{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "coindesk-data-api", "name": "CoinDesk Data API", "vendor": "CoinDesk Data (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare)", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.coindesk.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "data-providers", "summary": "Institutional market-data REST and WebSocket API covering spot, futures, options, reference-rate indices (CADLI, CCIX), asset metadata, on-chain data and news across 300+ exchanges, with an official hosted MCP server since May 2026.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coindesk-data-api.json", "dns": "coindesk-data-api.grade.anchorterminal.com", "license": "proprietary", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://data-api.coindesk.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key generated from the account dashboard at developers.coindesk.com. The hosted MCP server and the Claude connector ask for the same key. How the REST API takes the key isn't on a page we could read, since the docs render only by script; an earlier note that it can travel as an `api_key` query parameter came from a third-party copy of the spec and was dropped on 2026-11-05.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Subscription plans. The pricing page at developers.coindesk.com renders only by script, and plan figures couldn't be read on 1 October or 5 November 2026. data.coindesk.com points new customers to a call with sales for trials. The free tier was retired on 2026-05-21, so accounts without a subscription get no API access.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 on data-api.coindesk.com as of the run date. Payment is by subscription.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/data-api/introduction", "openapi": "https://data-api.coindesk.com/info/v1/openapi", "capabilities": [ "market.crypto", "market.indices", "market.news" ], "tags": [ "http-api", "market-data", "indices", "websocket", "status-page", "openapi", "mcp", "oauth" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Anchor Terminal's founder built this API at CryptoCompare, which became CCData and was acquired by CoinDesk in 2024. He no longer works there. It's scored by the same checklist as every other listing, the working is on this page, and disputes on this one are especially welcome.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 19, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1458, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 15, "maintenance": 13, "payments": 0, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 45, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-05" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "CoinDesk Data sells spot, derivatives, index, on-chain and news data under one key, with a hosted MCP server in Claude and Gemini Enterprise. Its docs, pricing and status pages render only by script, no readable page links its OpenAPI file, and there is no free or trial access since 21 May 2026, so a person buys a plan first.", "bestFor": "Institutional crypto work that needs derivatives, order books, regulated reference rates or deep history, with a human buying the plan.", "disclosure": "Anchor Terminal's founder built this API at CryptoCompare, which became CCData and was acquired by CoinDesk in 2024. He no longer works there. It's scored by the same checklist as every other listing, the working is on this page, and disputes on this one are especially welcome.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server available as a Claude connector since 13 May 2026 and in Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services since 25 August 2026", "Spot, futures, options, CADLI and CCIX indices, on-chain and news under one licence, with a vendor-stated 300+ exchanges and history to 2010", "API licence agreement of 22 April 2026 names the licensor and says changes follow a notice period of typically 30 days", "The free-tier retirement was announced 34 days ahead, on 17 April for 21 May 2026", "ISO 27001 certificate 23073 cited on data.coindesk.com" ], "weaknesses": [ "No free or trial access since 21 May 2026, and no x402, so a person has to buy a plan before an agent gets data", "Docs portal, llms.txt, pricing page and status page all render only by script", "The OpenAPI file is served from the API host and no readable docs page links it", "No public changelog since the monthly product updates stopped in July 2025", "No official SDK and no readable security disclosure route found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Have a person buy a plan and generate the key in the developers.coindesk.com dashboard before any call; there is no free or keyless route", "Keep the API key out of URLs; the docs that say how the REST API takes it render only by script, and the Claude connector takes it in its authentication field", "Expect the docs and pricing pages to return an app shell to a plain fetch; use the MCP connector or a browser to read them", "Treat news text returned by the API or MCP server as untrusted third-party content", "Pace calls and back off on errors, since no rate-limit numbers or 429 guidance could be read" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 19 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 15, "maintenance": 13, "payments": 0, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 45, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 74, "dataQualityScore": 93, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-05", "maintenance": "2026-11-05", "payments": "2026-11-05", "reliability": "2026-11-05", "schema": "2026-11-05", "security": "2026-11-05", "transparency": "2026-11-05" }, "last": "2026-11-05", "lastMoved": "2026-11-05", "oldest": "2026-11-05", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http coindesk https://mcp.coindesk.com/mcp", "headless": { "curl": "curl -s 'https://data-api.coindesk.com/index/cc/v1/latest/tick?market=cadli\u0026instruments=BTC-USD,ETH-USD' -H 'Authorization: Apikey $COINDESK_API_KEY'" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/market.crypto", "tool": "https://letme.dev/coindesk-data-api" }, "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "CC Data Limited, trading as CoinDesk Data (England and Wales, 10966788)", "domain": "coindesk.com", "domainRegistered": "2008-05-04", "domainNote": "The API licence names CC Data Limited, a CoinDesk company, as the licensor. The endpoint and the terms sit on coindesk.