# Degenscan Intel Brazil Premium

> Degenscan Intel Brazil Premium is a paid API for AI agents from intel.degenscan.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns the premium Brazilians pay over official rates: USDT/USDC-BRL vs BCB PTAX and BTC-BRL vs global BTC-USD price

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/br/premium?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/degenscan-intel-brazil-premium-f8c5ea20
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Q1k4pAYUhxh8XOtvFeqGM

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-premium-f8c5ea20
```

Example prompt: What premium are Brazilians currently paying for crypto over official rates — show me the USDT and USDC spreads versus the BCB PTAX dollar rate and how much more expensive BTC is in Brazil versus the global price.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time view of the Brazilian crypto premium over official government exchange rates specifically — it uniquely combines Mercado Bitcoin market prices with the BCB PTAX benchmark and global BTC-USD reference in a single call, making it ideal for emerging market FX analysis, capital flow monitoring, or Brazil-specific arbitrage research.

## Known failure modes

- Mercado Bitcoin data unavailable — exchange feed timeout or downtime
- BCB PTAX rate not yet published for the current day (published once daily by the central bank)
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 protocol
- Stale data if upstream market feed is delayed

## How this service works

Brazil premium: USDT/USDC-BRL on Mercado Bitcoin vs the official BCB PTAX, and BTC-BRL vs BTC-USD — how much Brazilians pay over the official dollar and over the global BTC price. Market data and analytics only — not investment advice.

## Output

Returns the current premium percentage and absolute spread for USDT-BRL and USDC-BRL versus the BCB PTAX official exchange rate, and the BTC-BRL premium versus the global BTC-USD price, sourced from Mercado Bitcoin and official Brazilian central bank data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "btc": {
   "btc_brl": 427802,
   "btc_usd_coinbase": 85486.6,
   "premium_vs_ptax_pct": 0.695,
   "premium_vs_usdt_pct": 0.01
  },
  "ptax": {
   "usd_brl": 4.9698,
   "date_ddmmyyyy": "06/10/2026"
  },
  "crypto_dollar": {
   "usdt_brl": 5.0038,
   "usdt_premium_vs_ptax_pct": 0.684
  }
 }
}
```

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