Crypto Price & Market Analysis MCP Server

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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"
      }
    }
  }
}

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