Get the current price of CRO (Cronos) token via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint on Base.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current price of the CRO (Cronos) token. It is part of a broader suite of APIs offered by lowpaymentfee.com, which spans data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and utility services — all gated behind the x402 payment protocol on the Base network.
The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled in USDC on Base (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) at a cost of $0.02 per request (maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units with 6 decimals). No API keys or rate limits are advertised; access is granted per-request upon valid x402 payment. The x402 challenge specifies a 300-second payment timeout.
Documentation on the site is extremely sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no detailed documentation for the token price endpoint specifically. The response format and available query parameters (if any) are unknown. The endpoint is confirmed live via a valid 402 challenge.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching the current CRO token price for portfolio tracking applications
- —Integrating real-time CRO pricing into trading bots or DeFi dashboards
- —Agents that need on-demand crypto price data without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Developers or agents needing quick CRO price lookups without signup
- —Pay-per-use crypto price queries settled on Base with USDC
- —Lightweight integrations that don't need historical data or OHLCV
Not for
- —Bulk historical price data retrieval (no evidence of batch or historical endpoints)
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs before integrating
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/CRO/price \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live via a valid x402 402 challenge, and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and all documentation pages are empty beyond a wallet connect prompt. The actual response format is entirely unknown.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, API, pricing, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no content.
- —No OpenAPI or JSON schema describing request parameters or response format.
- —Response structure for the CRO price endpoint is completely unknown — no examples exist.
- —The broader site lists many endpoints across diverse categories (AI, analytics, finance, utilities) all at $0.02, which may indicate a generic template rather than fully implemented services.
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge, confirming it is livehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/CRO/price
- —Payment is 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals = $0.02) on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/CRO/price
- —Site advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/CRO/price
- —Documentation pages (docs, API, pricing, README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs