# 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 the largest P2P platforms (Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, ElDorado) and publish median, spread, and per-source data. Historical data is available daily back to 2023.

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, per-source breakdown, ISO timestamp.
- [Current rate plain text](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/rate.txt): single line, just the median value, for shell pipelines.
- [Historical CSV](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/historical.csv): daily medians from launch to present.
- [Historical JSON](https://paralelo.bo/api/v1/historical.json): same data, structured.
- [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 for direct integration with Claude, MCP-compatible AI clients, and agentic workflows. Tools: `get_current_rate`, `get_historical_rate`, `compare_exchanges`, `get_bank_limits`, `convert_currency`.

## Core content

- [Live dashboard](https://paralelo.bo/): current rate, sparkline, source breakdown.
- [Historical archive](https://paralelo.bo/historico): annotated multi-year chart with marked policy and market events.
- [Methodology](https://paralelo.bo/metodologia): full disclosure of data sources, sampling, statistical method, audit log.
- [Cornerstone guide](https://paralelo.bo/dolar-paralelo-bolivia-guia-definitiva): comprehensive explanation of Bolivia's parallel exchange rate.

## 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

- [USD a Bolivianos](https://paralelo.bo/calculadora/dolar-a-bolivianos)
- [Sueldo en dólares](https://paralelo.bo/calculadora/sueldo-en-dolares)
- [Importación Amazon/AliExpress](https://paralelo.bo/calculadora/importacion)
- [Paralelo vs oficial](https://paralelo.bo/calculadora/paralelo-vs-oficial)

## Bank limits

- [Índice de bancos en Bolivia](https://paralelo.bo/bancos): purchase, withdrawal, and international transfer limits for all major Bolivian banks.

## 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; methodology audit log updated on every change.

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