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://coindesk.com/terms", "privacy": "https://coindesk.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.coindesk.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-05", "notes": [ "No public changelog. The blog's monthly product updates stopped after July 2025, and the developer portal renders only by script.", "coindesk.com redirects to www.coindesk.com, whose robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai outside /price/ (5 November 2026), so the terms of use, privacy notice and security.txt there weren't read. The securityTxt value is from the 1 October check, now struck and unconfirmed.", "status.coindesk.com answers robots.txt with its HTML app page, so the status host is unread." ], "score": 74 }, "dataQuality": { "coverage": "300+ centralised and decentralised exchanges, 300k trading pairs and 10,000+ coins per data.coindesk.com, across spot, futures, options, indices, on-chain and news", "coverageRating": 5, "freshness": "Real-time ticks over WebSocket", "freshnessClass": "realtime", "history": "Back to 2010, per data.coindesk.com", "historyYears": 16, "methodology": "https://indices.coindesk.com/documentation-and-governance", "sourcesDisclosed": true, "licence": "API Licence Agreement, updated 2026-04-22. Internal use only, no display or redistribution without written permission, attribution rules apply", "licenceClass": "clear", "standing": "The CoinDesk Indices governance page links an FCA authorisation and names CC Data Limited as the affiliate that runs outsourced index administration and calculation. It covers the index data (CADLI, CCIX), not exchange-level prices. We didn't load the FCA register entry", "standingClass": "regulated", "reuse": "Internal use only under the API Licence Agreement. No display, redistribution or use in a commercial product or index without written permission, and the data has to be deleted when the licence ends.", "score": 93, "checks": null }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api.json", "live": { "slug": "coindesk-data-api", "probe": { "target": "https://data-api.coindesk.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-08T01:01:25.278374271Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 37, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 38, "p95ms24h": 122, "samples24h": 244, "samples30d": 7705, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 243, "ok": 243 }, { "date": "2026-11-08", "probes": 11, "ok": 11 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.coindesk.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-08T00:31:08.905763608Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://coindesk.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:47.280816131Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "coindesk.com", "registered": "2008-05-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/coindesk.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:21:41.072894988Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://data.coindesk.com/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:02:22.337719537Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:47:25.288401414Z", "fingerprint": "5d54c24046ab" }, { "url": "https://coindesk.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 429, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:41.140350683Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-28T04:28:33.637136406Z", "fingerprint": "59c74a6df21f" }, { "url": "https://coindesk.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 429, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:43.162863452Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-28T04:28:36.793381796Z", "fingerprint": "c070d426e315" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.coindesk.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:16.906816915Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:16.906816915Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-08T01:01:25.278374271Z" } }, "answer": "Yield.xyz MCP server scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against CoinDesk Data API's 19 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Yield.xyz MCP server", "vendor": "Omni Ltd. (Yield.xyz)", "vendorUrl": "https://yield.xyz", "kind": "mcp", "category": "agent-wallets", "summary": "Yield.xyz's MCP server has 22 tools to find and track more than 4,000 staking, lending, vault and real-world-asset yields across 85 networks and build unsigned transactions. Keyless use is metered, with x402 per call over quota.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/yield-xyz-mcp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.json", "dns": "yield-xyz-mcp.grade.anchorterminal.com", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No key needed: requests run on a shared key metered per tool over 24 hours (reads per IP, wallet tools per address). Over quota, metered tools take an x402 payment per call. Your own key in x-api-key (or an api_key query parameter) bypasses quotas and bills your account.