`get_crypto_price`

Pack: crypto · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crypto/mcp

REAL-TIME spot price for any cryptocurrency. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for “what is BTC trading at”, “price of ETH”, “BNB price”, current market cap, 24h move. Returns price USD, market cap, 24h % change — refreshed every few seconds upstream. Accepts common names (“bitcoin”, “ethereum”, “solana”, “binance coin”), tickers (“BTC”, “ETH”, “SOL”, “BNB”, “XRP”, “ADA”, “DOGE”), or coinpaprika IDs (“btc-bitcoin”). Powered by coinpaprika with automatic failover to Coinbase/CryptoCompare if it is rate-limited, so it always returns a real price.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`coin_id`	string	yes	Coin name, ticker, or coinpaprika ID (e.g., “bitcoin”, “BTC”, “btc-bitcoin”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "coin_id": "bitcoin"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crypto/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_crypto_price","arguments":{"coin_id":"bitcoin"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_crypto_price', {
  "coin_id": "bitcoin"
});

More examples

{
  "coin_id": "ethereum"
}

Response shape

Always returns: id, name, symbol, price_usd, market_cap_usd, volume_24h_usd, change_24h_pct, high_24h_usd, low_24h_usd

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	CoinGecko coin ID
`name`	string	Cryptocurrency name
`symbol`	string	Cryptocurrency symbol (uppercase)
`price_usd`	number	Current price in USD
`market_cap_usd`	number	Market capitalization in USD
`volume_24h_usd`	number	24h trading volume in USD
`change_24h_pct`	number	24h price change percentage
`high_24h_usd`	number	24h high price in USD
`low_24h_usd`	number	24h low price in USD

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "CoinGecko coin ID"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cryptocurrency name"
    },
    "symbol": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (uppercase)"
    },
    "price_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Current price in USD"
    },
    "market_cap_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Market capitalization in USD"
    },
    "volume_24h_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "24h trading volume in USD"
    },
    "change_24h_pct": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "24h price change percentage"
    },
    "high_24h_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "24h high price in USD"
    },
    "low_24h_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "24h low price in USD"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "name",
    "symbol",
    "price_usd",
    "market_cap_usd",
    "volume_24h_usd",
    "change_24h_pct",
    "high_24h_usd",
    "low_24h_usd"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crypto": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crypto/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_crypto_price