Menu bar recipes for markets and crypto

A price ticker that stays put in the menu bar, colored when it crosses your levels. None of these need an account; each lists how often you can ask.

A few of these recipes as live meters, on sample values.

7 recipes

Show the Bitcoin price in your Mac menu barA live Bitcoin price in your Mac menu bar, in dollars or any currency, from Coinbase’s public price API. Set alerts above or below a price. No account. (Web Address meter)
Show any crypto price in your Mac menu barEthereum, Solana or any of thousands of coins in your Mac menu bar, with the price or its 24-hour change. CoinGecko’s public API, no key. (Web Address meter)
Show the Crypto Fear and Greed Index in your Mac menu barThe Crypto Fear and Greed Index (0 to 100) as a gauge in your Mac menu bar, from alternative.me’s public API. Red in extreme fear, green in greed. (Web Address meter)
Show a stock price in your Mac menu barShow a stock price, an index like the S&P 500, or today’s percent change in your Mac menu bar. Tested addresses and key paths; alerts when a price crosses your level. (Web Address meter)
Show an exchange rate in your Mac menu barAny exchange rate, like USD to EUR, GBP or JPY, in your Mac menu bar, from the European Central Bank’s reference rates via Frankfurter. No key. (Web Address meter)
Show the gold price in your Mac menu barThe spot price of gold or silver per ounce in your Mac menu bar, from gold-api.com’s public API. One address and a key path. (Web Address meter)
Show prediction market odds in your Mac menu barFollow a prediction market’s odds in your Mac menu bar: Polymarket’s Yes price or Kalshi’s last trade, from their public APIs. Exact addresses and key paths. (Web Address meter)

Something else?

If it has a number, it can be a meter. Read it from a web address or JSON API, a shell command, a file, or send it with a multimeter:// link.

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