Basis Desk — crypto news & market data

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Accounting, finance & tax

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://basisdesk.news/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http basisdesk https://basisdesk.news/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basisdesk": {
      "url": "https://basisdesk.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "basisdesk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://basisdesk.news/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://basisdesk.news/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 8, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_news

  Search Basis Desk, a crypto newsroom that verifies every story against primary sources (SEC/CFTC/Fed filings, court records, company and protocol releases). Use for questions about a crypto event, company, regulator, token or protocol (e.g. 'SEC generic listing standards', 'Bitwi

• latest_news

  Latest crypto news from Basis Desk, updated around the clock — use for 'what is happening in crypto today' or the newest stories in one area. Filter by category (bitcoin, ethereum, defi, regulation, institutions, security, stablecoins, macro…) or kind (news, analysis, explainer).

• get_article

  Fetch one Basis Desk article as Markdown: key points, body, FAQ and the numbered primary sources it was checked against (with links). Use after search_news/latest_news when you need details, quotes or citations. Accepts a basisdesk.news URL or slug. Cite the article URL when you

• market_snapshot

  Current crypto market data: prices refreshed every minute from exchange feeds, 1h/24h/7d change, market cap, total market cap, BTC dominance, Crypto Fear & Greed, Ethereum gas and Bitcoin fees. Use for 'price of X', market overview or sentiment questions. Pass symbols (e.g. ["BTC

• whale_transfers

  Large on-chain transfers ('whale moves') found by Basis Desk's own scanner: Ethereum ETH and major stablecoins/wrapped assets from $5M, Bitcoin from 100 BTC (change outputs excluded), with exchange wallet labels and direction (to/from exchange). Use for whale activity or exchange

• token_safety

  Safety check of a token contract before someone buys or approves it: honeypot behaviour, buy/sell tax, mint/pause/blacklist powers, proxy upgradeability, owner privileges, holder concentration — data from GoPlus Security, explained in plain English by Basis Desk. Use when a user

• daily_brief

  Basis Desk Daily Brief: the 5–7 crypto stories that mattered, the numbers that moved and what to watch, published every morning (07:00 ET) plus an evening wrap. Use for 'crypto news summary today/yesterday' or a specific date (YYYY-MM-DD).

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 9, 2026

• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (basisdesk.news) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 223 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 7 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Accounting, finance & taxi

• More stars than 0% of the other 2957 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 45% of the other 2957 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 46% of the other 2957 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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