# Bitcompare MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fio.github.bitcompare%2Fmcp-server
Registry id: `mcp-registry/io.github.bitcompare/mcp-server`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-26T20:13:52.610Z)

## Verdict

Bitcompare MCP server answered 99.91% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 30% of MCP servers, with 1675 ms median handshake and 9 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (95/100) across 21 tools, costing an agent about 3,098 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 99.91% | 30% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 1675 ms | 8% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 4310 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 4,847 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 9 | — |
| Median recovery | 4 min | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 95/100 (A) | 80% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 21 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~3,098 tokens | 45% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 29 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitcompare-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.bitcompare.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http bitcompare-mcp-server https://api.bitcompare.net/mcp
```

## Tools (31)

- `coin_history`: Historical price timeseries for a coin. (Current plan: up to 1825 days of history.)
- `fear_greed_index`: Current Fear & Greed index value and historical trend.
- `get_coin`: Full metadata for a coin: description, links, categories, market data, developer stats.
- `get_coin_history`: Get historical price data for a specific coin.
- `get_coin_markets`: Get market data for a specific coin.
- `get_coin_metadata`: Get metadata for a specific coin.
- `get_global_market_stats`: Get global market statistics including total market cap, dominance, Fear & Greed Index, and 24h top movers.
- `get_price`: Current aggregated price for one or more symbols, computed from multiple exchange feeds.
- `get_price_by_symbol`: Aggregated exchange price for one symbol, plus the raw per-provider prices that fed the aggregate. Use get_price for multiple symbols in one call.
- `get_prices`: Get aggregated exchange prices with median and outlier filtering.
- `get_rate_by_symbol`: Fetch all provider rates for a specific coin symbol. Optionally filter by category — pass category="lending"/"borrowing"/"staking" for yield questions, since un
- `get_rate_changes`: The immutable rate-change log: every material yield move with full provenance (previous rate, raw value, multiplier, collection method, confidence, base/bonus s
- `get_rate_history`: Historical rate timeseries for a symbol. Recent history (~30 days) is per-tick; older history is daily granularity. Depth is clamped to your plan (up to 365 day
- `get_rates`: List current rates across providers, optionally filtered by symbol, category, or provider. For "what is the best yield on BTC right now?" style questions, ALWAY
- `get_similar_coins`: Get coins similar to a given coin.
- `get_stablecoin_drift`: Get historical peg drift for a stablecoin.
- `get_stablecoin_pegs`: Get stablecoin peg deviation leaderboard.
- `get_stablecoin_yields`: Get yield comparison for stablecoins.
- `get_top_coins`: Get top coins by market cap.
- `list_coins`: Paginated list of coins with optional name/symbol search.
- `list_earn_products`: The canonical earn product graph: products (provider × asset × category) with their term variants — lockups, tiers, minimum deposits, payout schedules, withdraw
- `list_providers`: All rate providers, optionally filtered by product category.
- `market_summary`: One-call summary of total market cap, 24h volume, BTC/ETH dominance, and recent trend.
- `resolve_symbol`: Map an exchange-specific or ambiguous symbol to bitcompare's canonical coin id. Useful when an exchange uses a non-standard ticker.
- `resolve_symbols_batch`: Resolve up to 100 symbols in a single request. Requires a plan with bulk endpoints enabled.
- `similar_coins`: Coins related to the given coin by category/sector similarity.
- `stablecoin_earn_benchmark`: The Bitcompare Earn Index for stablecoins: median USDC/USDT lending APY across servable providers, with CeFi/DeFi splits, TVL-weighted variant, deltas, and an i
- `stablecoin_index`: Ranked stablecoin leaderboard with stability scores, peg deviation, and market cap.
- `stablecoin_peg_stability`: Peg deviation history and stability stats for a stablecoin.
- `top_coins`: Top N coins ordered by market capitalisation.
- `top_movers`: Biggest 24h gainers and losers within a rank segment.

Measured by Glimind (https://glimind.com): MCP handshake + tool list only, no tool is ever called. CC BY 4.0.