<# .SYNOPSIS Watches crypto rates .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script queries the current crypto exchange rates from cryptocompare.com and lists it in USD/EUR/CNY/JPY. .EXAMPLE PS> ./watch-crypto-rates.ps1 CRYPTOCURRENCY USD EUR CNY JPY -------------- --- --- --- --- 1 Bitcoin (BTC) = 97309.81 94385.57 38800 14798679.56 ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> function ListCryptoRate { param([string]$Symbol, [string]$Name) $rates = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI "https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym=$Symbol&tsyms=USD,EUR,CNY,JPY" -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json New-Object PSObject -property @{ 'CRYPTOCURRENCY' = "1 $Symbol ($Name) ="; 'USD' = "$($rates.USD)"; 'EUR' = "$($rates.EUR)"; 'CNY' = "$($rates.CNY)"; 'JPY' = "$($rates.JPY)" } } function ListCryptoRates { ListCryptoRate ADA "Cardano" ListCryptoRate AVAX "Avalanche" ListCryptoRate BCH "Bitcoin Cash" ListCryptoRate BNB "Binance Coin" ListCryptoRate BTC "Bitcoin" ListCryptoRate BUSD "Binance USD" ListCryptoRate DOGE "Dogecoin" ListCryptoRate DOT "Polkadot" ListCryptoRate GALA "Gala" ListCryptoRate ETH "Ethereum" ListCryptoRate LINK "Chainlink" ListCryptoRate LTC "Litecoin" ListCryptoRate LUNA "Terra" ListCryptoRate MATIC "Polygon" ListCryptoRate SOL "Solana" ListCryptoRate SUI "Sui" ListCryptoRate TRUMP "Official Trump" ListCryptoRate WBTC "Wrapped Bitcoin" ListCryptoRate XLM "Stellar" ListCryptoRate XRP "XRP" ListCryptoRate UNI "Uniswap" ListCryptoRate USDC "USD Coin" ListCryptoRate USDT "Tether" } try { do { Clear-Host ListCryptoRates | Format-Table -property @{e='CRYPTOCURRENCY';width=28},USD,EUR,CNY,JPY Write-Host "(by https://www.cryptocompare.com • Crypto is volatile and unregulated • Capital at risk • Taxes may apply)" Start-Sleep -milliseconds 20000 } while ($true) exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }