Free Crypto News — Claude Code MCP server: features and setup
Gives an AI agent tools for crypto news, market data, sentiment, and whale alerts. Use it to gather coverage or investigate current market events.
Open on GitHubWhat Free Crypto News does
Free Crypto News provides 38 tools for working with crypto news, market data, sentiment, and alerts about large transactions. It draws on more than 130 sources. Connect to the hosted MCP server or run the local server with npx -y @nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp.
The tools can help an agent gather coverage on a topic or check what sources report about market moves. Local use requires npx; the hosted MCP endpoint is https://cryptocurrency.cv/api/mcp. The API needs no key, but that detail should not be taken as a promise about every MCP setup.
What it helps with
- gather recent coverage of a cryptocurrency
- search articles on a specific topic
- check crypto market data
- review sentiment and large-transaction alerts
Example prompts for the agent
- Gather recent Bitcoin news and summarize the main themes.
- Find reports about DeFi and compare their coverage.
- Check market data and summarize large-transaction alerts.
How to install Free Crypto News
Install
The MCP registry has no launch command for it: see the repository README
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Questions about Free Crypto News
How do I install Free Crypto News in Claude Code?
Run the local server with npx -y @nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp. The hosted MCP endpoint is https://cryptocurrency.cv/api/mcp.
What does Free Crypto News do?
It provides MCP tools for crypto news, market data, sentiment, and alerts about large transactions.
Does Free Crypto News require an API key?
The API does not require a key. The local MCP server runs with npx -y @nirholas/free-crypto-news-mcp.
