Market News
Binance Backs Musk's $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Crypto Prices Plunge
Crypto exchange Binance backs Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition. Meanwhile, luxury brands step into crypto and Bitcoin drops below $36k.
Crystal Xue
Crystal Xue is a Content Marketing Manager at Alpaca. She's passionate about financial literacy and creating content that helps investors navigate financial concepts and products.
Trading API
What is Maker (MKR)?
Maker (MKR) is a cryptocurrency token that’s native to MakerDAO and Maker Protocol.
Trading API
What is Stagflation?
Stagflation refers to an economy marked by slow economic growth, high inflation, and high unemployment.
Trading API
5 crypto trading apps you may not have heard of
From a wide range of crypto trading apps to an overabundance of information, new crypto enthusiasts can easily become overwhelmed. In no particular order, here are five lesser-known crypto trading apps and their key features.
Trading API
What are Unsettled Funds?
When you buy or sell securities, the funds and securities enter a settlement period to legally transfer ownership from the seller to the buyer.
Trading API
What is Margin Trading?
Margin trading, also known as trading on margin, is defined as buying stocks with money borrowed from your brokerage.
Broker API
Webinar Recap: How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App
In our recent webinar, How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App, learn how you can build anything from a simple trading app to an advanced trading platform with Alpaca Broker API.
Events at Alpaca
Using Alternative Data for Investing ft. Vinesh Jha of ExtractAlpha
As the CEO of ExtractAlpha, an independent research firm dedicated to providing unique, actionable alpha signals to institutional investors, Vinesh discusses alternative datasets for investing, crowdsourcing financial intelligence, and more.
Broker API
What a fintech startup did to win #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt with Alpaca Crypto API
Launching on Product Hunt can seem daunting. What should you prepare? How can you increase traction? Here’s our take and what worked for Alpaca.
Broker API
Open-Sourcing Commission-Free Trading App Code for Alpaca Broker API
We are open-sourcing the reference implementation of a commission-free mobile trading app called Ribbit, which is built on Alpaca Broker API.
Events at Alpaca
Alpaca Crypto Beta Launch Q&A
We recently hosted a Crypto Beta Launch AMA session featuring CEO Yoshi Yokokawa, CTO Hitoshi Harada, and Vice President Tarun Ajwani.