# Tape — the Hyperliquid analytics & data terminal

> Tape (tapeperp.com) is a free, non-custodial analytics and data terminal for the Hyperliquid perpetual-futures exchange. It reads only public on-chain data. Tape does not place trades, hold funds, or take custody of keys — you execute wherever you already trade.

## What Tape is
- A read-only research terminal for Hyperliquid perps: live markets radar (funding, open interest, volume, premium), top-wallet positioning, a top-trader leaderboard, AI wallet analytics, and live signals.
- 100% free to view. No signup, no wallet connection, no account required.
- Non-custodial and analytics-only. Tape is not an exchange, broker, custodian, or investment adviser.
- Covers every Hyperliquid market, including HIP-3 builder-deployed markets (gold, oil, equity-linked perpetuals) and HIP-4 prediction markets.

## Who Tape is for
- Active Hyperliquid perp traders who want to read the whole market before taking a position.
- Funding-rate and basis arbitrageurs tracking carry across every perp.
- Top-wallet and whale watchers following the top wallets by PnL.
- Quant and prop desks that need a read-only, auditable data layer.
- AI-agent and tool developers integrating live Hyperliquid data via MCP or a pay-per-call API.

## Key facts
- Data source: the public Hyperliquid L1 API. Every number is verifiable on-chain.
- Custody: none. Tape never sees a private key and cannot move funds.
- Cost to view: free. Optional Tape Pro ($9/week or $39/month, USDC on Base via x402): API key at 300 req/min, skip per-call x402 on included Gemini wallet reads, Telegram alerts when configured, watchlist cap lift. Grok and Claude second-voice reads stay metered. There is no signal-history archive.
- A Tape Wallet for in-app trading is in development — not released, not downloadable. Tape today is read-only analytics.

## Primary pages
- Terminal (live order book + tape): https://tapeperp.com/app
- Markets Radar (all perps by funding, OI, volume): https://tapeperp.com/radar
- Live Signals: https://tapeperp.com/signals
- Live Alerts: https://tapeperp.com/alerts
- Whale Prints: https://tapeperp.com/whales
- Top-Trader Leaderboard: https://tapeperp.com/leaderboard
- The Tape Room (top Hyperliquid wallets): https://tapeperp.com/wallets
- Wallet Analytics: https://tapeperp.com/wallet
- TradFi Signals (S&P 500, Nasdaq, Gold, Oil, 10Y, DXY, VIX technicals, explained): https://tapeperp.com/tradfi
- HIP-3 market pages: https://tapeperp.com/markets/{gold,oil,equities,predictions}
- Pricing: https://tapeperp.com/pricing
- For AI agents (MCP + x402): https://tapeperp.com/mcp
- Live answers, one question per page with the current figure and its table: https://tapeperp.com/answers
- Liquidations, live feed and observed price-level heatmap for BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE (public, sampled, coverage stated): https://tapeperp.com/liquidations · JSON /api/liquidations and /api/liquidations/heatmap?coin=BTC&format=concise
- Dataset catalog (schema.org DataCatalog, every dataset with a JSON endpoint): https://tapeperp.com/datasets
- Delta polling: /api/markets?since=<ISO or epoch> returns only rows that moved past stated thresholds, with nextSince as the cursor; ?limit, ?sort, ?coins, ?fields slice the full set. Every JSON response carries a provenance block (source, request, fetch time).
- OpenAPI spec: https://tapeperp.com/openapi.json
- Per-coin live pages: https://tapeperp.com/markets/{coin} for the top 50 Hyperliquid perps by volume (btc, eth, hype, sol, …) — mark, funding + APR, OI, key levels

## For AI agents
- MCP endpoint: https://tapeperp.com/mcp — tools for market signals, market pulse, whale prints, markets radar, leaderboard, liquidations, the US Treasury curve, and wallet analysis. Read-only, live.
- initialize and tools/list are free (discovery). tools/call requires x402 USDC payment per call, no signup or API key — pay via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE or X-PAYMENT header, or your x402-enabled agent wallet.
- Cursor / Claude Desktop / any MCP host — add this to mcp.json:
  { "mcpServers": { "tape": { "url": "https://tapeperp.com/mcp" } } }
- Catalogs crawlers already fetch: /.well-known/llms.txt, /.well-known/mcp-server.json, /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json, /.well-known/api-catalog, /.well-known/ai-catalog.json, /.well-known/x402.json, /openapi.json, /api/ai-voices.

## Common questions
- What is Tape? Tape is a free, non-custodial analytics and data terminal for Hyperliquid perpetual futures at tapeperp.com.
- Is Tape free? Every page is free to VIEW with no signup or wallet. Tape Pro is an optional pass (API key 300/min, Gemini reads included, Telegram when configured, watchlist cap lift). Programmatic access is the pay-per-call x402 API.
- How do I track Hyperliquid whales? Open https://tapeperp.com/whales for live large fills and https://tapeperp.com/leaderboard for the top wallets by PnL.
- How do I see Hyperliquid funding rates? https://tapeperp.com/radar ranks every Hyperliquid perp by funding rate, funding APR, open interest, and 24h volume, live.
- Can AI agents use Tape data? Yes — via the MCP endpoint at https://tapeperp.com/mcp or the OpenAPI-documented x402 pay-per-call API. Discovery is free. Start at /.well-known/ai-catalog.json.
- Is Tape safe? Tape is read-only. It never asks for keys, never connects a wallet, and cannot place trades or move funds.

Informational only — not financial advice. Trading perpetual futures is high-risk.