GBLIN MCP vs Bykaranteli MCP
A side-by-side look at the GBLIN MCP and Bykaranteli MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose GBLIN MCP for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose Bykaranteli MCP for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose GBLIN MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
get_treasury_state, quote_safe_swap, swap_gblin_to_usdc_jit.
Choose Bykaranteli MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You have the keys it needs:
BYKARANTELI_API_KEY. - You want tools like
get_market_indices, get_liquidations, get_etf_flows.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | API key required |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | BYKARANTELI_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 20 | 68 |
| Full listing | View GBLIN MCP | View Bykaranteli MCP |
Tools & capabilities
GBLIN MCP tools 20
get_treasury_stateRead the current GBLIN protocol state on Base mainnet: NAV in USD, basket composition with dynamic weights, and Crash Shield status. Use this BEFORE any swap to know the current price and risk regime.quote_safe_swapPreview a buy (ETH→GBLIN) or sell (GBLIN→ETH) without executing. Returns expected output, safe minOut with dynamic slippage buffer (2.5% normal / 4% during Crash Shield), and fee breakdown. Read-only.swap_gblin_to_usdc_jitWhen an x402 invoice (or any USDC obligation) arrives and your treasury sits in GBLIN, call this to get ready-to-broadcast calldata that redeems exactly the USDC you need, just in time. Three sequential transactions: (1) approve the shares to the GBLIN Zap, (2) GBLINZap.sellGBLINForEth, which redeems in kind and sells every leg for ETH, all or nothing, (3) a Uniswap WETH->USDC swap that spends only the guaranteed ETH minimum and still returns at least the requested USDC. EOAs sign three times; ERC-4337 / EIP-7702 wallets can batch them into one operation. Every step carries a non-zero minimum; ETH above the minimum stays in the wallet. Free to call. A redemption carries no protocol fee; the costs are the Zap's swaps and gas.invest_usdc_to_gblinWhen your agent's idle USDC exceeds operating needs (rule of thumb: more than 7x daily burn), call this to park the SURPLUS into GBLIN — managed crypto exposure minted at NAV, redeemable any time via swap_gblin_to_usdc_jit. Returns two steps of calldata: (1) approve USDC to the GBLIN Zap, (2) GBLINZap.buyGBLINWithToken, which swaps the USDC to WETH on Uniswap V3 and mints at NAV with a non-zero minimum output. Free to call. The mint fee and the yearly management fee are governance parameters: read them live from get_treasury_state rather than from this text.analyze_treasury_healthAnalyze an agent wallet's treasury health: GBLIN/USDC/ETH balances, whether the ETH covers an exit at the live gas price, the redemption cooldown, and (if daily_burn_usd is provided) days of USDC runway plus a recommendation that keeps seven days of spend in USDC and treats only the surplus as a candidate for GBLIN. Free by default; metered at $0.003 USDC only when the operator sets MCP_PAYWALL=true.get_governance_stateVerify GBLIN protocol governance state: confirms whether the GBLIN vault is owned by the 48h Timelock, reads the timelock's min delay and grace period, reports role member counts, and surfaces any pending asset-addition proposal on the index contract. If an operation_id is provided, also reports the status of that specific timelock operation. Read-only — use this to gate trust-sensitive agent actions.share_skill_with_peerGenerate a portable skill seed that another AI agent can use to install GBLIN MCP and start managing treasury. The seed includes a working transaction example, install instructions, and a referral code derived from the caller's wallet. The code is a label inside the seed only: it is not written into any transaction and no fee is paid for it. Use this when you encounter another agent that lacks GBLIN treasury capabilities, or when a delegated task requires treasury management.get_auction_stateRead the GBLIN rebalancing auction on Base. The vault does not rebalance itself and pays nobody to do it: when a basket row drifts past its band it holds a Dutch auction, and whoever trades with it toward the target weights is the counterparty, at the oracle price adjusted by a premium that starts at a discount and rises to a cap over one ramp. Returns, per row, the side the vault takes, the gap in ETH, the token and amount the bidder hands over, and unsigned calldata (approval + bid). The premium is the whole reward; nothing is paid out of the vault.get_market_risk_regimeWhen deciding whether to deploy capital, take on risk, or STAND DOWN in a volatile