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Building in DeFi Wonderland ft. Dappio #024
Hear from Justin, co-founder of Dappio. We talk about how he started building in DeFi, what it takes and the difficulties. Plus, what's changed during this crypto winter.
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What is liquidity?
Liquidity generally refers to the ability to easily purchase or sell an asset without drastically affecting the price.1 Cryptos with a high trading volume tend to be more liquid. What determines liquidity Liquidity is an important parameter while dealing with cryptos. There was a time when trading was limited,
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What is a fork?
In the crypto world, a fork is a change in protocol often used as a system upgrade or to initiate a chain split. The change in the blockchain system is needed to improve performance, enhance security, and include better features. What are the different types of forks? Blockchain works on
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Build Your Own Brokerage With FastAPI - Part 3
We explain how to add the ability to fund accounts through automated clearing house (ACH) relationships to the back end.
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How To Trade Crypto Using Machine Learning
Machine learning empowers traders to accelerate and automate one of the most complex, time-consuming, and challenging aspects of algorithmic trading, providing a competitive advantage beyond rules-based trading.
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Starbucks Partners With Polygon on Web3 Push, Ethereum Completes The Merge
Starbucks unveils plans to launch an NFT-based loyalty program on Polygon, Ethereum switches to proof-of-stake, and more.
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Algorithmic Trading with Twitter Sentiment Analysis
Cryptocurrencies are already known to move heavily based on perception, so it could be that there is an edge to monitoring the sentiment on platforms like Twitter.
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Reddit Sentiment Analysis Trading Strategy
By gaining a better quantitative understanding of how communities feel about crypto and the crypto markets, algo traders can gain an edge over other traders.
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Blockchain and Recent Developments #023
We interviewed Michelle, co-founder of Governance Research Institute, and discuss how blockchain works, where blockchain is at right now and where it's going.
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Get Started with Local Currency Trading API for App Localization
In this learn article, we cover the features and behaviors of Local Currency Trading for Alpaca Broker API.
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Algorithmic Trading With TWAP and VWAP Using Alpaca
Calculate VWAP and TWAP indicators and learn how to create a simple algorithmic trading bot that makes buy and sell decisions based on VWAP.
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Automated Crypto Scalping with Alpaca
To execute this strategy successfully, we are building an algorithmic trading bot that will try to capture small profits trading ETH/USD.