# CoinMarketCap Prices MCP

> CoinMarketCap Prices MCP is a paid API for AI agents from api.m2mcent.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches live cryptocurrency price data from CoinMarketCap via a managed MCP endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.m2mcent.com/coinmarketcap-prices-mcp/api/process
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/coinmarketcap-prices-mcp-a6be5541
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pLmzfpZEtVtanhhPflc_a

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 coinmarketcap-prices-mcp-a6be5541 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current price of Bitcoin and Ethereum in USD? Pull the latest quotes from CoinMarketCap.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need reliable, real-time cryptocurrency price data from CoinMarketCap without managing your own API key or infrastructure. Ideal for agents that require live price lookups as part of portfolio tracking, trading signals, or financial reporting workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled cryptocurrency symbol returns an error or empty result
- CoinMarketCap API rate limit or downstream outage causes failure
- Malformed input string causes processing error
- Payment not confirmed results in 402 rejection before data is returned

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns current cryptocurrency price data sourced from CoinMarketCap, including price quotes, market cap figures, and related market metadata for the requested coin(s).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/coinmarketcap-prices-mcp-a6be5541/health.json
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