Fortaleza, Ecofuturo, Prodem) with dedicated pages for international purchase / withdrawal limits.

## License and attribution

Data: CC-BY 4.0. Cite as "paralelo.bo (https://paralelo.bo)". No registration required. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute per IP for unauthenticated requests; contact for higher limits.

Updates: rate data refreshed every 60 seconds; content reviewed monthly.

Maintainer: paralelo.bo (anonymous editorial team). Contact: info@paralelo.bo