# CoinGecko Price Lookup via BlackBobs.ai

> CoinGecko Price Lookup via BlackBobs.ai is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.197124/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Fetches current cryptocurrency prices from CoinGecko through a pay-per-call API proxy on Base chain

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/coingecko-price?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.197124/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coingecko-price-lookup-via-blackbobs-ai-0a93c6be
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0Qc5i1UbEJZF_JGR4_5sJ

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 coingecko-price-lookup-via-blackbobs-ai-0a93c6be -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current price of Bitcoin in USD? Use CoinGecko to look it up.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, programmatic, pay-per-call cryptocurrency price lookup without managing your own CoinGecko API key. Ideal for AI agents that need on-demand crypto pricing with micropayment billing via x402 on Base chain, avoiding subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized coin ID returns an error or empty result
- Network timeout or CoinGecko API downtime causes failure
- Payment failure on Base chain blocks the request
- Rate limiting if CoinGecko upstream is throttled
- Malformed request body returns a 400-level error

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns an object containing current price data for the requested cryptocurrency, sourced from CoinGecko's market data. Includes price in the requested currency (typically USD) and potentially related market metrics.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/coingecko-price-lookup-via-blackbobs-ai-0a93c6be/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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