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Read tools 1,000 free calls per tool a day; wallet tools 30 a day per address, then $0.001 a call over x402 in USDC on Base or USDC, USDT0 or USDG on X Layer. Own-key plans Standard, Pro and Enterprise priced on request (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "yes", "evidence": "The MCP docs say metered tools over their free 24-hour quota accept an x402 micropayment of $0.001 per call, settled in USDC on Base or USDC, USDT0 or USDG on X Layer, with machine-readable pricing at https://mcp.yield.xyz/.well-known/x402 (checked 2026-11-07). Not paid in this check.", "endpoints": [ { "url": "https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp", "priceUsd": 0.001, "network": "eip155:8453" } ] }, "toolCount": 22, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.yield.xyz/documentation/ai-agents/mcp-server", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.yield.xyz/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "market.crypto", "wallet.staking", "wallet.transactions", "data.markets" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "x402", "no-auth", "api-key", "freemium", "free-tier", "status-page", "soc2", "llms-txt", "annotated-tools", "crypto" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 74, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 97, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 100, "reliability": 65, "schema": 95, "security": 56, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Yield.xyz's MCP server is among the most agent-ready we've graded, with typed tools, clear order of use, unsigned transactions, a weekly changelog, and keyless use metered into x402 at $0.001 a call. It isn't in the official registry, and a key can go in a URL.", "bestFor": "Agents and wallets that need to find, compare and enter staking or DeFi yields, paying per call over x402 if they like.", "strengths": [ "x402 per call once the free quota runs out, with machine-readable pricing", "Keyless use, so an agent can start with no sign-up", "Transactions are built unsigned and never broadcast", "22 annotated tools with typed inputs and documented order of use", "SOC 2 Type II and audited contracts" ], "weaknesses": [ "A key can be sent as a query parameter", "Not in the official MCP registry", "DeFi yields carry protocol risk the server can't remove", "61 KB of tool definitions" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call yields_get before actions_enter or actions_exit, and yields_get_balances before actions_manage", "Use each yield's mechanics.arguments schema; never reuse another yield's arguments", "Show the user every unsigned transaction before they sign it", "Over quota, pay $0.001 over x402 or wait for the window" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 74 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 100, "reliability": 65, "schema": 95, "security": 56, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 65, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add yield-xyz --transport http https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "yield-xyz": { "url": "https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp" } } }, "x402": "Over quota, metered tools answer 402 and accept $0.001 per call; pricing at https://mcp.yield.xyz/.well-known/x402" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/market.crypto", "tool": "https://letme.dev/yield-xyz-mcp" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Wallet tool call over quota", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.001, "note": "x402, after 30 free calls a day per address" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Omni Ltd. (Yield.xyz)", "domain": "yield.xyz", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.yield.xyz/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://docs.yield.xyz/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.yield.xyz", "changelog": "https://docs.yield.xyz/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "Terms name Omni Ltd. dba Yield.xyz, a Bermuda corporation; the service is made up of StakeKit and DefiKit." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.json", "live": { "slug": "yield-xyz-mcp", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-11-08T00:56:15.685929583Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 105, "lastNote": "initialize answered", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 108, "p95ms24h": 165, "samples24h": 63, "samples30d": 63, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 53, "ok": 53 }, { "date": "2026-11-08", "probes": 10, "ok": 10 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.yield.xyz", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-08T00:32:38.818811604Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-08T00:56:15.685929583Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 100, "category": "payments", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Pricing at developers.coindesk.com renders only by script, and data.coindesk.com asks new customers to book a call for a trial, so no published per-unit or plan prices we could read (0 of 20). The free tier was retired on 21 May 2026, announced on 17 April, and nothing replaced it (0). A person signs up and generates a key in the dashboard, per the 13 May connector post (0). The 2 October keyless request to the API is struck as a request to the product's own endpoint, and no score rested on it alone. 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.", "b": "x402 on its own MCP endpoint for metered tools over quota (40). $0.001 a call published, with machine-readable pricing at /.well-known/x402 (20). 