Getting Started with Crypto
Read this guide to learn more about adding crypto to your workflow.
Learn MoreTrade cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, DOGE, and more with Alpaca's developer-friendly API protected by a robust crypto custody infrastructure to safeguard your assets.
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Trade cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, DOGE, and more. Available in select international jurisdictions using our dashboard, Trading APIs, or your favorite Connect app.
Learn MoreTap into a new dimension of crypto trading and access arbitrating opportunities with our BTC, USD, USDT, and USDC pairs.
Learn MoreSeamlessly deposit and withdraw Bitcoin (BTCUSD), Ethereum (ETHUSD), and all Ethereum (ERC-20) based tokens.
Learn MoreWe safely store and manage our customer's digital assets using industry-leading solutions in self-custody. Alpaca Crypto currently maintains its customers' cryptocurrency in wallets secured by Fireblocks' MPC-CMP architecture.
All customer assets are safeguarded by Alpaca. We apply the same procedures such as segregation and accounting of customer liability as the decades old standard upheld by securities broker-dealers.
Alpaca is SOC 2 Type II Certified, which recognizes that we have the correct protocols and standards safely in place to protect customers' data security.
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Unlock BTC, USD, USDT, and USDC coin pairs
Start TradingThe price and volume references are for illustrative purposes only. Actual crypto prices may vary depending on the market price at the particular time.
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Testing Environment
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from
alpaca.trading
import
TradingClient, MarketOrderRequest, OrderSide,
TimeInForce
client
=
TradingClient
('api-key','secret-key')
order_params
=
MarketOrderRequest(
symbol
='BTC/ETH',
side
=OrderSide.
BUY
,
qty
=
0.324
,
time_in_force
=TimeInForce.
DAY
)
order
=
client
.submit_order
(
order_params
)
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Contact SupportCryptocurrency is highly speculative in nature, involves a high degree of risks, such as volatile market price swings, market manipulation, flash crashes, and cybersecurity risks. Cryptocurrency is not regulated or is lightly regulated in most countries. Cryptocurrency trading can lead to large, immediate and permanent loss of financial value. You should have appropriate knowledge and experience before engaging in cryptocurrency trading.
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