# Kronos ForgeMesh Perpetual Futures Funding Rates

> Kronos ForgeMesh Perpetual Futures Funding Rates is a paid API for AI agents from kronos.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns live perpetual-futures funding rates, mark/index prices, open interest, and 24h volume for BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and ADA from Kraken Futures and Hyperliquid, with per-symbol consensus including annualized funding and crowding labels.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://kronos.forgemesh.io/api/kronos/futures/funding?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kronos-forgemesh-perpetual-futures-funding-rates-55f8acb8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_M82CZQ8-8zp1y6XgwJYU8

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 kronos-forgemesh-perpetual-futures-funding-rates-55f8acb8
```

Example prompt: What are the current perpetual futures funding rates for BTC and ETH — pull the latest from Kronos including annualized funding and whether either side is crowded?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a multi-venue consensus view of perpetual futures funding rates with crowding analysis, rather than querying a single exchange directly. It is especially valuable when assessing carry costs before entering leveraged positions or when screening for crowded market conditions across BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and ADA simultaneously. The 5-minute cache makes it suitable for near-real-time decisioning without excessive cost.

## Known failure modes

- Venue-specific outage: one exchange returns an error, reflected in venue_errors array while other venue data is still returned
- Symbol not found: if an invalid symbol string is passed in the query param, response may be empty or error
- Stale data: cache is up to 5 minutes old; real-time precision is not guaranteed
- Network timeout: upstream exchange APIs may occasionally be slow or unavailable
- Rate limiting or payment failure: x402 payment of $0.02 USDC required per call; missing payment returns 402

## How this service works

Returns live perpetual-futures funding rates, mark and index price, open interest, and 24h volume for BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and ADA from Kraken Futures and Hyperliquid, plus a per-symbol consensus with 8h and annualized funding, who pays whom, and a LONG_CROWDED / SHORT_CROWDED / BALANCED crowding label — use it to price carry or spot a crowded side before taking a leveraged position. Cached 5 minutes.

## Output

A JSON object keyed by symbol (e.g. BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA), each containing per-venue funding rates, mark price, index price, open interest, and 24h volume from Kraken Futures and Hyperliquid, plus a consensus block with 8h funding, annualized funding rate, who-pays-whom direction, and a crowding label (LONG_CROWDED, SHORT_CROWDED, or BALANCED). Also includes a fetched_at timestamp and a venue_errors array for any partial failures. Data is cached for 5 minutes.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional single symbol; omit for all five"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "symbols": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "fetched_at": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "venue_errors": {
       "type": "array"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kronos-forgemesh-perpetual-futures-funding-rates-55f8acb8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kronos.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kronos.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)