What is Mcp Crypto Price

mcp-crypto-price is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time cryptocurrency analysis using CoinCap’s API. It allows clients to fetch crypto prices, analyze market trends, and track historical data.

Use cases

Use cases include obtaining current cryptocurrency prices, analyzing market trends, tracking historical price data, and comparing prices across different exchanges.

How to use

To use mcp-crypto-price, add the provided configuration to your Claude Desktop config file. For higher rate limits, include your CoinCap API key in the configuration. Launch Claude Desktop to access the crypto analysis tools.

Key features

Key features include real-time price data, market analysis, historical price trends, customizable time intervals for historical data, and support for both v2 and v3 CoinCap APIs.

Where to use

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Crypto Price & Market Analysis MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive cryptocurrency analysis using the CoinCap API. This server offers real-time price data, market analysis, and historical trends through an easy-to-use interface.

Usage

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:

• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-crypto-price": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-crypto-price"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional: CoinCap API Key

For higher rate limits, add an API key to your configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-crypto-price": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-crypto-price"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COINCAP_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Important Note: CoinCap is sunsetting their v2 API. This MCP supports both v2 and v3 APIs:

• If you provide a COINCAP_API_KEY, it will attempt to use the v3 API first, falling back to v2 if necessary
• Without an API key, it will use the v2 API (which will eventually be discontinued)
• It’s recommended to obtain an API key from pro.coincap.io/dashboard as the v2 API will be completely deactivated in the future

Launch Claude Desktop to start using the crypto analysis tools.

Tools

get-crypto-price

Gets current price and 24h stats for any cryptocurrency, including:

• Current price in USD
• 24-hour price change
• Trading volume
• Market cap
• Market rank

get-market-analysis

Provides detailed market analysis including:

• Top 5 exchanges by volume
• Price variations across exchanges
• Volume distribution analysis
• VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)

get-historical-analysis

Analyzes historical price data with:

• Customizable time intervals (5min to 1 day)
• Support for up to 30 days of historical data
• Price trend analysis
• Volatility metrics
• High/low price ranges

Sample Prompts

• “What’s the current price of Bitcoin?”
• “Show me market analysis for ETH”
• “Give me the 7-day price history for DOGE”
• “What are the top exchanges trading BTC?”
• “Show me the price trends for SOL with 1-hour intervals”

Project Inspiration

This project was inspired by Alex Andru’s coincap-mcp project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License