# The Stall — Funding Rates

> The Stall — Funding Rates is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.059/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves current funding rates for cryptocurrency perpetual futures markets via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/funding-rates
- Price: $0.059/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-funding-rates-72aea9a6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_MoGH9xY1X-_ZRZqTT9mFi

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 the-stall-funding-rates-72aea9a6
```

Example prompt: What are the current funding rates for Bitcoin perpetual futures across major crypto exchanges right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time or near-real-time funding rate data for crypto perpetual futures markets without setting up an account or API key, and you can pay $0.02 USDC per call on Base mainnet. Ideal for AI agents operating in trustless, permissionless environments via the x402 payment protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient USDC — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or unsupported properties filter — returns empty or error response
- Network or provider outage — returns 503 or timeout
- Malformed query parameters — returns 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

Returns current perpetual funding rates for 200+ assets on Hyperliquid DEX, sorted by absolute funding magnitude. Includes 8-hour and annualized rates, open interest, mark price, and directional signal (longs-pay or shorts-pay). Use before entering a perpetual position to factor funding cost/income into strategy ROI, or to scan for high-rate short-bias opportunities in delta-neutral strategies.

## Output

Returns current funding rates for cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts, including rate values, timestamps, and exchange/asset pair identifiers. Paid via $0.02 USDC on Base mainnet with no API key required.

## Example request

```json
{
 "properties": "funding_rates"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-funding-rates-72aea9a6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from the-stall.intuitek.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/the-stall.intuitek.ai/llms.txt)