market, call this first (the 'Risk Gate' pattern: gblin.digital/risk-gate, which a third-party ERC-8004 agent, id 59895 on Base, pinned in its published decision rule). Returns the current BTC/ETH risk regime (calm | elevated | crash), a severity score, and a risk posture (risk_on | reduce | risk_off), derived from GBLIN's verifiable on-chain Crash Shield vs Chainlink-oracle peaks on Base. Useful to ANY trading or treasury agent — independent of holding GBLIN. Poll each decision cycle. Free by default; metered at $0.002 USDC only when the operator sets MCP_PAYWALL=true.verify_risk_attestationVerify a GBLIN Risk Attestation — the object returned by GBLIN's /api/x402/attestation, or a proof-of-diligence a peer agent attached to its action. FREE, no payment. Runs four checks: (1) INTEGRITY — recomputes the EIP-712 attestation_id and detects tampering; (2) AUTHENTICITY — if a signature is present, recovers the signer and checks it is GBLIN's published attestor; (3) FRESHNESS — whether it expired (10-minute TTL), using on-chain time; (4) LIVE DRIFT — compares the attested regime to the CURRENT on-chain regime and flags if it changed. Use before you trust any counterparty/peer that claims it 'checked market risk via GBLIN'.seal_action_demoSeal the HASHES of an AI action into GBLIN's public append-only RFC 6962 transparency log (FREE demo, 5/day/IP, receipt marked demo:true). Returns a portable receipt: Ed25519 signature + Merkle inclusion proof + operator-signed C2SP checkpoint, offline-verifiable forever with the zero-dependency verify-receipt.mjs. Input/output go in as sha256 HASHES only; the action label and metadata you send are published in the public log. Unlimited seals cost $0.0045 via x402 — see how_to_seal_paid.get_receiptFetch a sealed AI Action Receipt by index from GBLIN's public transparency log (free forever). Returns the full portable receipt — canonical payload, Ed25519 signature, RFC 6962 Merkle inclusion proof against the current tree, operator-signed C2SP checkpoint — which any third party can verify offline with verify-receipt.mjs (zero dependencies).- +8 more on the listing page
Bykaranteli MCP tools 68
get_market_indicesCall this when the user asks about overall crypto market sentiment or macro state: the Fear & Greed index (today and yesterday), Bitcoin dominance percentage, total market cap, or the Retail Euphoria composite. Live values refreshed about every 30 minutes.get_liquidationsCall this when the user asks how much was liquidated in crypto futures, whether longs or shorts got flushed, or for liquidation history. Returns daily long and short liquidation totals in USD per symbol and exchange, recorded from ByKaranteli's own stream collectors on every liquidation venue it counts, listed on bykaranteli.com/coverage (recorded events, a floor, not estimates). One row per finalized UTC day, symbol and exchange; history begins 2026-07-30 and grows daily. Without symbol, rows holds the first 30 rows (newest day, largest first) while summary covers every matching row; pass symbol or limit (up to 400) for more rows.get_etf_flowsCall this when the user asks about Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana or XRP spot ETF flows: daily net inflows or outflows, cumulative flow since launch, or total net assets of the US spot ETFs (IBIT, FBTC, ETHA, XRPC and the rest). Returns one row per finalized US trading day and asset with net inflow, total net assets, cumulative inflow since launch and value traded, all in USD. History by asset: BTC and ETH since 2025-05-20, SOL since 2025-10-28, XRP since 2026-09-08.get_funding_heatmapCall this when the user asks for the full current funding table across the ~30 most traded Binance perps (28-30 rows; contracts without a live funding print are skipped), or the funding rate of one specific coin. For a pre-ranked top-10 of the most extreme funding rates, use get_top_movers instead. Returns per-symbol funding rate (per settlement interval), 24h open interest change and 24h price change for the most traded Binance USDT-M perpetuals. Positive funding means longs pay shorts.get_funding_arbitrageCall this when the user asks about funding arbitrage, funding rate differences between exchanges, or delta-neutral carry trades. Compares funding across every venue on the board, from Binance, OKX and Bybit to Hyperliquid, dYdX and the smaller perp venues fed by the venue snapshot, for 12 major perps and returns the best long/short venue per symbol with gross and net annualized APR (net of taker fees and weekly rebalance cost). Each row lists its first 5 venue legs; pass symbol for every leg of one perp.get_pressure_scoresCall this when the user asks which coins are