# Ape Gate — Entropy Index Crypto Regime Probe

> Ape Gate — Entropy Index Crypto Regime Probe is a paid API for AI agents from www.entropyindex.com, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a low-cost regime heat-check for crypto assets (e.g. Bitcoin), countries, or chokepoints, indicating whether conditions are hot, stable, or in crisis mode before sizing a position.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.entropyindex.com/api/v1/crypto/gate
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ape-gate-entropy-index-crypto-regime-probe-20248905
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mDXJRTEXHpA_7jxPt-Yzt

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ape-gate-entropy-index-crypto-regime-probe-20248905
```

Example prompt: Run a quick regime probe on Bitcoin using the Entropy Index — I want a heat-check before I size up my position, just the cheap probe depth.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, cheap ($0.07) regime attestation for crypto assets, countries, or geopolitical chokepoints before sizing a trade or while monitoring an open position. It is purpose-built for pre-action regime context and in-trade polling, not for price feeds, order execution, or full macro analysis. Prefer the 'probe' depth for lightweight checks and 'clock' or 'full' for deeper context.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown entity slug returns error or empty regime data
- Invalid depth enum value results in bad request
- Rate limiting or payment failure at $0.07 per call via x402
- Stale or unavailable index data during market outages
- HEAD or DELETE methods may return minimal or no body content

## How this service works

Our Index hit Crisis mode by March 2008 — 6 months before Lehman. Early stress flag 19 months before the 2021 auto-production trough. Structural vol before the candles widen the grid. Grid weather hints — poll while in. Check $0.25. Not a trade signal.

## Output

A regime heat-check response indicating whether the target entity (crypto, country, or chokepoint) is in a hot, stable, or crisis regime. At probe depth ($0.07) this is a lightweight signal including grid regime hints, structural volatility state, and perp context such as funding flip and rekt guard indicators. Not a trade signal — an attestation of current regime conditions.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "name": "Risk Pulse: NEAR ecosystem stres",
 "tags": [
  "regime",
  "attestation",
  "chokepoint",
  "geo",
  "perps"
 ],
 "type": "object",
 "version": "1.0.0",
 "category": "trading",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "entity": {
       "type": "string",
       "title": "Entity",
       "description": "Country, chokepoint, or crypto slug — taiwan, hormuz, bitcoin, global-financial-system"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "depth": {
       "enum": [
        "probe",
        "clock",
        "full"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "title": "Depth",
       "description": "Check (probe $0.25), The Call (clock $5), The Book (full $8)"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 },
 "description": "Risk Pulse: NEAR ecosystem stress — Returns a heat check before you size — or poll again while in. Countries, chokepoints, and crypto (Taiwan, Hormuz, Bitcoin) plus perp context (funding flip, rekt guard, tape vs structure). $0.25. Is anything hot? Not a trade signal."
}
```

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