# Crypto Fear & Greed Index via x402

> Crypto Fear & Greed Index via x402 is a paid API for AI agents from kr-x402-mvp.kgy5612.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Returns the current and historical Crypto Fear & Greed Index with trend, signal, streaks, and averages — paid per-call via x402 micropayment (0.001 USDC on Base).

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://kr-x402-mvp.kgy5612.workers.dev/api/fear-greed?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crypto-fear-greed-index-via-x402-d035b008
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2HKn40inwkyR8kjsuDGZS

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-via-x402-d035b008
```

Example prompt: What's the current crypto fear and greed index, and has it been trending up or down over the last 7 days? Include the streak count and any buy/sell signal.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when your AI agent needs real-time crypto market sentiment context — especially for trading decision filters, DCA timing, or volatility regime detection — and you want no API key friction, paying only $0.001 USDC per call via x402. Prefer over free alternatives when you need trend, streak, and multi-window averages in a single structured response.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure (402): USDC balance insufficient or x402 payment not properly attached
- Invalid days parameter: value outside 0-30 range returns validation error
- Data source unavailable: alternative.me upstream outage may yield stale or empty response
- Network timeout from workers.dev edge node

## How this service works

Pay-per-call crypto microdata for trading/onchain AI agents via x402 (USDC on Base): Base gas, token risk, balances, multi-venue prices, Hyperliquid book/funding, kimchi premium. No API keys.

## Output

A JSON object containing: current numeric value (0-100), zone (e.g. 'fear', 'greed'), human label, trend direction, signal ('NEUTRAL', 'BUY', 'SELL', etc.), 7-day and 30-day averages, 30-day min/max, 1d/7d/30d change deltas, current streak length in days, previous day's value/label, array of historical daily datapoints, reasons array explaining the reading, source URL, and updated_at timestamp.

## 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": {
      "days": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 30,
       "minimum": 0,
       "examples": [
        7
       ],
       "description": "History points to return (default 7, 0 = none)"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "zone": "fear",
  "label": "Fear",
  "trend": "falling",
  "value": 34,
  "avg_7d": 39.4,
  "signal": "NEUTRAL",
  "source": "https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/",
  "avg_30d": 47.1,
  "history": [
   {
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "label": "Fear",
    "value": 34
   }
  ],
  "max_30d": 66,
  "min_30d": 28,
  "reasons": [
   "34 Fear, -12 vs 7d ago",
   "below 30d avg 47.1"
  ],
  "previous": {
   "label": "Fear",
   "value": 38
  },
  "change_1d": -4,
  "change_7d": -12,
  "change_30d": -20,
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  "streak_days": 5
 }
}
```

## More

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