amount × (toRate ÷ fromRate) using those USD-relative rates. A cached copy is shown immediately if the network is slow. Mid-market figures, not a bank’s buy/sell spread.
Fiat currency rates are fetched from a USD-base live feed and cryptocurrency rates come from a separate ticker, with both refreshing roughly every five minutes so the numbers stay current without constant re-fetching.
The conversion itself is straightforward once both rates are in hand: amount × (target currency's rate ÷ source currency's rate), with both rates expressed relative to USD as the common base — the same method used internally by most currency conversion tools.
If the network is slow or briefly unavailable, a cached copy of the last known rates is shown immediately rather than leaving the page blank. These are mid-market rates — the rate currencies actually trade at between banks — not the buy/sell rate with a spread that your own bank or exchange service will actually charge you.
No — these are mid-market rates, the baseline rate currencies trade at between banks. Retail exchange services and banks add their own spread on top, so the rate you're actually offered will be less favorable than the figure shown here.
Roughly every five minutes for both fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, pulled from live feeds rather than fixed historical rates.
A cached copy of the last successfully fetched rates is shown immediately, so the converter still works — just note the rates may be slightly out of date until the connection recovers.
Yes — fiat currencies use a USD-base live feed, and cryptocurrencies are converted using a separate live crypto ticker, both expressed relative to USD internally.