Paid API for Crypto Market Structure

Real-time microstructure signals for agents and trading tools.

DripMetrics gives you machine-readable crypto market metrics on demand. Query by market, exchange, and window. Pay per request instead of buying a full data platform subscription.

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Supported windows: 30m and 1h. Price: $0.05 per metric request.

What You Get

Built for fast, machine-consumable market intelligence.

On-demand metrics

Pull metrics by market, exchange, and time window as needed.

Simple JSON

Responses are structured for agents, dashboards, and automation.

Per-request pricing

Pay for the exact metric calls you use instead of a platform seat.

Free discovery

Use the catalog endpoint to inspect supported metrics and parameters.

Metrics

Available signals

vpin

Volume-synchronized probability of informed trading.

kyle-lambda

Price impact per unit of signed order flow.

beta

Asset beta versus the exchange benchmark BTC pair.

order-flow-hhi

Concentration of signed order flow across short intervals.

historical-volatility

Annualized realized volatility from log returns.

cvd

Cumulative signed trade volume.

buy-sell-volume-imbalance

Net buy versus sell volume as a normalized imbalance.

signed-dollar-volume

Net signed notional traded over the window.

trade-intensity

Trade arrival rate over the observed window.

average-trade-size

Mean trade size over the observed window.

large-trade-share

Share of activity attributable to the largest trades in the window.

realized-vol

Non-annualized realized volatility from intrawindow returns.

amihud-illiquidity

Price move per unit of traded dollar volume.

vwap

Volume-weighted average price.

vwap-deviation

Distance between the latest trade price and VWAP.

momentum

Window return from first observed price to last observed price.

reversal

Signed opposite of the window return.

drawdown

Maximum peak-to-trough loss observed within the window.

downside-semivolatility

Volatility computed from only negative intrawindow returns.

rolling-correlation

Correlation of returns versus the exchange benchmark BTC pair.

vol-of-vol

Variability of short rolling volatility within the window.

roll-spread

Effective spread proxy inferred from lagged price-change covariance.

Coverage

Supported exchanges

  • Binance: BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT
  • Coinbase: BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD

Endpoints

Simple API surface

  • GET /
  • GET /health
  • GET /catalog
  • GET /metrics/:metricName

Examples

API requests

Catalog
curl "https://api.dripmetrics.ai/catalog"
VWAP
curl "https://api.dripmetrics.ai/metrics/vwap?exchange=binance&pair=BTCUSDT&window=30m"
Historical Volatility
curl "https://api.dripmetrics.ai/metrics/historical-volatility?exchange=coinbase&pair=ETH-USD&window=1h"

Paid metric endpoints are intended for an x402-aware client that can satisfy payment requirements and retry with the required payment headers.