# zaref.dev South African Crypto ZAR Prices

> zaref.dev South African Crypto ZAR Prices is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Returns live ZAR-denominated crypto prices (last trade, bid/ask, 24h high/low/volume, daily change) for BTC, ETH and all other ZAR pairs on the VALR exchange

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/crypto-prices?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-crypto-zar-prices-34be4021
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3wObAt_cEuoO-w7rhTkix

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 zaref-dev-south-african-crypto-zar-prices-34be4021
```

Example prompt: What is Bitcoin currently trading at in South African Rand — can you pull the live bid, ask, 24-hour high/low, and daily change from VALR's ZAR market?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time ZAR-denominated cryptocurrency prices specifically from the VALR exchange — the dominant South African crypto exchange — including bid/ask spread, 24h range, volume, and daily change. Ideal for South African financial applications, ZAR portfolio trackers, or any use case requiring authoritative local-currency crypto pricing rather than USD-based global aggregators.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported pair symbol returns an error or empty result
- Payment not received or x402 payment header missing results in 402 Payment Required
- VALR upstream API unavailable causes request failure or stale data
- Malformed pairs query parameter may return unexpected results

## How this service works

South African Crypto ZAR prices (live): Live ZAR crypto prices from VALR's public market data: last traded, bid/ask, 24-hour high/low/volume and daily change for BTC, ETH and every other ZAR pair on the exchange. Live from VALR's public market data.

## Output

A structured response containing live ZAR market data sourced from VALR's public API, including last traded price, best bid, best ask, 24-hour high, 24-hour low, 24-hour volume, and daily percentage change for each requested ZAR trading pair (e.g. BTC/ZAR, ETH/ZAR, and others).

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "pairs": {
   "BTCZAR": {
    "ask_zar": 1037133,
    "bid_zar": 1036875,
    "last_zar": 1036756,
    "change_from_previous_percent": -0.07
   }
  },
  "series": "crypto-prices"
 }
}
```

## More

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