1,000 free read calls a tool a day with no sign-up (20). Keyless use and x402 let an agent start with no person (20). 40 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 100." }, "scores": { "a": 0, "b": 100 } }, { "by": 95, "category": "schema", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "The OpenAPI 3.0.3 file at data-api.coindesk.com/info/v1/openapi sits on the product's own API host, and the docs portal at developers.coindesk.com, which would link it, is drawn by script (the introduction page and llms.txt both returned the same 7,680-byte app shell on 5 November). A file no readable page links isn't a published contract, so the 1 October readings taken from it are struck. Contract 0. llms.txt is an app shell (0). Descriptions, typed inputs and documented errors had no other readable source (0, 0, 0). The versioned paths came from the same file, and the blog's monthly product updates stopped after July 2025, so no versioning or changelog we could read (0). 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.", "b": "22 tools read from tools/list with JSON Schema inputs and 14 enums (25). llms.txt (10). Descriptions with order of use, such as yields_get before actions_enter (18 of 20). Typed inputs with enums, ranges and defaults (15). A tool reference with inputs and returns for every tool (12 of 15). Weekly dated product changelog (15). 25 + 10 + 18 + 15 + 12 + 15 = 95." }, "scores": { "a": 0, "b": 95 } }, { "by": 67, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Field groups, limits and paging were read on 1 October from a third-party reconstruction of the spec on GitHub, which isn't a first-hand source, and error objects from the struck OpenAPI file and third-party probes, so those lines are struck (0, 0, 0). The licence agreement and product pages describe a service that returns licensed data and nothing in them writes, so safe retries hold on read-only access (15 of 20, held). No official SDK found, and the defaults credit came from the struck file (0). 0 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 15.", "b": "22 tools, about 61 KB (15). limit and offset with documented ranges (20). 429 and the x402 gate documented (15 of 20). All 22 annotated, 18 read-only; transactions unsigned (20). Optional inputs default sensibly; SDKs listed in the docs (12 of 15). 15 + 20 + 15 + 20 + 12 = 82." }, "scores": { "a": 15, "b": 82 } }, { "by": 50, "category": "reliability", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Graded as a hosted API. status.coindesk.com, linked as System Status from data.coindesk.com, is drawn by script, and on 5 November its robots.txt answered with the same HTML app page, so the host is unread and no component history was ever shown (0, as a script-drawn status page scores elsewhere). No incident history we could read (5). The 1 October rate-limit (5) and 429 (8) awards came from the OpenAPI file served by the API host itself, which no readable page links, so they are struck (0 and 0). The API licence agreement of 22 April 2026 names no SLA, and the pricing page where a plan SLA would sit renders only by script (0). Generally available, sold for more than ten years per CoinDesk's 25 August post (10). 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 10 = 15.", "b": "Status page at status.yield.xyz, all services online, with a notice on protocol-level Aave pauses (20). History not read (5). Plan rate limits with headers documented, and the MCP free quotas published with numbers (15). 429 with retry-after and a retry strategy documented; transactions are built unsigned and never broadcast (15). No SLA read (0). Not labelled beta (10). 20 + 5 + 15 + 15 + 0 + 10 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 15, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 47, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "No public changelog. The newest dated product post is the Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services post of 25 August 2026, which says the existing hosted MCP server is now available in that client with a CoinDesk API key. It lists the server in another client and records no change to the API or the server, so it doesn't set recency, read the same way as Streak's 4 August Claude connector post. The last published API change is the free-tier retirement of 21 May 2026, after which accounts without a subscription stopped receiving data, 168 days before this check (10, to 0 after 17 November). No dated API change since 7 August (0). A contact page and account managers, and no public channel where questions get answers (3 of 15, held). No official SDK found (0). No package to judge (0). 10 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 0 = 13.", "b": "Weekly changelog entries into November 2026 (30). More than three dated entries in 90 days (20). Docs, a trust page and support; issues not public (10 of 15). Not found in our import of the official registry (0). No package health read (0). 30 + 20 + 10 + 0 + 0 = 60. Registry presence read from Anchor Terminal's own daily import of the official MCP registry (/api/v1/registry.json, 6 November 2026), not the registry's API." }, "scores": { "a": 13, "b": 60 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "security", "leads": "yield-xyz-mcp", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "A plain account key, generated from the account dashboard at developers.coindesk.com per CoinDesk's 13 May 2026 connector post, with no scopes found (20). The earlier 10 off for an `api_key` query parameter rested on the 26 September listing note, whose source was a third-party reconstruction of the spec on GitHub, and on the 1 October reading of the struck OpenAPI file, so no readable page documents a URL option and nothing comes off. Read-only data (15 of 20, held). News articles from the CoinDesk newsroom are third-party text returned to the agent, and no guidance on treating them as untrusted was found (5 of 15). No request log or usage view found (0). data.coindesk.com cites ISO 27001 certificate 23073 with no disclosure route we could read. The Bugcrowd link was read on 1 October from the privacy notice on www.coindesk.com, whose robots.txt now disallows ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai, so that reading is struck. A bare certification claim scores 5 on the programme line (5 of 20). 