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Data lags up to 5 minutes.","active_alerts":[{"details":{"sign":"longs_paying","annualized_pct":42.1,"funding_rate_8h":0.00096},"severity":"high","event_type":"funding_extreme","detected_at":"2026-06-30T11:45:00.000Z"}],"current_state":{"read":"BTC: elevated positive funding (10.9% ann.) — longs paying shorts, crowded-long / squeeze risk; 1 active regime alert(s) in the last 2h (funding_extreme). 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I want to know if longs are heavily paying shorts and whether there's any squeeze risk I should be worried about before I open a position."},{"title":"Monitor BTC open interest surge","prompt":"Check the current Bitcoin market state from Kronos — I'm specifically looking at open interest levels right now. Has there been any notable surge in OI, and are there active alerts flagging unusual derivatives activity I should factor into my trade?"},{"title":"Get annualized BTC funding rate snapshot","prompt":"Pull the latest Kronos BTC data for me and give me the current funding rate — both the 8-hour and annualized figures. I want to understand if the funding environment is extreme in either direction and whether there are any active alerts tied to it."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the current BTC-USD market state including: the current funding rate (8h and annualized), open interest, a human-readable regime description, and a list of active alerts (each with event type like 'funding_extreme', severity level, detection timestamp, and details like whether longs or shorts are paying). Data is marked as heuristic and may lag up to 5 minutes.","failureModes":["Payment not included or insufficient — x402 payment required ($0.02 USDC) before data is returned","Data lag — market state may be up to 5 minutes stale","No active alerts — response returns empty active_alerts array when market is quiet","Service unavailable — upstream data feed issues could cause endpoint downtime","Invalid request format — malformed query parameters rejected"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need a quick, structured snapshot of Bitcoin derivatives market conditions — specifically funding rate extremes, open interest levels, and crowded-position regime signals — without building your own data pipeline. Best suited for agents that need a single paid-per-call heuristic signal about BTC market stress rather than a subscription feed or raw exchange data.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T12:48:05.732Z","isFirstParty":false}