agentutility(7)$ man crypto-price
/crypto-price
PRICE / CALL
$0.02
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
edgemarketCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
crypto-price — crypto price lookup / coin price api / btc eth sol price / on-chain token spot price
synonym alias of token-price — reuses the canonical handler.
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/crypto-price
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Crypto price lookup / coin price API / BTC ETH SOL price / on-chain token spot price. Accepts CoinGecko ids, ticker symbols, or contract addresses and returns spot price, market cap, volume, supply, ATH/ATL, and percent changes.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Coin id ('bitcoin'), ticker ('BTC', case-insensitive), or contract address (0x... or chain-native). When passing a contract, set 'chain' to disambiguate. | required |
| vs_currency | string | Quote currency. Default 'usd'. Any CoinGecko-supported fiat or crypto: usd, eur, gbp, jpy, btc, eth, etc. | optional |
| chain | string | Chain slug for contract-address lookups, e.g. 'ethereum', 'base', 'polygon-pos', 'arbitrum-one', 'optimistic-ethereum', 'solana'. Ignored if query is an id or ticker. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| coin_id | string | — |
| symbol | string | — |
| name | string | — |
| price | string | — |
| vs_currency | string | — |
| market_cap | string | — |
| market_cap_rank | string | — |
| total_volume | string | — |
| price_change_percentage_24h | string | — |
| last_updated | string | — |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/crypto-price \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the crypto-price tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- edge-marketcryptopricecrypto-price
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- edgemarket
- price
- $0.02 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in edgemarket
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| coin-price | Coin price API / crypto spot price / BTC ETH SOL quote lookup. | $0.02 |
| defi-llama | DefiLlama API / DeFi TVL protocol lookup. | $0.02 |
| defi-llama-protocol | DefiLlama protocol lookup / DeFi TVL fetcher / total value locked / chain-breakdown of TVL / Aave + Lido + Uniswap + MakerDAO TVL / proto… | $0.02 |
| defi-tvl | DeFi TVL API / total value locked by protocol. | $0.02 |
| defillama | DefiLlama protocol TVL lookup / DeFi protocol metadata. | $0.02 |
| gas-api | Gas API / blockchain gas fee estimator / EIP-1559 fee tiers. | $0.02 |
| gas-fees | Gas fees API / EIP-1559 transaction fee estimator / Base Ethereum Optimism Arbitrum gas tracker. | $0.02 |
| gas-now-base | Gas oracle / gas price API / EIP-1559 fee estimator / Base + Ethereum + Optimism + Arbitrum + Polygon gas tracker / etherscan-gas alterna… | $0.02 |
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