# Degenscan Intel — Carry Month API Key Purchase

> Degenscan Intel — Carry Month API Key Purchase is a paid API for AI agents from intel.degenscan.io, paid per call via x402, $100/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-26).

Purchase a monthly API key granting access to the Degenscan Intel carry oracle and cross-asset market intelligence endpoints via a one-time $100 USDC x402 micropayment on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/keys/x402/carry_month?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $100/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-26
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/degenscan-intel-carry-month-api-key-purchase-a6618fe6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v-1mE5RzsEtkOlOKPTghM

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-carry-month-api-key-purchase-a6618fe6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I want to buy a monthly Degenscan Intel carry oracle API key — go ahead and pay $100 USDC on Base via x402 and bring back the key so my trading bot can start pulling funding rate and carry data.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when your agent needs programmatic, authenticated access to Degenscan Intel's carry oracle and cross-asset market intelligence for a full month, and you want to pay once via USDC on Base rather than per-call. Use the free trial header first to validate the workflow; switch to this key purchase when you need sustained or high-volume access beyond 100 calls/day.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 returned if no payment is provided and neither X-API-KEY nor X-Free-Trial header is present — agent must complete x402 USDC payment flow on Base
- Payment rejected if USDC balance is insufficient or the Base network transaction fails
- Free trial limit exceeded (100 calls/day/IP) returns 402 without X-Free-Trial header being honoured
- Invalid or malformed request body returns 400 or 422 error
- Key already purchased for the period may return a duplicate or conflict response

## How this service works

Cross-asset market event intelligence for AI trading agents. Priced routes return HTTP 402 with x402 v2 payment requirements (USDC on Base) unless X-API-KEY is sent or the free trial header X-Free-Trial: 1 is present (100 calls/day/IP). Information and analytics only — not investment advice.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a key_id (e.g. 'k_…'), an api_key string prefixed with 'dsi_carry_', the product name ('carry_month'), and an expires_at ISO-8601 timestamp indicating when the key expires (approximately one month from purchase).

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "key_id": "k_…",
  "api_key": "dsi_carry_…",
  "product": "carry_month",
  "expires_at": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"
 }
}
```

## More

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