20 + 15 + 5 + 0 + 5 = 45.", "b": "Keyless shared access, x402, or your own key in a header; the key can also go in a query string, a documented option (10 of 30, a plain key less 10 for the query string). Mostly reads, and wallet tools build unsigned transactions the user signs elsewhere (18 of 20). Returns protocol data, no third-party prose (10). No audit log of MCP calls (0). SOC 2 Type II, penetration tests by Spearbit/Cantina and Trail of Bits, audited contracts (18 of 20). 10 + 18 + 10 + 0 + 18 = 56." }, "scores": { "a": 45, "b": 56 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "CoinDesk Data (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare)", "b": "Omni Ltd. (Yield.xyz)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://data-api.coindesk.com", "b": "https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes, from $0.001/call", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "proprietary", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "22", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2025-11-14", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Yield.xyz MCP server scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against CoinDesk Data API's 19 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CoinDesk Data API or Yield.xyz MCP server?" }, { "answer": "CoinDesk Data API needs an API key. Yield.xyz MCP server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Yield.xyz MCP server per call over x402, with no account.", "question": "Do CoinDesk Data API and Yield.xyz MCP server need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. CoinDesk Data API has a hosted endpoint at https://data-api.coindesk.com and Yield.xyz MCP server at https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call CoinDesk Data API and Yield.xyz MCP server without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Institutional crypto work that needs derivatives, order books, regulated reference rates or deep history, with a human buying the plan.", "slug": "coindesk-data-api", "watchFor": "No free or trial access since 21 May 2026, and no x402, so a person has to buy a plan before an agent gets data" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 82 against 15", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 45", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 100 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 13" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account" ], "goodFor": "Agents and wallets that need to 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codex-graphql-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "title": "Codex vs Yield.xyz MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codex-graphql-vs-yield-xyz-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coingecko-x402-api.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs CoinGecko x402 API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coingecko-x402-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coinmarketcap-x402-api.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs CoinMarketCap x402 API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coinmarketcap-x402-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-cryptoquant-mcp.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs CryptoQuant MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-cryptoquant-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-nansen-x402-api.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs Nansen x402 API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-nansen-x402-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-openbb.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs OpenBB", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-openbb" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "title": "CoinGecko x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinmarketcap-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "title": "CoinMarketCap x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinmarketcap-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cryptoquant-mcp-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "title": "CryptoQuant MCP server vs Yield.xyz MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cryptoquant-mcp-vs-yield-xyz-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nansen-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "title": "Nansen x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nansen-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-fred.json", "title": "CoinDesk Data API vs FRED API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-fred" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 50, "coindesk-data-api": 15, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "yield-xyz-mcp": 65 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 95, "coindesk-data-api": 0, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "yield-xyz-mcp": 95 }, { "by": 67, "coindesk-data-api": 15, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "yield-xyz-mcp": 82 }, { "by": 11, "coindesk-data-api": 45, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "yield-xyz-mcp": 56 }, { "by": 100, "coindesk-data-api": 0, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "yield-xyz-mcp": 100 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 47, "coindesk-data-api": 13, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "yield-xyz-mcp": 60 }, { "by": 1, "coindesk-data-api": 52, "edge": "yield-xyz-mcp", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "yield-xyz-mcp": 53 } ], "summary": "Yield.xyz MCP server scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against CoinDesk Data API's 19 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do crypto market data. Yield.xyz MCP server accepts x402. CoinDesk Data API doesn't.