Pay-per-call trending cryptocurrency data from CoinGecko via MPP (Tempo/pathUSD).
What it does
This endpoint returns trending cryptocurrency data from CoinGecko, served through the Locus MPP (Micropayment Protocol) gateway. It is one of 15 CoinGecko endpoints available on this service, covering prices, market charts, coin details, exchange rates, global stats, categories, top gainers/losers, and more.
The `/coingecko/trending` endpoint accepts a POST request with no required body and returns the currently trending coins, NFTs, and categories on CoinGecko. Each call costs 60,000 base units of pathUSD (currency address `0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50`) settled via the Tempo method, which equals $0.06 per request assuming 6 decimals. All sibling endpoints on this service share the same per-call price.
The endpoint is exposed via the MPP wire protocol. Note that the probe returned 404 on HEAD and GET methods; however, the OpenAPI spec declares the endpoint as POST-only, so the 404 is expected for non-POST probes. The OpenAPI schema is well-structured with clear path definitions, request bodies, and payment metadata. No response schemas are documented, so the exact shape of the trending data must be inferred from the upstream CoinGecko API documentation.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching currently trending cryptocurrencies for a trading dashboard
- —Agents autonomously monitoring crypto market sentiment via trending coins
- —Building alerts or notifications when specific coins start trending
- —Aggregating trending data alongside price feeds for portfolio analysis
- —Research tools that track which coins gain social momentum
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing pay-per-call crypto market data without API key management
- —Developers wanting CoinGecko data settled via crypto micropayments
- —Applications that need trending coin data on-demand without subscriptions
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-second latency and bulk data
- —Users who need free or API-key-based access to CoinGecko data directly
- —Non-crypto market data (equities, forex, commodities)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://coingecko.mpp.paywithlocus.com/coingecko/trending \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The OpenAPI spec is detailed with 15 paths and clear payment metadata, but the probe returned 404 on HEAD/GET (expected since the endpoint is POST-only, so liveness is not confirmed via probe). No response schemas are documented, and no crawled pages returned useful content. Price is clear from the OpenAPI x-payment-info.
Warnings
- —Probe returned 404 on HEAD and GET; endpoint is POST-only per OpenAPI spec, so liveness could not be confirmed without a POST probe with payment
- —No response schema documented — response shape must be inferred from upstream CoinGecko API docs
- —Currency address 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50 assumed to be pathUSD with 6 decimals; if decimals differ, the $0.06 price estimate would be wrong
- —All crawled pages returned 404 JSON errors; no additional documentation was retrievable from the service itself
Citations
- —The OpenAPI spec lists 15 CoinGecko endpoints including /coingecko/trending with POST methodhttps://coingecko.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —Each endpoint charges 60000 base units via Tempo method with currency 0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50https://coingecko.mpp.paywithlocus.com
- —Service documentation references are at https://beta.paywithlocus.com/mpp/coingecko.md and https://docs.coingecko.comhttps://coingecko.mpp.paywithlocus.com