# Aurenic Crypto Spot Price Lookup

> Aurenic Crypto Spot Price Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.aurenic.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-30).

Returns the current USD spot price for a given cryptocurrency ticker symbol

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.aurenic.org/price/%7Bsymbol%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/aurenic-crypto-spot-price-lookup-eda1879c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_e8ZxsYGjH7CNE1grLTqw1

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 aurenic-crypto-spot-price-lookup-eda1879c
```

Example prompt: What's the current spot price of BTC in USD?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a simple, low-cost ($0.01 per call) real-time USD spot price for a single cryptocurrency symbol and do not require historical data, OHLCV, or order book depth. Ideal for agents that need lightweight, pay-per-call crypto price lookups without a subscription.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or invalid ticker symbol returns an error or empty response
- Network timeout if the upstream price source is unavailable
- Stale price data if the underlying feed has latency
- Unsupported token symbols may not return results

## How this service works

Web scraping and AI automation. High-performance data extraction and pay-per-call microservices.

## Output

A JSON response containing the current USD spot price for the requested cryptocurrency ticker symbol, returned as structured data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "symbol"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

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