Design real-time crypto prices homepage

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This question evaluates system design competency for real-time, low-latency data pipelines and client fanout for a crypto prices homepage, testing skills in data ingestion and normalization, streaming updates, API design, caching and storage, scalability, multi-region reliability, and monitoring.

Design real-time crypto prices homepage

Company: Coinbase

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: This question evaluates system design competency for real-time, low-latency data pipelines and client fanout for a crypto prices homepage, testing skills in data ingestion and normalization, streaming updates, API design, caching and storage, scalability, multi-region reliability, and monitoring.

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Coinbase
Jan 22, 2026
hardSoftware EngineerOnsiteSystem Design
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