Broker API
Build Your Own Brokerage With FastAPI - Part 2
In part two of the series, we build out the endpoints for brokerage account signup and query for a brokerage account by ID.
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Broker API
Build Your Own Brokerage With FastAPI - Part 1
Learn how to use Alpaca-py to create your own brokerage using Alpaca Broker API.
Trading API
What is Gas?
Gas is another term for the transaction fee for using smart contract-compatible blockchain platforms like Ethereum. The price per transaction is dynamic in nature and depends on the demand and supply of the virtual machines needed to conduct the transaction.1 Why is gas needed? When one makes a payment
Market News
Tornado Cash Blacklisted, U.S. Inflation Cools to 8.5%
OFAC blacklisted crypto mixing service Tornado Cash and all of its Ethereum addresses. Meanwhile, US inflation dropped to 8.5% in July, partly due to the decrease in energy prices.
Trading API
On-Chain Metric Investing Strategy with Glassnode API
Integrate on-chain metrics into algorithmic trading using Glassnode API to fetch on-chain metric data, perform calculations on that data, and implement trading with Alpaca’s APIs.
Chatting with Alpaca
Where Bitcoin is Headed, Liquidation Engines, and High Interest Rates #022
In this episode of Fintech Underground, we chat with Julian Figueroa, owner of YouTube channel Kinetic Finance. We discuss the fall of Bitcoin and where it's going, liquidation engines, and high interest rates.
Broker API
How to Get Started with Rebalancing API
Alpaca's Rebalancing API offers investment advisors a way to easily create investment portfolios that are automatically updated to the specified cash, stock symbol percentage weights, rebalance conditions, and triggers selected. In this article, we dive into how you can start experimenting with Rebalancing API. Note: At this moment,
Trading API
What is Web 3.0?
Web 3.0, also known as the third generation web, is permissionless, decentralized, and draws code designs from open sources.1 By applying advanced features like AI and machine learning, Web 3.0 removes the need for centralized platforms for data exchanges. Features of Web 3.0 The premise of
Trading API
What is an Altcoin?
Altcoins or alternate coins is a name given to any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.1 Bitcoin was the first crypto to be recognized, and this paved the way for other blockchain technologies to issue their own coins. The term altcoin was a way to differentiate between the market leader and
Trading API
Algo-trading Bitcoin with Bollinger Bands and RSI
Learn how to build an algo-trading bot that uses Bollinger Bands and RSI as indicators to trade Bitcoin on an hourly time frame.
Broker API
How E-Wallets In Africa Are Expanding Into More Services
Mobile money has been a major component of Africa’s financial services landscape for years, and Covid-19 further accelerated the acceptance of e-wallets.
Trading API
What is BIP39?
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal #39 or BIP 39 is a system created to generate a mnemonic phrase that can be used to access the private key of crypto wallets. These phrases comprise simple 12-24 easy-to-remember words without which the crypto assets cannot be accessed.1 Significance of BIP39 Remembering the private