Connecting an Exchange

Aurono connects to your exchange using API credentials with restricted permissions.

This allows Aurono to execute trades on your behalf without ever having custody of your funds.

On first setup, the Setup Wizard guides you through entering your API credentials. After that, you can manage exchange connections from Settings.

Where API Credentials Are Entered in Aurono

All exchange credentials are stored locally and encrypted on your Aurono device.

On first setup, credentials are entered through the Setup Wizard (step 4). After setup, you can manage them via Aurono → Settings.

From this screen you can:

Add new exchange credentials
Remove existing credentials
Test exchange connections
Manage Coinbase credentials separately

Supported Exchanges

Aurono currently supports the following exchanges:

Kraken
Bitvavo
Coinbase

Important Security Model

Aurono is execution-only:

Aurono never calls withdrawal or transfer endpoints
Aurono only uses market-data and order-execution endpoints
Funds always remain on your exchange account

Where exchanges expose API permission scopes, Aurono validates permissions.
Where exchanges do not, Aurono still never performs withdrawals.

🐙 Kraken — Generating API Credentials

Go to (depending on which mode on Kraken you use):
https://www.kraken.com/u/security/api or https://pro.kraken.com/app/settings/api
Log in with your Kraken credentials.
Click Create API Key and fill in a name for the API Key.
Enable Permissions ON:
- Query Funds
- Query open orders & trades
- Query closed orders & trades
- Create & modify orders
- Cancel & close orders
Ensure Permissions OFF:
- Withdraw Funds (very important)
Generate the key.
Copy the API Key and API Secret.
Paste both into:
Aurono → Settings

🇳🇱 Bitvavo — Generating API Credentials

Go to: https://account.bitvavo.com/user/api Log in with your Bitvavo credentials.
Click Add new API Key and fill in a name for the API Key.
Enable:
- View access
- Trade digital assets
Disable:
- Withdraw digital assets
Generate the API key. You’ll need to confirm the generation of the API key by submitting your Bitvavo credentials and enable the API credentials by confirming via the email you’ll get
Copy the API Key and API Secret.
Paste both into:
Aurono → Settings

🧪 Coinbase — Generating API Credentials

Go to:
https://portal.cdp.coinbase.com/projects/
Log in with your Coinbase credentials.
Click Create API Key.
Give the API key a name.

API Restrictions

Select Primary (Standard) Portfolio
Enable:
- Trade (execute trades on your behalf)
Do not enable any other options.

Advanced Settings (Required)

Select ECDSA
(Required for Coinbase App & Advanced Trade SDKs)

Click Create.

Copying the Coinbase Private Key

Coinbase provides:

A Key Name (this is your API key)
An ECDSA Private Key (PEM format)

Paste the private key into the PEM key field in Aurono → Settings exactly as Coinbase provides it. The key may contain literal \n characters — Aurono handles this automatically, no reformatting needed.

Example key format:

-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
SomeRandomNumbersandLettersandCharactersYesThatIs
AndAn0th3rL1ineofNumbersandlettersandChars
ThirdLineofNumbersandletters==
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----

Both formats work — whether the key has real line breaks or \n characters.

Verifying the Connection

During first setup, the Setup Wizard verifies your connection and shows your exchange balances immediately after entering credentials.

After setup, you can test connections at any time from Settings:

No authentication or permission errors should appear
Market data should load
Balances should be visible
At the strategies page, you can select your linked exchange when adding a new strategy

Aurono will not trade until a strategy is active.

Security & Control

Use one API key per Aurono device
Revoke keys at any time from the exchange
Revoking keys immediately stops all trading
Unplugging Aurono stops execution instantly