IP Whitelisting for Crypto Exchange API Keys: When to Use It (and When It Breaks Bots)
IP whitelisting can significantly improve security for trading bots, but it can also break deployments if you don’t understand your runtime. Here’s when to use it and how to avoid downtime.
Vantixs Team
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IP Whitelisting for Crypto Exchange API Keys: When to Use It (and When It Breaks Bots)
IP whitelisting is great security—if your bot runs from stable IPs.
Use IP whitelisting when
- You run bots from fixed infrastructure (server/VPS)
- You have known egress IPs
Avoid (or plan carefully) when
- You deploy to environments with rotating IPs
- You switch between local/dev/prod often
If your bot “randomly stops trading”, IP whitelist mismatch is a common cause.
Next reads
- Safety hub: /blog/crypto-trading-bot-safety-guide-2026
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