# MCPFax Markets Crypto

> MCPFax Markets Crypto is a paid API for AI agents from mcpfax-markets.bowling-anthony.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns current cryptocurrency market data and prices via a pay-per-call API

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mcpfax-markets.bowling-anthony.workers.dev/crypto?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mcpfax-markets-crypto-423a33f3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LUnWWGOZst5DoYCQ5_ftF

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 mcpfax-markets-crypto-423a33f3
```

Example prompt: What's the current price of Bitcoin and Ethereum right now? Pull it from MCPFax markets.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, pay-per-call cryptocurrency price data without a subscription. It is part of the MCPFax markets suite alongside FX, gas, macro, rates, and stablecoin endpoints, making it ideal for agents that need coordinated multi-market financial data from a single provider. Best suited for spot price lookups and real-time market checks in automated workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or unsupported cryptocurrency symbol returns an error or empty result
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient — returns 402 Payment Required
- Rate limiting or quota errors if too many requests are made in a short period
- Temporary upstream data outages may return stale or unavailable data
- Malformed request body returns a 400 Bad Request error

## How this service works

Crypto spot prices — Coinbase spot prices for up to ten assets.

## Output

Returns current cryptocurrency market data including price quotes and market information for the requested asset(s), delivered as structured JSON.

## 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"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mcpfax-markets-crypto-423a33f3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mcpfax-markets.bowling-anthony.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mcpfax-markets.bowling-anthony.workers.dev/llms.txt)