Free Crypto News API MCP
A free MCP server with crypto news from hundreds of sources and an article archive that an agent searches with no key
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Why this level
- The agent sends requests to an external service whose owner publishes no support terms
- News and AI summaries from the feed can contain errors and text that looks like instructions: the agent should treat them as data
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
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Access and checks
How we reviewExtended accessThe tool runs code or makes network calls and only reads external data.
- The agent sends requests to an external service whose owner publishes no support terms
- News and AI summaries from the feed can contain errors and text that looks like instructions: the agent should treat them as data
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
Free Crypto News API collects news about Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi and altcoins from more than 300 RSS sources in 21 categories and serves it through a plain HTTP call. The command `curl https://cryptocurrency.cv/api/news` returns fresh headlines. There is full-text search, a view of the last two hours and filters by category and source. Separately, 77 international outlets come with on-the-fly translation. The MCP server opens the same service to an agent. The hosted version runs over Streamable HTTP and needs no installation, and the local stdio version ships as the @nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp package. There are more than forty tools, from news search and the archive to market sentiment and prices. The historical archive holds 662 thousand articles since 2017, searchable by date, ticker and text. AI endpoints write summaries, score sentiment and check facts. Feeds come as RSS and Atom, streams run over SSE and WebSocket, and the service itself can be self-hosted with Docker.
Who it is for. For analysts, bot developers and crypto market researchers who need a news feed and an article archive in Claude Code, Cursor or their own agent.
Good fit when
- You need a summary of Bitcoin or DeFi news from the last two hours
- You need every publication about a given ticker or event in the archive since 2017
- A market overview needs news in Korean, Chinese, Japanese or Spanish with translation
- You are building a bot or agent and want to attach news over MCP with a single Claude Code command
- You need an RSS feed or a streaming subscription for your own dashboard or alerts
Not a fit when
- You need availability guarantees and contract support: the service is free and runs on a fair-use basis
- You want trading advice: news and signals are reference material, and the MCP server places no trades
- You want to deploy your own copy for resale: the code is source-available and the rights stay with the author
- You need verified primary sources with no aggregator: the service aggregates many feeds and has no editorial desk of its own
Example request
Find archive articles about the Bitcoin ETF approval and give a timeline with sources, then a summary of the last two hours of news.MCP
- Transport
- http, stdio
- Authentication
- not required
Limitations
The license is source-available with rights reserved: running the code yourself, redistributing it or building a competing service on it requires the author's permission. The hosted API is free but follows fair use: cache responses and send a User-Agent or traffic gets throttled.
Premium routes are paid with x402 micropayments in USDC, and the core features need no key. The AI endpoints run on a hosted Groq integration. Whether cryptocurrency.cv is reachable from Russia is unknown.
How to disable. In Claude Code run `claude mcp remove crypto-news`. In other clients delete the crypto-news entry from the MCP config.
FAQ
How do I connect Free Crypto News API to Claude Code?
Run `claude mcp add --transport http crypto-news https://cryptocurrency.cv/api/mcp`. For the local server use the @nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp package through `npx -y`.
Do I need an API key?
No. Neither news nor the AI endpoints need a key or signup. The paid `/api/premium/*` routes are paid per request with an x402 micropayment in USDC, with no account.
How deep is the article archive?
The archive holds 662,047 articles since September 2017: English coverage plus Chinese coverage from Odaily. Entries are enriched with tickers, sentiment and the BTC and ETH price at capture time. Search works by date, ticker and full text.
Which MCP clients work with the server?
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and any MCP-capable client work. The hosted address uses Streamable HTTP and the local version runs over stdio.
Can I self-host the service?
Yes, with Docker, Cloud Run or Vercel. Check the terms in the LICENSE file before running a copy, especially if you plan to resell it.
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| Tool | Official | Authentication | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Crypto News API (this card) | yes | not required | 333 | |
| Financial Datasets MCP | yes | API key | 2,326 | company financials and stock and crypto prices, with no news feed or archive |
| FinanceMCP | no | key is optional | 871 | stock, fund, bond and macro data from Tushare and Binance |
README in short
Besides the API, the project includes an 89-page web app, embeddable widgets and code examples in several languages. The service has more than 450 API routes in total.