Returns the latest statistics for one or more blockchains.
AI agents call blockchainStatisticsLatest to retrieve information from CoinMarketCap MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves blockchain statistics without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It has no execution capabilities, financial implications, or destructive potential. The operation is a simple read/fetch of informational data from the CoinMarketCap API.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'blockchainStatisticsLatest' and description 'Returns the latest statistics for one or more blockchains' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access blockchainStatisticsLatest gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CoinMarketCap MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for blockchainStatisticsLatest:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"blockchainStatisticsLatest": {}
}
}blockchainStatisticsLatest is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns the latest statistics for one or more blockchains. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CoinMarketCap MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CoinMarketCap MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for blockchainStatisticsLatest: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches CoinMarketCap MCP. Nothing to install.
blockchainStatisticsLatest is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the blockchainStatisticsLatest rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for blockchainStatisticsLatest. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
blockchainStatisticsLatest is provided by the CoinMarketCap MCP server (shinzo-labs/coinmarketcap-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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