# Crypto News Headlines API

> Crypto News Headlines API is a paid API for AI agents from asistent-crypto.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns recent cryptocurrency news headlines with source attribution to provide narrative context and qualitative explanations for market moves.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://asistent-crypto.vercel.app/api/x402/data/news
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crypto-news-headlines-api-6689986e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pMOhZMHpXVZZR_79pc5x6

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-news-headlines-api-6689986e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull me the latest crypto news headlines — I need to understand what narratives or catalysts are driving the market today, especially anything that could explain why funding rates shifted without a major macro print.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need qualitative narrative context to explain crypto price action, funding rate changes, or sentiment shifts that lack an obvious macro catalyst. Ideal as a complement to quantitative endpoints (funding rates, fear/greed, on-chain data) to add the 'why' behind the numbers. Prefer this over general web search when you want curated, crypto-specific headlines with attribution ready for summarization.

## Known failure modes

- No recent headlines available if news feed is stale or unavailable
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.01 per-call fee
- Rate limiting or service unavailability on the Vercel deployment
- Empty result set during low-news periods

## How this service works

Recent crypto headlines for narrative context and catalysts — the qualitative layer that explains why funding moved when no macro print did. Returns headlines with attribution for summarisation, not article text.

## Output

A list of recent cryptocurrency news headlines, each accompanied by source attribution, providing qualitative narrative context and potential market catalysts. Does not include full article text — suitable for summarization and context-layering on top of quantitative market data.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "required": [],
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/crypto-news-headlines-api-6689986e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from asistent-crypto.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/asistent-crypto.vercel.app/llms.txt)