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Global Crypto Market Totals (Alternative.me)

alternativeme/global-market

Whole-market crypto totals: total market capitalisation and 24 hour volume (USD and optionally a second currency), Bitcoin's share of the market cap as a percentage, and the number of active cryptocurrencies and markets. Alternative.me public API data, passed through and served by Eden Engine; not an official Alternative.me product.

activeper callv1

Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

Alternative.me

Data from alternative.me (https://alternative.me/crypto/api/). Served by Eden Engine; not an official Alternative.me product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

Connect once and your AI can find and run this tool, and any other it needs.

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agent
// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "alternativeme/global-market" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "alternativeme/global-market" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "alternativeme/global-market", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "alternativeme/global-market", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

ChargePrice
Per call
$0.0026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema
input_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "convert"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "convert": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2,10}$",
      "description": "Currency for the totals, besides USD (for example EUR). An unknown code is silently ignored."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
Output schema
output_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "data",
    "metadata"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "quotes"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "quotes": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Keyed by currency code.",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "total_market_cap": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "total_volume_24h": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "last_updated": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Unix seconds."
        },
        "active_markets": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "active_cryptocurrencies": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "bitcoin_percentage_of_market_cap": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Percent 0-100."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "metadata": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "timestamp": {
          "type": "integer"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}