# KiteEndpoints.ai Crypto News API (crypto-news16)

> KiteEndpoints.ai Crypto News API (crypto-news16) is a paid API for AI agents from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.09/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Fetches the latest cryptocurrency news articles and headlines via a pay-per-request hub endpoint.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/api/crypto-news16?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.09/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-crypto-news-api-crypto-news16-cbb1fd84
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UY6yC--JMVNWSd1JNWJ3i

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 kiteendpoints-ai-crypto-news-api-crypto-news16-cbb1fd84 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest cryptocurrency news headlines for me right now so I can see what's happening in the crypto market today?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-request crypto news retrieval without a subscription commitment, especially when operating in an x402/USDC micropayment-enabled agent workflow on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient USDC balance returns 402 Payment Required
- Malformed request body returns 400 Bad Request
- Upstream news provider outage returns 502 or 503
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded returns 429
- Empty result set if no recent news is indexed

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing crypto news data, likely including article titles, sources, timestamps, and content snippets related to cryptocurrency and blockchain topics.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-crypto-news-api-crypto-news16-cbb1fd84/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-hub-v3.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-hub-v3.vercel.app/llms.txt)