# ScriptMasterLabs Crypto News API

> ScriptMasterLabs Crypto News API is a paid API for AI agents from acp-x402-scriptmasterlabs.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Fetches paginated cryptocurrency news articles filtered by category, settled via micropayment in USDC on Base

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://acp-x402-scriptmasterlabs.onrender.com/x402/crypto-news?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scriptmasterlabs-crypto-news-api-6405ee5e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hBXmb8B5OhZLkCJLFVtf6

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 scriptmasterlabs-crypto-news-api-6405ee5e
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest 10 crypto news articles about Bitcoin using the ScriptMasterLabs x402 news endpoint so I can see what's moving the market right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need low-cost, pay-per-call cryptocurrency news retrieval settled via x402 micropayments in USDC on Base, particularly when building agents that require fresh crypto headlines filtered by asset category (e.g. BTC, ETH) without a subscription commitment.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not settled — x402 micropayment in USDC on Base must succeed before content is returned
- Invalid category string — unrecognized ticker or category may return empty results
- Limit parameter out of range — non-integer or excessive values may cause a validation error
- Service unavailable — hosted on Render free tier, may have cold-start latency or downtime
- Empty result set — no recent news available for the specified category

## How this service works

Pay-per-call crypto, RWA, federal, SEC, and compliance APIs. Settled in USDC on Base via x402. Hyphen routes only (e.g. /x402/rwa-aggregates, /x402/gas-tracker).

## Output

A list of cryptocurrency news articles up to the specified limit, optionally filtered by category such as BTC or ETH, including headlines and associated metadata returned as a JSON array.

## 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": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 20,
       "example": 20
      },
      "categories": {
       "type": "string",
       "example": "BTC"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "properties": {
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

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