# x402 Chain Intel – DeFi TVL Rankings

> x402 Chain Intel – DeFi TVL Rankings is a paid API for AI agents from x402-chain-intel.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns ranked DeFi protocol TVL (Total Value Locked) data across chains, optimized for trading bot consumption

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-chain-intel.vercel.app/api/defi/tvl-rankings?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-chain-intel-defi-tvl-rankings-e32a17ad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FN-aHCNELlNOz8IdbDeN5

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 x402-chain-intel-defi-tvl-rankings-e32a17ad -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the current DeFi TVL rankings across all chains, sorted by highest TVL, and give me the top 20 protocols — I need this for my trading bot's rebalancing logic.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a ranked, structured snapshot of DeFi TVL data optimized for trading bot ingestion rather than human-readable dashboards. Prefer it over scraping DeFiLlama or similar sites when you need programmatic, pay-per-call access without API key setup overhead, and when you want cross-chain TVL ranking in a single call.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient USDC — 402 response returned
- Invalid or unsupported chain filter parameter — 400 bad request
- Data provider upstream outage — 503 or stale data returned
- Rate limit exceeded across the 27-endpoint suite — 429 throttle response
- Malformed POST body — 422 validation error

## How this service works

27 paid endpoints for trading bots

## Output

A ranked list of DeFi protocols with their Total Value Locked (TVL) figures, associated chain, rank position, and optionally TVL change metrics — structured for programmatic consumption by trading bots and on-chain analytics tools.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-chain-intel-defi-tvl-rankings-e32a17ad/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-chain-intel.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-chain-intel.vercel.app/llms.txt)