# x402 Crypto News Search API

> x402 Crypto News Search API is a paid API for AI agents from x402-crypto.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.076666/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches and retrieves cryptocurrency news articles based on a query string, delivered via x402 micropayment-gated endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-crypto.vercel.app/api/crypto-news51/%7Bpath%7D
- Price: $0.076666/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-crypto-news-search-api-e5a1c8db
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wCGYwZFIqgVH6obtOpM9a

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-crypto-news-search-api-e5a1c8db -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for the latest English-language crypto news about Bitcoin ETF approval and show me what's been reported recently.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search cryptocurrency-specific news by keyword or topic, especially when you want to filter by language. It is well-suited for agents that need real-time or recent news lookups about specific coins, protocols, or market events and are operating in an x402 micropayment-enabled environment.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' field returns a validation error
- Invalid or unsupported language code may return no results or an error
- Upstream news API unavailability causes 5xx responses
- Payment not fulfilled via x402 results in 402 Payment Required response
- Very broad or ambiguous queries may return irrelevant or low-quality results

## How this service works

Paid cryptocurrency API endpoints via x402 micropayments

## Output

Returns a data object containing news articles or headlines matching the search query, with structure varying by upstream news provider. Typically includes article titles, summaries, sources, and publication metadata relevant to the queried cryptocurrency topic.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "lang": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Language code (e.g. en)"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search query for crypto news"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "Response payload from the upstream API (structure varies by endpoint)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-crypto-news-search-api-e5a1c8db/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-crypto.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-crypto.vercel.app/llms.txt)