crowded or over-leveraged, or asks for the pressure/derivatives-stress score of specific coins. For a quick top-10 ranking of the highest-stress coins right now, use get_top_movers instead. Each symbol gets a 0-100 composite score built from funding rate, 1h/4h/24h open interest deltas and basis, with a LONG/SHORT/NEUTRAL direction and a plain-language regime label.get_top_moversCall this when the user asks what is moving in crypto derivatives right now, which coins have the biggest open interest changes, the most extreme funding, the widest basis, or the highest derivatives stress. Returns four top-10 lists in one call.get_cot_positioningCall this when the user asks how hedge funds or institutions are positioned in Bitcoin or Ethereum, or about the CFTC Commitments of Traders report. Returns net positions in contracts, week-over-week changes, open interest and notable extremes/streaks, from official CFTC data updated every Friday. Note: a large share of hedge fund shorts is the market-neutral basis trade, so the weekly change carries more signal than the level.get_options_snapshotCall this when the user asks where the big options bets sit, about call/put walls, gamma exposure (GEX), the zero-gamma level, implied volatility (DVOL) or the IV term structure for Bitcoin or Ethereum, across options venues or on one venue. Daily snapshot of the listed option chains of every options venue we record, summed by default or one venue with venue: the call wall (largest call open interest above spot) and put wall (largest put open interest below spot), the largest bars on the whole axis, top strikes by open interest, put/call ratio, dealer hedging map, ATM IV by expiry (calls and puts interpolated at the money, iv_source names the venue whose quotes price the chain), each venue's open interest (venues_included), and per expiry the open interest by side, the max pain strike (where the open contracts as a group pay out the least at settlement, not a price target) and the one-sigma implied move the ATM IV prices (expiries). DVOL is Deribit's index whatever the venue.get_coinbase_premiumCall this when the user asks whether US investors are buying or selling Bitcoin or Ethereum, about the Coinbase Premium, or what the cash-and-carry basis trade pays. Returns the latest daily premium in percent, 7-day average, same-sign streak, the last 30 days, and annualized quarterly carry yields. History since 2017; positive premium = US buying pressure. The kimchi and Turkey premium daily rows cover the last 7 days; pass days (up to 90) for more.get_flow_toxicityCall this when the user asks whether informed or toxic order flow is building, about VPIN, or whether market makers are under pressure in Bitcoin, Ethereum or Solana. Returns the current VPIN (0 = balanced, 1 = fully one-sided), its 90-day percentile, the danger threshold and the 24h average. Elevated readings historically precede volatility; VPIN says nothing about direction.get_options_flowCall this when the user asks what big options players are buying, about block trades, or whether call or put premium dominates today. Returns 24h call vs put premium bought (net of the sold legs of the same multi-leg block or combo, so a spread counts its net premium), the block-trade share, the multi-leg structure count, and the largest prints of the last 48 hours with strikes, premium, IV, structure id and venue (Deribit or OKX). Updated every 15 minutes.- +56 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
GBLIN MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"gblinproject-gblin-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@gblin-protocol/mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Bykaranteli MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-69": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"bykaranteli-mcp"
],
"env": {
"BYKARANTELI_API_KEY": "YOUR_BYKARANTELI_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
GBLIN MCP is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Bykaranteli MCP belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick GBLIN MCP for finance & fintech work and Bykaranteli MCP for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
GBLIN MCP is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Bykaranteli MCP is listed as freemium — a free tier with paid plans. Auth: api key required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add gblinproject-gblin-mcp and mcp-69 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, GBLIN MCP has a quality signal of 47/100 (Fair) with 5 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Bykaranteli MCP has 64/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 2 GitHub stars.