Herald

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What the news, builders and the crowd are saying right now.

Herald keeps agents current. It merges the public feeds of five crypto newsrooms (CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, The Block and Bitcoin Magazine) into one deduplicated, keyword-filtered list of headlines; searches Hacker News for what builders are discussing, with points and comment counts; and reads public Bluesky posts on any topic, scoring each one's sentiment and the overall mood weighted by reach. Every item links to its source, and a call fails without charge if no source can be reached.

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Crypto Headlines

Latest headlines from five crypto newsrooms, filtered by keywords and deduplicated, newest first.

0.003 USDG / call

paid per call · no gas for the buyer

Buyers · 30d: 0
Paid calls · 30d: 0
Last paid call: none yet
Uptime · 30d: no data yet
Rating: no ratings yet

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Input

query: optional string (every word must match)
hours: optional number (1 to 168, default 24)
limit: optional number (1 to 30, default 10)

Output

articles: { title, url, published, summary, source }[]
sources: { source, ok, items }[]

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Input (JSON)Per-call cap (USDG)Set it below 0.003 USDG to watch the policy block the payment.

Free calls take small inputs and need no wallet. Paid calls below have no limit.

I understand this is a real 0.003 USDG payment in USDG on mainnet (chain 4663), signed by my wallet, and that payments are final.

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call via SDK

const { output, receipt } = await circuit.call(
  "herald/crypto-news",
  {
    query: "stablecoin",
    hours: 72,
    limit: 3
  },
);

example response

{
  "query": "stablecoin",
  "hours": 72,
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031",
      "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/05/1-2-billion-apac-consumers-could-adopt-stablecoins-by-2031-according-to-visa",
      "published": "2026-10-10T03:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Visa’s survey of 14,250 people found interest in stablecoin payments is growing, though only 6% of respondents correctly understood how they work.",
      "source": "CoinDesk"
    },
    {
      "title": "Base creator Jesse Pollak says equities and non-dollar stablecoins will lead upcoming ‘tokenization supercycle’",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-10-09-tokenization-supercycle-base-jesse-pollak-418144",
      "published": "2026-10-09T13:12:57.000Z",
      "summary": "Coinbase launched tokenized stocks on Base six weeks ago, with about $70 million to $100 million in daily volume, according to Pollak.",
      "source": "The Block"
    },
    {
      "title": "French lawmakers back stablecoin swap tax in 2027 budget bill",
      "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/france-crypto-stablecoin-swap-tax-2027-budget?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound",
      "published": "2026-10-09T10:16:48.000Z",
      "summary": "France’s Finance Committee backed taxes on stablecoin swaps, as well as unrealized crypto gains when households with more than 800,000 euros move abroad.",
      "source": "Cointelegraph"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "source": "CoinDesk",
      "ok": true,
      "items": 25
    },
    {
      "source": "Cointelegraph",
      "ok": true,
      "items": 30
    },
    {
      "source": "Decrypt",
      "ok": true,
      "items": 38
    },
    {
      "source": "The Block",
      "ok": true,
      "items": 20
    },
    {
      "source": "Bitcoin Magazine",
      "ok": true,
      "items": 10
    }
  ]
}

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herald/hn-searchlive

Hacker News Search

Hacker News stories on a topic with points, comment counts and discussion links.

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Buyers · 30d: 0
Paid calls · 30d: 0
Last paid call: none yet
Uptime · 30d: no data yet
Rating: no ratings yet

Live on mainnet. Each call is paid in USDG and settles on-chain before the result is released.

Input

query: string
sort: relevance | date (default relevance)
days: optional number (1 to 3650, default 30)
minPoints: optional number
limit: optional number (1 to 30, default 10)

Output

stories: { title, url, discussion, points, comments, author, created }[]

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Input (JSON)Per-call cap (USDG)Set it below 0.002 USDG to watch the policy block the payment.

Free calls take small inputs and need no wallet. Paid calls below have no limit.

I understand this is a real 0.002 USDG payment in USDG on mainnet (chain 4663), signed by my wallet, and that payments are final.

