Spectre AI is an AI-first market intelligence platform founded in November 2023. It combines real-time on-chain data, AI-driven analysis, social sentiment, news, and non-custodial trading across crypto, equities, commodities, and macro research - not a static dashboard. The UI is an interface on top of an AI agent: users ask questions in natural language and Spectre composes the answer, supporting charts, and when appropriate the trade. Crypto coverage spans 10,000+ tokens across 8 chains. Positioned as a unified alternative to Nansen, DeFiLlama, Dune, CoinGlass, LunarCrush, Messari, and TradingView. Backed by the Google for Startups Scale Tier Program ($200,000 GCP credits), NVIDIA Inception, and Microsoft for Startups. Audited by CertiK and recognised as a CertiK Spotlight Web3 AI Innovator. Officially licensed TradingView partner with a full Advanced Charts licence agreement. Operates an MCP server at mcp.spectreai.io exposing 81 tools to Claude Desktop and ChatGPT.

How much does Spectre AI cost?

Spectre AI offers a Free tier, Pro at $29/mo, Max at $79/mo, and custom Enterprise pricing. Alternatively, token holders get permanent access via $SPECTRE: Starter (500+), Pro (1,000+), and Elite (7,000+).

Which chains does Spectre AI support?

Spectre AI covers Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and Optimism - 8 chains with 50,000+ assets and 10,000+ actively tracked tokens.

Does Spectre AI have an API?

Yes. Spectre AI offers 500+ REST endpoints, WebSocket feeds, an MCP server for AI agents, and x402 micropayments. TypeScript and Python SDKs are available at docs.spectreai.io.

Is Spectre AI token-gated?

Spectre AI is available via both traditional subscription and token-gated access. Holding $SPECTRE unlocks tiered access permanently without recurring subscription. The three tiers are 500, 1,000, and 7,000 $SPECTRE.

Monarch is Spectre's conversational AI analyst. It connects to real-time market data and answers any crypto question with data-backed responses, from token fundamentals to macro analysis.

What is the $SPECTRE token?

$SPECTRE is an ERC-20 utility token on Ethereum (contract: 0x9cf0ed013e67db12ca3af8e7506fe401aa14dad6, symbol SPECTRE) with 10,000,000 total supply. Holding it unlocks three tiers of permanent platform access: Starter (500+ SPECTRE), Pro (1,000+ SPECTRE), and Elite (7,000+ SPECTRE). The contract is audited by CertiK.

What is Spectre AI's MCP server?

Spectre AI's MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at mcp.spectreai.io lets AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini access live cryptocurrency market data, on-chain analytics, news, and sentiment through a standardized protocol. It exposes 81 tools for LLM integration.

What is x402 payment on Spectre AI?

x402 is an HTTP 402-based micropayment protocol that lets developers and AI agents access Spectre AI's API endpoints on a pay-per-request basis using USDC on Base, without traditional API keys. Ideal for autonomous agent integrations.

Is Spectre AI an alternative to Nansen, DeFiLlama, or Dune?

Yes. Spectre AI is built specifically as a unified alternative to Nansen (wallet analytics), DeFiLlama (TVL tracking), Dune (SQL dashboards), CoinGlass (derivatives), LunarCrush (social), and Messari (research). It combines all of these plus AI synthesis, MCP server, and non-custodial trading in one surface.

Is Spectre AI the same as the old Spectre.ai binary options platform?

No. Spectre AI (spectreai.io) is an AI-first market intelligence platform founded in November 2023 and is completely unrelated to the defunct Spectre.ai binary options and forex platform from 2017, which ceased operations. Reviews on sites such as 55brokers.com, investormoney.com, and older Trustpilot entries describe that legacy platform, not the current Spectre AI. Our official domain is spectreai.io, our official token is $SPECTRE on Ethereum at contract 0x9cf0ed013e67db12ca3af8e7506fe401aa14dad6, and our official X/Twitter is @Spectre__AI.

Is Spectre AI related to spectre.uk.com?

No. spectre.uk.com is a UK-based software company called Spectre Ltd that builds instruction generation tools for industrial and training use cases. It has no corporate, product, or team overlap with Spectre AI (spectreai.io). The two companies share a similar name but are entirely separate entities.

Is Spectre AI regulated?

Spectre AI operates as a non-custodial market intelligence and analytics platform. It does not hold user funds, does not act as a broker, exchange, or custodian, and does not require a financial services license in jurisdictions where it operates. All trading executes through the user's self-custodied wallet via Privy embedded wallets and aggregators (Jupiter on Solana, 0x on EVM chains). Spectre AI is not affiliated with any regulated entity named 'Spectre' on the FCA register or other regulator databases.

What is the official $SPECTRE token contract?

The official $SPECTRE token is an ERC-20 on Ethereum mainnet at contract address 0x9cf0ed013e67db12ca3af8e7506fe401aa14dad6. Any SPECTRE token listed under a different contract address (including legacy listings on LBank) is not the Spectre AI project. Verify the contract on Etherscan before purchasing.

What makes Spectre AI different from competitors?

Spectre AI is AI-first, not a static dashboard. The UI is an interface on top of the AI agent - users ask questions in natural language and Spectre composes the answer, supporting charts, and when appropriate the trade. It also combines five surfaces in one platform: (1) a unified data layer covering crypto, equities, commodities, and macro research, (2) AI agents including Monarch for conversational research with cited sources, (3) a public API with 500+ REST endpoints, 7 WebSocket channels, and 81 MCP tools, (4) non-custodial trading execution via Jupiter and 0x, and (5) x402 micropayments for pay-per-request API access without traditional keys. Competitors like Nansen, TradingView, Arkham, and CoinGecko each cover only one or two of these surfaces.

Guide

How to connect Spectre AI MCP server to Claude Desktop

Step-by-step guide to connecting Claude Desktop to Spectre AI's MCP server so Claude can query live crypto prices, sentiment, on-chain, and news.

1
Install Claude Desktop
Download Claude Desktop from claude.ai/download if not already installed.
2
Locate the Claude Desktop config file
On macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. On Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.
3
Add the Spectre MCP server
Add an entry under mcpServers pointing to https://mcp.spectreai.io. Save the file.
4
Restart Claude Desktop
Quit and reopen Claude Desktop. You should see 81 new Spectre tools available.
5
Ask Claude a live market question
Try: "What is the current Fear and Greed Index on Spectre?" or "Show me the top liquidation levels for BTC right now." Claude will call the Spectre MCP server and return live data.

Install Claude Desktop

Locate the Claude Desktop config file

Add the Spectre MCP server

Restart Claude Desktop

Ask Claude a live market question