#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.

#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 message with wallet → Receive 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, and is automatically refreshed while you maintain the required token balance.

#Quick Start

1. Check you hold the minimum token threshold
2. Sign an authentication message with your wallet
3. Receive a scoped JWT
4. Connect to wss://api.hydra.app/stream with your JWT
5. Subscribe to the streams you want

See Authentication to get your first API key.