Crypto Market Data Tracker

Capture a clean, current cryptocurrency market snapshot for finance dashboards, recurring data pipelines, portfolio research, and market monitoring. The Actor uses CoinGecko's free public API, needs no API key, and writes one dataset record per coin.

What it does

• Fetches the top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, or a custom list of CoinGecko coin IDs.
• Captures live price, market cap, 24-hour volume, supply, high/low, all-time high, and 1-hour/24-hour/7-day changes.
• Supports quote currencies such as usd, eur, and gbp.
• Retries transient failures and waits 15 seconds before retrying an HTTP 429 response.
• Charges the pay-per-event result event once for each stored coin when monetization is configured.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
coinIds	string array	[]	CoinGecko IDs such as bitcoin and ethereum. Empty means top coins by market cap.
vsCurrency	string	usd	Quote currency for price and market values.
maxCoins	integer	100	Maximum results, from 1 to 250.

Default input:

{
  "coinIds": [],
  "vsCurrency": "usd",
  "maxCoins": 100
}

Custom-list example:

{
  "coinIds": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
  "vsCurrency": "usd",
  "maxCoins": 3
}

Output

Each dataset item has this shape:

{
  "id": "bitcoin",
  "symbol": "btc",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "priceUsd": 118000,
  "marketCap": 2340000000000,
  "marketCapRank": 1,
  "volume24h": 58000000000,
  "change1hPct": 0.15,
  "change24hPct": 1.9,
  "change7dPct": 4.2,
  "high24h": 119000,
  "low24h": 115000,
  "circulatingSupply": 19890000,
  "ath": 122000,
  "athChangePct": -3.3,
  "lastUpdated": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "vsCurrency": "usd"
}

priceUsd contains CoinGecko's current_price in the selected vsCurrency; the field name is kept stable so downstream schemas do not change between runs. Market cap, volume, high/low, and ATH values also use the selected quote currency.

Data source and cost

This Actor calls the public CoinGecko /api/v3/coins/markets endpoint directly with native fetch. It uses no paid proxy and requires no API key.

How to use Crypto Market Data Tracker

1. Open Crypto Market Data Tracker on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Fill in the input (the form is prefilled with a working example) and click Start.
3. Watch results appear in the Output tab, then download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.
4. Optional: save the input as a task and add a schedule to run it automatically, or connect it to your tools with integrations and webhooks.

Use Crypto Market Data Tracker with AI agents (MCP)

Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client this Actor as a tool through the hosted Apify MCP server. The agent sees the input fields with descriptions and example values, runs the Actor, and reads the results.

MCP server URL (this Actor only):

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker

Claude Code:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker" --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and other clients (mcp.json or the client's MCP settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Clients that support sign-in (such as Claude.ai connectors) can use the URL without a token and log in to Apify instead. Get your token in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations, or generate a ready config for your client at mcp.apify.com. In the agent the tool is named technicaldost--crypto-market-data-tracker; ask it, for example, to "run Crypto Market Data Tracker with {"coinIds": [], "vsCurrency": "usd", "maxCoins": 100}".

AI agents without an Apify account can also run and pay for this Actor per request with x402 agentic payments.

Run Crypto Market Data Tracker via API

Run the Actor and get its results in one call (replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/technicaldost~crypto-market-data-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"coinIds": [], "vsCurrency": "usd", "maxCoins": 100}'

Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker").call(run_input={"coinIds": [], "vsCurrency": "usd", "maxCoins": 100})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / TypeScript (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker').call({"coinIds": [], "vsCurrency": "usd", "maxCoins": 100});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Long runs: start them with POST /v2/acts/technicaldost~crypto-market-data-tracker/runs and fetch the dataset when the run finishes, or receive a webhook.

Integrations

Crypto Market Data Tracker works with Make, Zapier, n8n, LangChain, Google Sheets, Slack, GitHub and webhooks. Schedule runs in Apify Console and send new results straight to your apps, spreadsheets or AI pipelines.

FAQ

Can I use Crypto Market Data Tracker with AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Connect the Apify MCP server with ?tools=technicaldost/crypto-market-data-tracker (see above) and the agent can run the Actor and read its results on its own.

Can I call Crypto Market Data Tracker from my own code?

Yes. Use the REST API, or the official Python and JavaScript clients shown above. Results are available as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

How do I run it on a schedule?

Save your input as a task in Apify Console and add a schedule (for example, daily). Use webhooks or integrations to send each run's results onward.

Is it legal to use this Actor?

It works with publicly available data. Make sure your use complies with the source website's terms and with data protection laws such as GDPR, especially for personal data.

Something doesn't work or I need a feature. What should I do?

Open an issue in the Issues tab on this Actor's page with an example input, and we'll look into it.