Payment-gated crypto news intelligence with impact scoring and source filtering via x402 USDC micropayments.
What it does
The `/alpha/news` endpoint on the x402 Meta Gateway returns AI-filtered crypto news aggregated from CoinTelegraph, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and Blockworks, enriched with X/Twitter sentiment data. Each call costs $0.02 in USDC, payable on Base (EIP-155:8453) or Solana. The endpoint accepts optional `query` and `category` query parameters to filter by topic or news source respectively.
This endpoint is part of a broader 14-tool crypto intelligence gateway that covers token analysis, trending tokens, sentiment, search, deep research, prediction markets, macro economics, on-chain activity, token comparison, narrative tracking, event calendars, risk assessment, and portfolio analysis. All endpoints follow the x402 payment protocol (HTTP 402 challenge with USDC settlement) and return structured JSON with metadata envelopes including request IDs, confidence scores, source attribution, and timestamps.
The gateway aggregates data from CoinGecko, DexScreener, Alchemy, Helius, Grok AI, Exa, Firecrawl, Claude, Polymarket, Kalshi, FRED, and X/Twitter. A full OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec is served, and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) JSON-RPC endpoint is also available at `/mcp` for native AI agent integration. Prices across the gateway range from $0.02 to $0.10 per call depending on the endpoint.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —AI agents that need real-time crypto news summaries without scraping multiple sites
- —Trading bots monitoring breaking crypto news for automated signal generation
- —Research dashboards aggregating crypto headlines with impact scoring
- —Portfolio management tools that surface relevant news for held tokens
- —Agent workflows that combine news with sentiment and on-chain data for decision-making
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing structured crypto news in JSON format
- —Developers building crypto dashboards with pay-per-query economics
- —Automated trading systems that consume news signals programmatically
Not for
- —General non-crypto news aggregation
- —High-frequency polling (micropayment cost adds up at scale)
- —Users who need free unlimited news access
Quick start
curl -X GET "https://x402.911fund.io/alpha/news?query=bitcoin+ETF+flows&category=coindesk" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>"Example
Request
{
"input": {
"type": "http",
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"query": "bitcoin ETF flows",
"category": "coindesk"
}
}
}Endpoint
Quality
Full OpenAPI 3.1.0 schema is available with clear parameter definitions, the x402 challenge is live and well-formed with pricing on two chains, and the landing page provides detailed feature descriptions and pricing. However, no example 200 response body schema is documented for the /alpha/news endpoint specifically, and /docs returns 404, so the actual response structure must be inferred.
Warnings
- —No documented 200 response schema for /alpha/news — actual response fields are unknown beyond the Meta envelope
- —The /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README paths all return 404
- —Example response JSON is unavailable; agents should inspect actual responses to determine structure
- —This endpoint provides crypto market intelligence which may be used for financial decisions — it is not financial advice
Citations
- —The /alpha/news endpoint costs $0.02 USDC per callhttps://x402.911fund.io
- —News is aggregated from CoinTelegraph, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and Blockworks plus X/Twitterhttps://x402.911fund.io
- —Payment accepted on Base (EIP-155:8453) and Solana via USDChttps://x402.911fund.io
- —The x402 challenge returns amount 20000 in USDC (6 decimals) = $0.02https://x402.911fund.io/alpha/news
- —Gateway aggregates data from CoinGecko, DexScreener, Alchemy, Helius, Grok AI, Exa, Firecrawl, Claude, Polymarket, Kalshi, FRED, and X/Twitterhttps://x402.911fund.io
- —MCP endpoint available at /mcp for AI agent integration via JSON-RPC over Streamable HTTPhttps://x402.911fund.io