# Carbon & Cashmere Hot Hand Sponsorship

> Carbon & Cashmere Hot Hand Sponsorship is a paid API for AI agents from api.carbon-cashmere.de, paid per call via x402, $100/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Purchases a Tier 2 'Hot Hand' sponsorship package from the Carbon & Cashmere crypto intelligence platform, unlocking a badge, monthly digest mention, and sponsor channel access.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.carbon-cashmere.de/v1/sponsor/hot-hand
- Price: $100/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/carbon-cashmere-hot-hand-sponsorship-1c1c3cfe
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_s-EQWOrZpQsWgu1EpiBwH

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 carbon-cashmere-hot-hand-sponsorship-1c1c3cfe
```

Example prompt: Sign me up for the Carbon & Cashmere Hot Hand sponsorship — I want the Tier 2 package with the badge, digest mention, and sponsor channel access.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically want to become a named sponsor of the Carbon & Cashmere crypto intelligence platform at the Tier 2 'Hot Hand' level, receiving a badge, newsletter mention, and channel access in exchange for a one-time $100 USDC payment.

## Known failure modes

- Payment of 100 USDC not received — transaction rejected
- Invalid or missing sponsor_id — 400 bad request
- Sponsorship tier unavailable or sold out — 409 conflict
- Network timeout during payment settlement — retry required
- Duplicate sponsorship submission for same sponsor_id — conflict error

## How this service works

Professional crypto market intelligence. Real-time prices, signals, and market scoring.

## Output

Returns a confirmation object with tier (2), tier_name ('Hot Hand'), sponsor_id, list of deliverables (Badge, Monthly digest mention, Sponsor channel), amount paid ($100.00 USDC), and fulfillment SLA of 24 hours.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tier": 2,
  "tier_name": "Hot Hand",
  "sponsor_id": "abc123",
  "deliverables": [
   "Badge",
   "Monthly digest mention",
   "Sponsor channel"
  ],
  "amount_paid_usdc": "$100.00",
  "fulfillment_sla_hours": 24
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/carbon-cashmere-hot-hand-sponsorship-1c1c3cfe/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.carbon-cashmere.de](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.carbon-cashmere.de/llms.txt)