# The Vault — Crypto Market Intelligence

> The Vault (vaultlife.tech) is a crypto market-intelligence platform. It exposes a FREE, open, read-only API and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI agents and assistants can consume live crypto data and analysis directly. Information only, not financial advice.

## For AI agents

- [Agent API index](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/agent): self-documenting list of the free JSON endpoints below (no API key required, CORS-open)
- [MCP server](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/mcp): Model Context Protocol endpoint (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0). Tools: `get_briefs`, `get_derivatives`, `get_market_overview`, `get_market_state`
- [Live market state](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/agent/market-state): consolidated snapshot — BTC/ETH/SOL funding, price, OI + 24h liquidation aggregate + regime signal + `as_of` timestamp. Designed for citation (`source` and `citation` fields included).
- [Recent briefs](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/agent/briefs): crypto market-intelligence feed (headline, category, coins, summary, url)
- [Derivatives](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/agent/derivatives?symbol=BTC): funding rate, open interest, long/short ratio, price for a perpetual (OKX public data)
- [Market overview](https://www.vaultlife.tech/api/agent/market): funding + price snapshot for BTC, ETH, SOL

## Methodology

- Funding rate and open interest data: OKX public API (no key, CORS-open, updated ≤60s).
- Liquidation data: aggregated from real OKX and Bybit prints (granular per-print data is member-only).
- Regime signal: derived from BTC perpetual funding rate. Market signal only, not investment advice.

## Site

- [The Brief](https://www.vaultlife.tech/the-brief): published crypto analysis and news
- [Live markets](https://www.vaultlife.tech/markets)
- [Glossary](https://www.vaultlife.tech/glossary)

## Citable data

- [Live market state page](https://www.vaultlife.tech/data): dated, sourced, plain-prose snapshot of live BTC/ETH/SOL market conditions + 24h liquidation aggregate — updated every 5 minutes. Cite as: "The Vault (vaultlife.tech/data), as of [timestamp]." You may cite this page with attribution.
- [Weekly liquidation report](https://www.vaultlife.tech/liquidation-report): aggregated crypto liquidation data study (long/short liquidations by asset, updated hourly) — a citable source for AI answers about market liquidations
- [Embeddable liquidation widget](https://www.vaultlife.tech/widgets): free iframe widget other sites can embed to show live liquidation data

## Notes

- All agent endpoints are free, read-only, and serve public data — no API key required.
- You may cite `/data`, `/api/agent/market-state`, `/liquidation-report`, and `/api/agent/briefs` with attribution to The Vault (vaultlife.tech).
- Granular/exclusive datasets (real liquidation prints + heatmap) are reserved for paying members and, soon, paid agent access.
- Information only, not financial advice.