Cryptocurrency Market Data
Provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data through integration with major exchanges. This server enables LLMs like Claude to fetch current prices, analyze market trends, and access detailed trading information.
What is Cryptocurrency Market Data?
Cryptocurrency Market Data is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data through integration with major exchanges. this server enables llms like claude to fetch current prices, analyze market trends, and access d...
Provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data through integration with major exchanges. This server enables LLMs like Claude to fetch current prices, analyze market trends, and access detailed trading information.
This server falls under the Finance & Fintech category on MCPgee, the world's largest MCP server directory with 33,000+ servers.
Features
- Provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data
Use Cases
Maintainer
Works with
Installation
Manual Installation
npx cryptocurrency-market-data-mcp-serverConfiguration
Configuration Details
claude_desktop_config.json
Performance
Response Metrics
Resource Usage
How to Set Up and Use Cryptocurrency Market Data
The Cryptocurrency Market Data MCP Server is a Python MCP server built on the CCXT library that gives AI assistants direct access to real-time and historical market data from over ten major cryptocurrency exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin, Bybit, and OKX. It exposes seven tools covering current prices, OHLCV candlestick history, market summaries, volume rankings, and price-change analysis, enabling LLMs like Claude to answer market questions, build analysis reports, and compare exchange data without any manual data retrieval. Traders, analysts, and developers building crypto-aware AI workflows can use it as a zero-API-key market data layer.
Prerequisites
- Python 3.9 or newer installed
- pip or uv for installing Python packages
- The CCXT and MCP Python libraries (pip install mcp ccxt)
- An MCP-compatible client such as Claude Desktop
- Network access to the target exchange APIs (no API key needed for public market data)
Clone the repository
Clone the mcp-server-ccxt repository to get the server source code.
git clone https://github.com/Nayshins/mcp-server-ccxt.git
cd mcp-server-ccxtInstall Python dependencies
Install the mcp and ccxt libraries. Use uv for faster installs or pip for a standard setup.
# With pip
pip install mcp ccxt
# With uv
uv pip install mcp ccxtNote the absolute path to the server script
The MCP config needs the full path to crypto_server.py. Record it now.
# macOS/Linux
pwd # run from inside the cloned repo directory
# Result example: /Users/yourname/mcp-server-ccxtAdd the server to your MCP client configuration
Open claude_desktop_config.json and add the crypto entry. Point args to the absolute path of crypto_server.py.
{
"mcpServers": {
"crypto": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-server-ccxt/crypto_server.py"]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop and verify
Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop, then ask for the current Bitcoin price to confirm all seven tools are available.
Cryptocurrency Market Data Examples
Client configuration
Minimal claude_desktop_config.json entry. No API key or environment variable is required for public market data. Replace the path with the actual location of crypto_server.py on your system.
{
"mcpServers": {
"crypto": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["/Users/yourname/mcp-server-ccxt/crypto_server.py"]
}
}
}Prompts to try
These prompts exercise all seven tools the server exposes across multiple exchanges.
- "What is the current price of BTC/USDT on Binance?"
- "Show me the top 5 trading pairs by volume on Coinbase."
- "Give me a detailed market summary for SOL/USDT on Kraken."
- "Fetch hourly OHLCV data for ETH/USDT on Bybit for the past 24 hours."
- "How much has the price of BNB/USDT changed on OKX over the last 7 days?"Troubleshooting Cryptocurrency Market Data
ModuleNotFoundError for ccxt or mcp on startup
The MCP client may be using a different Python interpreter than the one where you installed the libraries. Check which python the server is using and run pip install mcp ccxt with that exact interpreter (e.g. python3 -m pip install mcp ccxt). Use an absolute path to the python binary in the MCP config if needed.
Exchange not available or request timeout errors
CCXT connects to live exchange APIs — network issues, rate limits, or exchange downtime can cause failures. Use get-price to test a single pair first. If one exchange is unreliable, try another (e.g. switch from Binance to Kraken) by specifying the exchange in your prompt.
Tool not found — only some tools are available
Make sure you installed the latest version of the server by pulling the latest commits ('git pull' in the repo directory). Then restart Claude Desktop to reload the tool list.
Frequently Asked Questions about Cryptocurrency Market Data
What is Cryptocurrency Market Data?
Cryptocurrency Market Data is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data through integration with major exchanges. this server enables llms like claude to fetch current prices, analyze market trends, and access detailed trading information. It connects AI assistants to external tools and data sources through a standardized interface.
How do I install Cryptocurrency Market Data?
Follow the installation instructions on the Cryptocurrency Market Data GitHub repository. Clone the repo, install dependencies, and add the server config to your AI client.
Which AI clients work with Cryptocurrency Market Data?
Cryptocurrency Market Data works with all major MCP-compatible AI clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf, and Cline.
Is Cryptocurrency Market Data free to use?
Yes, Cryptocurrency Market Data is open source and available under the MIT License license. You can use it freely in both personal and commercial projects.
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