# Kimchi Premium Checker — The Stall by IntuiTek

> Kimchi Premium Checker — The Stall by IntuiTek is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.034/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the kimchi premium (price difference between Korean crypto exchanges and global spot prices) for a given cryptocurrency symbol

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/kimchi-premium
- Price: $0.034/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kimchi-premium-checker-the-stall-by-intuitek-0d94e8fb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QKPmm-GNiccVzMBIMdPaE

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 kimchi-premium-checker-the-stall-by-intuitek-0d94e8fb
```

Example prompt: What's the current kimchi premium for BTC — how much higher is Bitcoin trading on Korean exchanges compared to the global spot price?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time kimchi premium data (the price gap between Korean crypto exchanges like Upbit/Bithumb and global spot markets) for a specific cryptocurrency. Ideal for arbitrage analysis, market sentiment gauging, or monitoring Korean retail crypto demand. Requires no API key — pay-per-call via x402 with USDC on Base mainnet.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported symbol returns an error response
- Payment of 0.001 USDC on Base mainnet not confirmed — returns HTTP 402
- Upstream Korean exchange data temporarily unavailable — service error or stale data
- Symbol parameter missing — request validation error

## How this service works

Real-time Kimchi Premium for any Upbit-listed token: KRW price on Upbit vs USD price on global exchange (Kraken/OKX), FX-adjusted. Returns premium_percent and premium_direction. Matches printmoneylab endpoint at 1/1 price.

## Output

Returns the kimchi premium data for the requested cryptocurrency, including the percentage price difference between Korean crypto exchanges and the global spot market price, along with the underlying prices used to calculate the spread.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "symbol": "BTC"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kimchi-premium-checker-the-stall-by-intuitek-0d94e8fb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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