A side-by-side look at the Cryptopolitan MCP and Crypto News MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Cryptopolitan MCP for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose Crypto News MCP for finance & fintech. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
crypto_get_articles, crypto_search_articles, crypto_get_categories.NEWS_API_KEY.Usage, Output.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | NEWS_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 15 |
| Directory activity | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 6 views 1 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 5 | 2 |
| Full listing | View Cryptopolitan MCP | View Crypto News MCP |
crypto_get_articlesGet latest articles with optional category, asset, and recency filterscrypto_search_articlesFull-text keyword search across all contentcrypto_get_categoriesList all article categories with post countscrypto_get_article_by_urlGet article details by URL or slugcrypto_get_docsServer documentation and data schemaUsageCall `get_latest_news()` in an MCP client.OutputA string of headlines with publication dates.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"4dmrkey-cryptopolitan-mcp": {
"url": "https://agent.cryptopolitan.com/mcp/sse"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Crypto News MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.