# Degenscan Intel — Brazil FX PTAX & Crypto Dollar Premium

> Degenscan Intel — Brazil FX PTAX & Crypto Dollar Premium is a paid API for AI agents from intel.degenscan.io, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns today's official BCB PTAX USD/BRL rate, live USDT/BRL price on Mercado Bitcoin, and the crypto-dollar premium over PTAX

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/br/ptax?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/degenscan-intel-brazil-fx-ptax-crypto-dollar-premium-a7d04d5d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_m_cV1UigezlbyvOznxpnt

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 degenscan-intel-brazil-fx-ptax-crypto-dollar-premium-a7d04d5d
```

Example prompt: What's the official BCB PTAX rate for USD/BRL today, and how much of a premium is USDT trading at on Mercado Bitcoin compared to that official rate?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a combined view of Brazil's official BCB PTAX USD/BRL rate alongside the live crypto-dollar (USDT/BRL) price on Mercado Bitcoin and the computed premium — in a single call. Prefer it over building your own data pipeline when you need fast, pre-computed premium data for Brazilian FX arbitrage analysis, remittance pricing, or monitoring the informal crypto-dollar spread without managing multiple upstream API integrations.

## Known failure modes

- BCB PTAX data unavailable on non-business days or outside publishing windows — may return stale or null value
- Mercado Bitcoin API outage — USDT/BRL price may be unavailable
- Payment required (HTTP 402) if x402 micropayment header is not included
- Rate limiting if too many requests are made in a short window
- Stale data if upstream sources have not updated since last cache refresh

## How this service works

Brazil FX: today's official BCB PTAX (USD/BRL), USDT/BRL on Mercado Bitcoin now and the crypto-dollar premium over PTAX. Market data only — not investment advice.

## Output

Returns the current BCB PTAX official USD/BRL exchange rate, the real-time USDT/BRL price from Mercado Bitcoin, and the computed premium (percentage or absolute difference) of the crypto dollar over the official PTAX rate, along with timestamp metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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```

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