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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.

Crypto

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.

Events at 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.

Broker API

Alpaca Broker API Plans and Features Explained — Webinar Recap

In this webinar, we explore three new Broker API plans and how to choose the best plan for your needs.

Crypto

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.

Crypto

Triangular Arbitrage with Coin Pair Trading

With Alpaca’s coin pair, we introduce a triangular arbitrage strategy using BTC/USD, ETH/USD, and the new BTC/ETH coin pair to attempt to profit from potential differences between price conversions.

Calculation Series

Stock Minute Bars

Minute bar data includes open, high, low, close price, volume, vwap, and number of trades. These data are calculated from trade data.

Code Recipes

Get All Orders

How to get all orders when there is a maximum of 500 orders per API call?

Crypto

Advanced Live Websocket Crypto Data Streams in Python

An integral part of trading strategy is the stream of live price data. With alpaca-trade-api Python, you can implement data streams into algorithms in a couple of minutes

Events at Alpaca

Consensus 2022: Alpaca's Highlights

Our team attended Consensus at Austin, TX this June, they share their insights and highlights; talking as well about the recent fall of crypto.

Crypto

FTX signs deal with Blockfi with option to acquire for $240 million

FTX US has agreed on a deal with crypto lender BlockFi that gives it the option to buy BlockFi for up to $240 million based on its performance.

Broker API

Get Started with Just-In-Time Funding for Broker API

Learn in-depth about how you can get started with Just-In-Time Funding for stock trading with Broker API with detailed diagrams, visuals, API requests, and more

Market Data API

The Top 3 Differences between Polygon and Alpaca Data Plans

Alpaca has upgraded the premium data subscription offering for individuals. It’s a great option for traders looking for a powerful and easy-to-use API data option.

Crypto

Interest in NFTs Continues to Grow Amidst Crypto Bear Market

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest celebrity to collaborate with a digital asset company.

App Development

Create a Cross-Platform Trading App using Flutter

Flutter allows developers to write a single, platform-independent codebase to build apps. Using Alpaca’s OAuth services, our app will enable users to place trades and retrieve their latest account information in real-time.

Use Cases

Low-Code Algorithmic Trading on Alpaca Using TradingView

Learn how to set up a more sophisticated algorithmic trading strategy to trade on your behalf in under 15 lines of code.

Crypto

OpenSea Introduces New Security Features, Circle Announces Euro-Backed Stablecoin

This week, OpenSea announced new features in an effort to protect its users from NFT scams. Plus, Circle introduced a new euro-backed stablecoin: Euro Coin.

Crypto

How to Choose a Crypto API with the Best Developer Experience

In this post, we'll look at questions to ask yourself when choosing a crypto API.