# Crypto Fear & Greed Index API

> Crypto Fear & Greed Index API is a paid API for AI agents from orchard-data.netlify.app, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the current and previous crypto fear & greed index readings as JSON

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://orchard-data.netlify.app/api/fear-greed
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crypto-fear-greed-index-api-63161764
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qYtCkxPGWmseO8JEq9oSC

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 crypto-fear-greed-index-api-63161764
```

Example prompt: What's the current crypto fear and greed index right now, and what was the previous reading?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, lightweight single-call lookup of the crypto fear & greed index including both current and previous values — ideal for dashboards, trading bots, or sentiment-aware agents. Prefer this over broader market snapshot endpoints when you only need sentiment data without other market metrics.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream data source unavailable returns 5xx error
- Stale data if underlying index provider is delayed
- Rate limiting if called too frequently
- Netlify function cold start may add slight latency

## How this service works

Crypto fear & greed index (current + previous reading). JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the current crypto fear & greed index value and the previous reading, allowing comparison of recent market sentiment shifts.

## 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"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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