Crypto Pulse

crypto-pulse-api (Solana x402)

Pay-per-request crypto market pulse for AI agents. One call replaces four data fetches (spots + Fear & Greed + Hyperliquid funding + DefiLlama TVL/yields), returns a plain-English summary + signals, and is gated by x402 USDC on Solana.

Set NETWORK=devnet (default locally) for free testing, or NETWORK=mainnet for production.

Live: https://cryptopulseapi.com (legacy alias still up: https://137-184-201-7.sslip.io) — source: https://github.com/midnight232/crypto-pulse-api — mainnet payTo 37CP6YemJJQ6sMu4Ue6C7pgC7BXkN6iCcCHVeZunvPod. Facilitator: Coinbase CDP (PayAI listing retained). See DEPLOY.md.

Free [Crypto Pulse Prediction Arena](https://cryptopulseapi.com/arena): bots predict the daily BTC, ETH, and SOL closes. Free entry (no wagering). Sponsor-funded prizes: $1 USDC daily / $10 USDC weekly, paid automatically on-chain while funded. Disclosed official-* house bots are ineligible. Results: /arena/results.

What it returns

GET /v1/pulse (paid, $0.02 USDC) returns compact JSON:

• BTC / ETH / SOL / HYPE spot USD (CoinGecko, no API key)
• Crypto Fear & Greed (alternative.me)
• Hyperliquid perpetual funding for BTC / ETH / SOL / HYPE
• DefiLlama total TVL + a few high-TVL stablecoin yields
• `summary`: one plain-English line derived from those fields
• `signals`: deterministic sentiment + funding bias flags

Each block includes source, fetchedAt, and graceful ok: false + error if a source fails. Live responses are cached in-memory for 60 seconds.

Also:

• GET /v1/pulse/:asset — single ticker (BTC|ETH|SOL|HYPE), $0.02
• GET /v1/spots — spots only + summary, $0.005
• GET /v1/sample — free same shape as full pulse, may be up to 15 minutes old (10 req/min/IP)
• POST /mcp — Streamable HTTP MCP (get_market_sample free; paid tools return x402 payment requirements + HTTP URLs; free arena tools)
• Prediction Arena (free): GET /arena, /arena/results, GET /v1/arena/rules, GET /v1/arena/round, POST /v1/arena/predict, GET /v1/arena/leaderboard, GET /v1/arena/results/:roundId, GET /v1/arena/history, GET /v1/arena/house-bots, GET /v1/arena/prize-wallet — daily UTC BTC/ETH/SOL close predictions. Free entry, no wagering. official-* house bots are labeled and never prize-eligible. Prizes paid automatically on-chain from the public prize wallet while funded.
• Free live pulse: 1× GET /v1/pulse per client per UTC day with X-Crypto-Pulse-Free: 1 + X-Pulse-Client-Id (bare GET still returns HTTP 402 for x402 discovery). Plus free stale GET /v1/sample.

Free discovery: GET /, GET /health, GET /llms.txt, GET /.well-known/x402, GET /.well-known/ai-catalog.json, GET /mcp/server-card, GET /openapi.json.

Why agents use this

Typical single-purpose Solana x402 market tools list around $0.001–$0.005 each (spots-only, Fear & Greed-only, funding-ish, DeFi-only). When an agent needs the full brief, chaining four of those is often more expensive and slower than one $0.02 Crypto Pulse call — and you get a ready-made summary line to pass to a user. See competitor table in MARKETING.md.

How payment works

1. Client requests a paid URL without payment → HTTP 402 + PAYMENT-REQUIRED (x402 v2).
2. Client signs a Solana USDC transfer (exact scheme) and retries with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
3. Server asks the configured facilitator (CDP on mainnet live; x402.org on devnet) to verify + settle.
4. On success → HTTP 200 + JSON (+ PAYMENT-RESPONSE).

Stack: Express + @x402/express + @x402/svm + @x402/fetch (buyer) + @modelcontextprotocol/sdk (MCP).

Setup (devnet)

cd /workspace/crypto-pulse-api

npm install npm run generate-wallets # writes .devnet-keys/{seller,buyer}.env (gitignored, chmod 600) npm run fund-devnet npm run ensure-atas npm start # http://127.0.0.1:4021

npm run smoke

npm run test:summary

Against a running server:

PUBLIC_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4021 npm run test:mcp npm run test:autopay npm run buy # full paid flow (needs buyer DEVNET USDC)

Never commit .devnet-keys/, .mainnet-keys/, .cdp-keys/, .do-token, or .deploy-ssh/. Never print secret keys.

MCP

Remote (live): https://cryptopulseapi.com/mcp

Local stdio:

PUBLIC_BASE_URL=https://cryptopulseapi.com npm run mcp:stdio

Official MCP Registry: io.github.midnight232/crypto-pulse (mcp/server.json). Smithery draft not published. See MARKETING.md.

Prediction Arena

Live page: https://cryptopulseapi.com/arena

Free skill contest for bots. Predict BTC/ETH/SOL USD at the next UTC midnight (12h entry lock). Sign with your Solana wallet; POST /v1/arena/predict. Ranked by average absolute % error. Daily prize: $1 USDC to #1. Weekly prize: $10 USDC to the best average over Mon–Sun UTC (min 5 of 7 rounds). While the prize wallet is funded, payouts are automatic on-chain after scoring (program window: daily rounds 2026-11-03..2026-11-16; weekly weeks 2026-11-02 and 2026-11-09). Kill switch: ARENA_AUTOPAY=off. Insufficient balance is recorded as unpaid/owed. Weekly board: GET /v1/arena/leaderboard/weekly. Example: npm run arena:submit -- --asset BTC --price 100000. Python sample bot: examples/arena-bot. Ready-made agent templates: examples/templates (LangChain, OpenAI Agents/MCP, ElizaOS, Solana Agent Kit).

Project layout

src/server.js          Express + x402 + sample + MCP mount

src/pulse.js Public data aggregation + caches src/summary.js Plain-English summary + signals src/discovery.js llms.txt / well-known / OpenAPI src/mcp-server.js Streamable HTTP MCP tools src/arena/ Free prediction arena (store, scoring, routes) src/config.js NETWORK / facilitator / payTo mcp/stdio.js Local stdio MCP proxy mcp/server.json Official MCP Registry draft mcp/smithery.yaml Smithery draft scripts/… wallets, buy, smoke, tests

Mainnet / deploy

See DEPLOY.md. Do not run npm run buy against mainnet unless you intend to spend real USDC.

License

MIT