# Base DEX Hot Pools by Sustainable Volume

> Base DEX Hot Pools by Sustainable Volume is a paid API for AI agents from base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns top Base DEX liquidity pools ranked by sustainable volume, filtering out pump and wash-trade pools using a volume-to-TVL ratio heuristic.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/pools/hot
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-intel-api-jakemaxsigal-workers-dev-14a8533b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__1qG8gSPzGVB6by62MNg7

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 base-intel-api-jakemaxsigal-workers-dev-14a8533b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me the top Base DEX pools with real, sustainable trading volume right now — I want the ones that pass the volume-to-TVL health check, not pools that look inflated from wash trading.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to identify which Base DEX pools have genuine, organic trading activity versus manipulated or wash-traded volume. It is purpose-built for Base chain and applies a volume-to-TVL sustainability filter that generic DEX aggregators do not provide. Prefer this over raw Dex Screener or on-chain queries when you need a pre-filtered, health-scored pool ranking rather than raw volume numbers.

## Known failure modes

- RPC or indexer latency causes stale or incomplete pool data
- Pool list may exclude very new pools without sufficient TVL history
- False positives/negatives in wash-trade detection if volume spikes are organic
- Payment not processed (x402 error) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Request timeout if Base chain data source is congested

## How this service works

Base DEX pool API / hot liquidity pools on Base / Aerodrome and Uniswap pool screener / trending pools / LP opportunity finder. Ranks top Base DEX pools by sustainable volume and separates healthy pools from pump/wash-trade pools using volume-to-TVL ratios. For AI trading agents and liquidity providers on Base.

## Output

A ranked list of top Base DEX pools with sustainable organic volume, each annotated with volume, TVL, volume-to-TVL ratio, and a health classification distinguishing genuine pools from wash-trade or pump-inflated ones.

## Example request

```json
{
 "limit": 10
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-intel-api-jakemaxsigal-workers-dev-14a8533b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/llms.txt)