# Crypto Prices

> Skill `crypto` on Faro. 4 sub-skills.

Retrieves current prices, market data, and historical rates for cryptocurrencies. Covers thousands of coins and tokens with live spot quotes, 24-hour statistics, market cap, volume, and full price history. Use for portfolio snapshots, research, or tracking how any asset has moved over time.

**Category:** Finance & Markets  
**Tags:** crypto, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, prices, market-data  
**Use when:** You need a live, accurate crypto market reference instead of a stale guess from training data.  
**Not for:** Placing trades or moving funds, reading a wallet's balance or transactions, NFT floor prices, fiat exchange rates, or investment advice.  
**Returns:** information — Returns market data as structured fields in US dollars, not a downloadable file. Percentage change fields are percentages, not absolute amounts.

## How to run
Skills run through one gateway with your Faro token. Hand it an `intent` in plain language; Faro routes to the right sub-skill, runs it, and bills per call. Raw tools are internal plumbing and are not directly callable.

```
POST https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/crypto/run
Authorization: Bearer faro_<your_key>
Content-Type: application/json

{"intent":{"prompt":"What's Bitcoin trading at right now?"}}
```

Or from the CLI:

```bash
pip install askfaro-cli && askfaro auth login
askfaro run crypto "What's Bitcoin trading at right now?"
```

Full run reference: https://askfaro.com/llms/run.md — Agent recipe: https://askfaro.com/llms/skill.md

## Example requests

- What's Bitcoin trading at right now?
- What are the current prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana?
- How has Bitcoin's price changed over the past year?
- Which token is USDC on Ethereum versus Solana?

## Sub-skills

### Price one asset

Returns the current price, market cap, volume, and 24-hour change for one coin or token.

**Cost:** 0.1 credits / call

**Use when:** You want the live value of a single coin or token right now.

**Details:** https://askfaro.com/llms/skills/crypto/price.md

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### Price several assets

Returns current prices and market data for several coins or tokens in one request.

**Cost:** 0.1 credits / call

**Use when:** You want to price a basket or portfolio without a separate call per coin.

**Details:** https://askfaro.com/llms/skills/crypto/multi_price.md

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### Price history

Returns a coin or token's historical price series over time.

**Cost:** 0.1 credits / call

**Use when:** You want a chart, a past-date price, or to compute returns, highs, lows, or volatility.

**Details:** https://askfaro.com/llms/skills/crypto/history.md

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### Find an asset

Resolves a name, ticker, or contract address to the right coin or token.

**Cost:** 0.1 credits / call

**Use when:** You need to confirm which asset a name or ticker means, or find its chains and contracts.

**Details:** https://askfaro.com/llms/skills/crypto/search.md

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On the web: https://askfaro.com/search/crypto