Try it free first, or connect your wallet, confirm and pay. A paid call shows the 402 quote, the policy and balance checks, your signature, the result and the settlement transaction.

Payments are signed by your wallet and settle on-chain. You are responsible for every payment you sign. Terms

call via SDK

const { output, receipt } = await circuit.call(
  "herald/hn-search",
  {
    query: "x402",
    sort: "relevance",
    days: 365,
    limit: 3
  },
);

example response

{
  "query": "x402",
  "stories": [
    {
      "title": "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/monetization-gateway/",
      "discussion": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746914",
      "points": 355,
      "comments": 251,
      "author": "soheilpro",
      "created": "2026-07-01T13:59:13.000Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "X402, a static blog monetization excercise",
      "url": "https://shtein.me/posts/x402-poc/",
      "discussion": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48802885",
      "points": 47,
      "comments": 38,
      "author": "morty28",
      "created": "2026-07-06T10:37:58.000Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Show HN: X402vps – Docker containers for AI agents, paid per hour with USDC",
      "url": "https://x402vps.com",
      "discussion": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034474",
      "points": 14,
      "comments": 0,
      "author": "z1z2z3",
      "created": "2026-07-24T12:15:44.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "source": "Hacker News"
}

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herald/social-searchlive

Social Pulse

Public Bluesky posts on a topic with engagement, per-post sentiment and a reach-weighted mood.

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paid per call · no gas for the buyer

Buyers · 30d: 0
Paid calls · 30d: 0
Last paid call: none yet
Uptime · 30d: no data yet
Rating: no ratings yet

Live on mainnet. Each call is paid in USDG and settles on-chain before the result is released.

Input

query: string
sort: top | latest (default top)
limit: optional number (1 to 25, default 15)

Output

posts: { text, author, name, likes, reposts, replies, created, url, sentiment }[]
mood: { label, score, counts } | null

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real payment · USDG

Input (JSON)Per-call cap (USDG)Set it below 0.003 USDG to watch the policy block the payment.

Free calls take small inputs and need no wallet. Paid calls below have no limit.

I understand this is a real 0.003 USDG payment in USDG on mainnet (chain 4663), signed by my wallet, and that payments are final.

Try it free first, or connect your wallet, confirm and pay. A paid call shows the 402 quote, the policy and balance checks, your signature, the result and the settlement transaction.

Payments are signed by your wallet and settle on-chain. You are responsible for every payment you sign. Terms

call via SDK

const { output, receipt } = await circuit.call(
  "herald/social-search",
  {
    query: "ethereum developers",
    sort: "top",
    limit: 3
  },
);

example response

{
  "query": "ethereum developers",
  "posts": [
    {
      "text": "Ethereum Foundation is working on its 2026 AI roadmap, aiming to be a global decentralized platform for AI. Davide Crapis noted growing community support for ERC-8004 and x402 protocols as neutral norms for agentic commerce and seeks input from app developers.",
      "author": "nozbitexchange.bsky.social",
      "name": "NOZBIT",
      "likes": 68,
      "reposts": 0,
      "replies": 0,
      "created": "2025-11-14T05:19:22.357Z",
      "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/nozbitexchange.bsky.social/post/3m5kwlylbcc2i",
      "sentiment": "neutral"
    },
    {
      "text": "Blockchain familiarity: Bitcoin, then Ethereum, then Solana.\nRole categories: Finance (largest), Engineering, Trading — with Stablecoins, AI, Security and Compliance also in the top 10.\nSpecialist roles holding up: protocol developers, compliance leads, quantitative traders.",
      "author": "mahisingh969631.bsky.social",
      "name": "Mahi",
      "likes": 6,
      "reposts": 0,
      "replies": 0,
      "created": "2026-10-05T03:37:32.511Z",
      "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/mahisingh969631.bsky.social/post/3mx3yh4lgps27",
      "sentiment": "neutral"
    }
  ],
  "mood": {
    "label": "neutral",
    "score": 0,
    "counts": {
      "bullish": 0,
      "neutral": 2,
      "bearish": 0
    }
  },
  "source": "Bluesky"
}

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