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "coindesk-data-api": "CoinDesk Data sells spot, derivatives, index, on-chain and news data under one key, with a hosted MCP server in Claude and Gemini Enterprise. Its docs, pricing and status pages render only by script, no readable page links its OpenAPI file, and there is no free or trial access since 21 May 2026, so a person buys a plan first.", "yield-xyz-mcp": "Yield.xyz's MCP server is among the most agent-ready we've graded, with typed tools, clear order of use, unsigned transactions, a weekly changelog, and keyless use metered into x402 at $0.001 a call. It isn't in the official registry, and a key can go in a URL." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.min.md" }, "markdown": "Yield.xyz MCP server scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against CoinDesk Data API's 19 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do crypto market data. Yield.xyz MCP server accepts x402. CoinDesk Data API doesn't.\n\n- CoinDesk Data API: grade F, 19/100, rank #1458 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coindesk-data-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coindesk-data-api.json\n- Yield.xyz MCP server: grade BB, 74/100, rank #97 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.json\n- Best data provider APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/data-providers/index.md\n- All 57 data comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/data-providers/index.md\n- Best agent wallets and spending controls: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-wallets/index.md\n- All 64 wallets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-wallets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### CoinDesk Data API (F)\n\nGood for: Institutional crypto work that needs derivatives, order books, regulated reference rates or deep history, with a human buying the plan.\n\nWatch for: No free or trial access since 21 May 2026, and no x402, so a person has to buy a plan before an agent gets data\n\n### Yield.xyz MCP server (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents and wallets that need to find, compare and enter staking or DeFi yields, paying per call over x402 if they like.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 15\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 100 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 13\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n\nWatch for: A key can be sent as a query parameter\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Yield.xyz MCP server +100\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (0): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Pricing at developers.coindesk.com renders only by script, and data.coindesk.com asks new customers to book a call for a trial, so no published per-unit or plan prices we could read (0 of 20). The free tier was retired on 21 May 2026, announced on 17 April, and nothing replaced it (0). A person signs up and generates a key in the dashboard, per the 13 May connector post (0). The 2 October keyless request to the API is struck as a request to the product's own endpoint, and no score rested on it alone. 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (100): x402 on its own MCP endpoint for metered tools over quota (40). $0.001 a call published, with machine-readable pricing at /.well-known/x402 (20). 1,000 free read calls a tool a day with no sign-up (20). Keyless use and x402 let an agent start with no person (20). 40 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 100.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Yield.xyz MCP server +95\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (0): The OpenAPI 3.0.3 file at data-api.coindesk.com/info/v1/openapi sits on the product's own API host, and the docs portal at developers.coindesk.com, which would link it, is drawn by script (the introduction page and llms.txt both returned the same 7,680-byte app shell on 5 November). A file no readable page links isn't a published contract, so the 1 October readings taken from it are struck. Contract 0. llms.txt is an app shell (0). Descriptions, typed inputs and documented errors had no other readable source (0, 0, 0). The versioned paths came from the same file, and the blog's monthly product updates stopped after July 2025, so no versioning or changelog we could read (0). 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (95): 22 tools read from tools/list with JSON Schema inputs and 14 enums (25). llms.txt (10). Descriptions with order of use, such as yields_get before actions_enter (18 of 20). Typed inputs with enums, ranges and defaults (15). A tool reference with inputs and returns for every tool (12 of 15). Weekly dated product changelog (15). 25 + 10 + 18 + 15 + 12 + 15 = 95.