Hydra
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What the Hydra API provides and how to access it.

Introduction

Hydra is a real-time intelligence data platform. It aggregates and normalises signals across military movements, geopolitical events, cyber threats, market dynamics, and more — delivering them as clean, structured streams you can subscribe to via WebSocket or query via REST.

Hydra Platform

What You Can Build

  • Trading bots that react to geopolitical signals before markets do
  • Alert systems that trigger on missile alerts, cyber attacks, or force deployments
  • Research tools that correlate intelligence signals with on-chain or market data
  • Risk models that weight events by severity and geography

How Access Works

Access to Hydra data streams is token-gated. Holding a minimum balance of the Hydra token in your wallet unlocks API access. You pick which streams to subscribe to — you only pay for what you use.

Hold HYDRA token → Sign in with wallet → Generate API key → Connect to streams

Each stream is an independent subscription. Subscribe to one or all of them. Your API key is scoped to exactly the streams you've activated. Access remains valid as long as you maintain the required token balance.

Note

API keys are tied to your wallet's token balance. If your balance drops below the minimum threshold, the affected streams stop working until the balance is restored.

Quick Start

  1. Hold the minimum token balance in your wallet
  2. Sign in at hydra.fast with your wallet
  3. Create an app on the Platform dashboard
  4. Activate streams and generate an API key
  5. Connect to wss://api.hydra.fast/stream?apiKey=hyd_... or query via REST

See Authentication to get your first API key.