Description
BlackForge is a specialized crypto market-data API designed to provide real-time, granular insights into spot market microstructure. It streams live order-book and trade data from major spot exchanges, including Binance, Bybit, OKX, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin, Bitget, Gate, and MEXC. This raw data is then processed into over 150 unique measurement columns per pair, offering comprehensive details on volume, trade flow, order-book depth bands and ladders, book churn, new listings, and market context.
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The platform caters to two primary user groups: human analysts and autonomous AI agents. Humans can access and visualize the data through a user-friendly dashboard, which offers various plans from free to Ultra, scaling in granularity, history window, and available columns. Autonomous agents, on the other hand, can query the data via a single pay-per-call endpoint utilizing the x402 protocol (HTTP 402 Payment Required). This innovative payment model allows agents to settle USDC micropayments on the Base network for each data request, eliminating the need for accounts, API keys, or subscriptions.
BlackForge's core value proposition lies in its ability to standardize and enrich raw market data from disparate exchanges into a consistent, actionable format. It captures every pair on covered venues, including long-tail assets, and tracks new listings from their first trade. The measurements provided are raw and objective, explicitly stating they are not trade calls or financial advice. The data is streamed live, with the finest granularity reaching one-minute old bars for Ultra and pay-per-call users, ensuring near real-time insights.
Key capabilities include detailed order-book analysis (depth bands, order ladders), liquidity dynamics (book churn, liquidity added/removed), and trade execution insights (taker buy/sell volume, outsized trades). The platform also offers a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI agents, a command-line interface (CLI), and an agent skill for plain-language market-data queries. All plans, including the free tier, include CSV export, CLI access, and the agent skill. BlackForge focuses exclusively on spot markets, with derivatives not currently covered.
- CategoryAI Trading & Investing Tools
- Pricing ModelFreemium
- DeploymentCloud
- PlatformsWeb
BlackForge's Core Features
Live order-book and trade data streaming
150+ measurement columns per crypto pair
Covers major spot exchanges: Binance, Bybit, OKX, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin, Bitget, Gate, MEXC
Supports 14,000+ crypto pairs, including long-tail assets
Real-time data consolidation and measurement
Dashboard access for human users
Pay-per-call x402 endpoint for autonomous AI agents
USDC micropayments on Base for agent access (no account/API key needed)
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI agents
Command-line interface (CLI) for data access
Agent skill for plain-language market-data queries
CSV export available on all plans
Built-in agent for dashboard data queries
Granular data history windows (from 2 weeks to full archive)
Tracks new listings from their first trade
How to use BlackForge?
Access Dashboard (Humans): Create an account to start on the free plan and access the dashboard.
Upgrade Plan (Humans): Self-serve upgrade to paid plans (Pro, Max, Ultra) from the console for more features and data granularity.
Install Agent Tools (Agents): Install the MCP server with `npx -y @blackforge-so/mcp` or the CLI with `npx -y @blackforge-so/cli`.
Query Data (Agents): Make an HTTP request to the x402 endpoint; receive a price, settle USDC micropayment on Base, and get data.
Ask Questions (Agents): Use the agent skill with plain-language queries for market data, powered by the MCP.
BlackForge's Use Cases
- Crypto Market Analysis
- Algorithmic Trading Strategies
- Liquidity Research
- New Listing Tracking
- Dashboard Visualization
- Automated Data Querying
- Market Microstructure Study
- Historical Data Backtesting