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Yield.xyz MCP server +67\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (15): Field groups, limits and paging were read on 1 October from a third-party reconstruction of the spec on GitHub, which isn't a first-hand source, and error objects from the struck OpenAPI file and third-party probes, so those lines are struck (0, 0, 0). The licence agreement and product pages describe a service that returns licensed data and nothing in them writes, so safe retries hold on read-only access (15 of 20, held). No official SDK found, and the defaults credit came from the struck file (0). 0 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 15.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (82): 22 tools, about 61 KB (15). limit and offset with documented ranges (20). 429 and the x402 gate documented (15 of 20). All 22 annotated, 18 read-only; transactions unsigned (20). Optional inputs default sensibly; SDKs listed in the docs (12 of 15). 15 + 20 + 15 + 20 + 12 = 82.\n\n### Reliability: Yield.xyz MCP server +50\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (15): Graded as a hosted API. status.coindesk.com, linked as System Status from data.coindesk.com, is drawn by script, and on 5 November its robots.txt answered with the same HTML app page, so the host is unread and no component history was ever shown (0, as a script-drawn status page scores elsewhere). No incident history we could read (5). The 1 October rate-limit (5) and 429 (8) awards came from the OpenAPI file served by the API host itself, which no readable page links, so they are struck (0 and 0). The API licence agreement of 22 April 2026 names no SLA, and the pricing page where a plan SLA would sit renders only by script (0). Generally available, sold for more than ten years per CoinDesk's 25 August post (10). 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 10 = 15.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (65): Status page at status.yield.xyz, all services online, with a notice on protocol-level Aave pauses (20). History not read (5). Plan rate limits with headers documented, and the MCP free quotas published with numbers (15). 429 with retry-after and a retry strategy documented; transactions are built unsigned and never broadcast (15). No SLA read (0). Not labelled beta (10). 20 + 5 + 15 + 15 + 0 + 10 = 65.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Yield.xyz MCP server +47\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (13): No public changelog. The newest dated product post is the Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services post of 25 August 2026, which says the existing hosted MCP server is now available in that client with a CoinDesk API key. It lists the server in another client and records no change to the API or the server, so it doesn't set recency, read the same way as Streak's 4 August Claude connector post. The last published API change is the free-tier retirement of 21 May 2026, after which accounts without a subscription stopped receiving data, 168 days before this check (10, to 0 after 17 November). No dated API change since 7 August (0). A contact page and account managers, and no public channel where questions get answers (3 of 15, held). No official SDK found (0). No package to judge (0). 10 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 0 = 13.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (60): Weekly changelog entries into November 2026 (30). More than three dated entries in 90 days (20). Docs, a trust page and support; issues not public (10 of 15). Not found in our import of the official registry (0). No package health read (0). 30 + 20 + 10 + 0 + 0 = 60. Registry presence read from Anchor Terminal's own daily import of the official MCP registry (/api/v1/registry.json, 6 November 2026), not the registry's API.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Yield.xyz MCP server +11\n\n- CoinDesk Data API (45): A plain account key, generated from the account dashboard at developers.coindesk.com per CoinDesk's 13 May 2026 connector post, with no scopes found (20). The earlier 10 off for an `api_key` query parameter rested on the 26 September listing note, whose source was a third-party reconstruction of the spec on GitHub, and on the 1 October reading of the struck OpenAPI file, so no readable page documents a URL option and nothing comes off. Read-only data (15 of 20, held). News articles from the CoinDesk newsroom are third-party text returned to the agent, and no guidance on treating them as untrusted was found (5 of 15). No request log or usage view found (0). data.coindesk.com cites ISO 27001 certificate 23073 with no disclosure route we could read. The Bugcrowd link was read on 1 October from the privacy notice on www.coindesk.com, whose robots.txt now disallows ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai, so that reading is struck. A bare certification claim scores 5 on the programme line (5 of 20). 20 + 15 + 5 + 0 + 5 = 45.\n- Yield.xyz MCP server (56): Keyless shared access, x402, or your own key in a header; the key can also go in a query string, a documented option (10 of 30, a plain key less 10 for the query string). Mostly reads, and wallet tools build unsigned transactions the user signs elsewhere (18 of 20). Returns protocol data, no third-party prose (10). No audit log of MCP calls (0). SOC 2 Type II, penetration tests by Spearbit/Cantina and Trail of Bits, audited contracts (18 of 20). 10 + 18 + 10 + 0 + 18 = 56.