diff --git a/finance/py-ccxt/Makefile b/finance/py-ccxt/Makefile
index 528428a310c2..0a96c1cf93cf 100644
--- a/finance/py-ccxt/Makefile
+++ b/finance/py-ccxt/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	ccxt
-DISTVERSION=	4.4.30
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.5.70
 CATEGORIES=	finance python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cryptocurrency trading API with support for 100+ exchanges
 WWW=		https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>=2018.1.18:security/py-certifi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.18.4:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.4.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=3.8:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yarl>=1.7.2:www/py-yarl@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aiohttp>=3.14.1:www/py-aiohttp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>=2026.6.17:security/py-certifi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.34.2:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.16.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yarl>=1.24.2:www/py-yarl@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>0:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist cryptography pytest # 3 errors during tests, see https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt/issues/16661 ; no tests found in 4.4.29
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist cryptography pytest # see https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt/issues/29383
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
-TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/ccxt/test
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/python/ccxt/test
+TEST_ARGS=	-o asyncio_mode=auto \
+		-p no:relaxed \
+		-k 'not trio' \
+		--ignore=exchange \
+		--ignore=base/language_specific/test_throttler_performance.py
 
 post-extract: # workaround for https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt/issues/16220
 	@${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/README.md
 
+# tests as of 4.5.70: 92 passed, 2 warnings in 25.39s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/finance/py-ccxt/distinfo b/finance/py-ccxt/distinfo
index 8b4b86d72be6..90730769b600 100644
--- a/finance/py-ccxt/distinfo
+++ b/finance/py-ccxt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1731472127
-SHA256 (ccxt-4.4.30.tar.gz) = 7bed5ab033fc35310f2d1c5b338fedd1539d5c9c4831f1f17220376170312239
-SIZE (ccxt-4.4.30.tar.gz) = 5110715
+TIMESTAMP = 1785507744
+SHA256 (ccxt-4.5.70.tar.gz) = ddc3ddf4ae65d27962976e036b0b9e7803947e453699d39fcbcb696b8a348776
+SIZE (ccxt-4.5.70.tar.gz) = 6011490
diff --git a/finance/py-ccxt/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/finance/py-ccxt/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cdaee0eca9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/finance/py-ccxt/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-07-29 13:23:04 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools==83.0.0"]
++requires = ["setuptools"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ readme = "python/README.md"
+ version = "4.5.70"
+ description = "A cryptocurrency trading API with more than 100 exchanges in JavaScript / TypeScript / Python / C# / PHP / Go"
+ readme = "python/README.md"
+-license = "MIT"
+ authors = [
+     { name = "Igor Kroitor", email = "igor.kroitor@gmail.com" },
+ ]
+@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ dependencies = [
+ # all dependencies are pinned to exact versions to protect against
+ # malicious or vulnerable releases of downstream dependencies
+ dependencies = [
+-    "setuptools==83.0.0",
+     "certifi==2026.6.17",
+     "requests==2.34.2",
+     "cryptography==49.0.0",