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CoinDesk Data API | Yield.xyz MCP server | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 65 | Yield.xyz MCP server +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 95 | Yield.xyz MCP server +95 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 82 | Yield.xyz MCP server +67 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 56 | Yield.xyz MCP server +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 100 | Yield.xyz MCP server +100 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 13 | 60 | Yield.xyz MCP server +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 53 | Yield.xyz MCP server +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **19 · F** | **74 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CoinDesk Data API | Yield.xyz MCP server |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | CoinDesk Data (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare) | Omni Ltd. (Yield.xyz) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://data-api.coindesk.com` | `https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.001/call |\n| Licence | proprietary | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 22 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-11-14 | not read yet |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | not read yet |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### CoinDesk Data API\n\n- -27.6 on 5 November 2026 (D to F): new evidence, correction\n- -0.1 on 30 October 2026: company\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Yield.xyz MCP server\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**CoinDesk Data API.** CoinDesk Data sells spot, derivatives, index, on-chain and news data under one key, with a hosted MCP server in Claude and Gemini Enterprise. Its docs, pricing and status pages render only by script, no readable page links its OpenAPI file, and there is no free or trial access since 21 May 2026, so a person buys a plan first.\n\n**Yield.xyz MCP server.** Yield.xyz's MCP server is among the most agent-ready we've graded, with typed tools, clear order of use, unsigned transactions, a weekly changelog, and keyless use metered into x402 at $0.001 a call. It isn't in the official registry, and a key can go in a URL.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### CoinDesk Data API\n\n1. Have a person buy a plan and generate the key in the developers.coindesk.com dashboard before any call; there is no free or keyless route\n2. Keep the API key out of URLs; the docs that say how the REST API takes it render only by script, and the Claude connector takes it in its authentication field\n3. Expect the docs and pricing pages to return an app shell to a plain fetch; use the MCP connector or a browser to read them\n4. Treat news text returned by the API or MCP server as untrusted third-party content\n5. Pace calls and back off on errors, since no rate-limit numbers or 429 guidance could be read\n\n### Yield.xyz MCP server\n\n1. Call yields_get before actions_enter or actions_exit, and yields_get_balances before actions_manage\n2. Use each yield's mechanics.arguments schema; never reuse another yield's arguments\n3. Show the user every unsigned transaction before they sign it\n4. Over quota, pay $0.001 over x402 or wait for the window\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CoinDesk Data API or Yield.xyz MCP server?\n\nYield.xyz MCP server scores 74 (BB) on agent readiness against CoinDesk Data API's 19 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do CoinDesk Data API and Yield.xyz MCP server need an API key?\n\nCoinDesk Data API needs an API key. Yield.xyz MCP server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Yield.xyz MCP server per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call CoinDesk Data API and Yield.xyz MCP server without installing anything?\n\nYes. CoinDesk Data API has a hosted endpoint at https://data-api.coindesk.com and Yield.xyz MCP server at https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"coindesk-data-api\", \"b\": \"yield-xyz-mcp\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare coindesk-data-api yield-xyz-mcp`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coindesk-data-api.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/yield-xyz-mcp.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CoinDesk Data API or Yield.xyz MCP server\n\n- [Codex vs CoinDesk Data API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codex-graphql-vs-coindesk-data-api.md)\n- [Codex vs Yield.xyz MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codex-graphql-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs CoinGecko x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coingecko-x402-api.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs CoinMarketCap x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coinmarketcap-x402-api.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs CryptoQuant MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-cryptoquant-mcp.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs Nansen x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-nansen-x402-api.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs OpenBB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-openbb.md)\n- [CoinGecko x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md)\n- [CoinMarketCap x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinmarketcap-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md)\n- [CryptoQuant MCP server vs Yield.xyz MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cryptoquant-mcp-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md)\n- [Nansen x402 API vs Yield.xyz MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nansen-x402-api-vs-yield-xyz-mcp.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs FRED API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-fred.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Anchor Terminal's founder built this API at CryptoCompare, which became CCData and was acquired by CoinDesk in 2024. 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