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Start Planning For Your Taxes Throughout The Year

Start Planning For Your Taxes Throughout The Year
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Tax planning may get overlooked when it comes to personal financial management. As investors may think about taxes during the filing deadline in April. With Reconcile, you can get a head start on tax planning with a real-time dashboard.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
Trading API
Building an End-to-End Trading Bot using Alpaca’s API, CircleCI, and Slack

Building an End-to-End Trading Bot using Alpaca’s API, CircleCI, and Slack
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I’ll explore the inner workings of a trading bot that uses the Alpaca API, CircleCI, and Slack for trade notifications.

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Alpaca Team
Use Cases
What is a Smart Contract?

What is a Smart Contract?
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A smart contract is a blockchain-initiated contract that is executed digitally once certain conditions are met.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
Here’s what you need to know about Nubank’s revenue model

Here’s what you need to know about Nubank’s revenue model
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How did Nubank amass 65 million customers and establish itself as one of the world's largest digital banks? What can fintech leaders learn from its revenue model? Find out more.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
Industry
How to Integrate Alpaca with Zoonova.com and Access AI/Machine Learning for the Financial Markets

How to Integrate Alpaca with Zoonova.com and Access AI/Machine Learning for the Financial Markets
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Find out how to integrate Alpaca with a real-time stock and portfolio analytics web app that uses AI/Machine Learning and other analytics for investing, trading, and tracking positions and portfolios.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
Use Cases
What is HODL?

What is HODL?
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Crypto basics series: What is HODL? HODL or later on for "Hold On for Dear Life" is a strategy among crypto enthusiasts in which the cryptocurrencies are not sold even when there is a period of high volatility.1 HODL is the equivalent term for long-term investing used in equity

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is layer 2?

What is layer 2?
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Crypto basics series: What is layer 2?Layer 2 refers to the additional infrastructure that is created alongside the main blockchain networks (Layer 1s) that helps in processing a larger volume of transactions and make the networks accessible to more transactions and/or users.1 Need for Layer 2One of

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is liquidity?

What is liquidity?
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Crypto basics series: 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 liquidityLiquidity is an important parameter while dealing with cryptos. There was a

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is a fork?

What is a fork?
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Crypto basics series: 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

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is Gas?

What is Gas?
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Crypto basics series: 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

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Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is Web 3.0?

What is Web 3.0?
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Crypto basics series: 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

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Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is an Altcoin?

What is an Altcoin?
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Crypto basics series: 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

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
How E-Wallets In Africa Are Expanding Into More Services

How E-Wallets In Africa Are Expanding Into More Services
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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.

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Alpaca Team
Industry
What is BIP39?

What is BIP39?
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Crypto basics series: 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

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is Staking?

What is Staking?
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Crypto basics series: What is staking?Staking is the process of providing cryptos for validating a transaction under the Proof of Stake method. While all investors can stake their holdings, only a few of these can validate a transaction, and these validators are selected at random. Advantages of StakingStaking can

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
5 Reasons Why Remittances To India Remained Strong During The Pandemic

5 Reasons Why Remittances To India Remained Strong During The Pandemic
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Contrary to predictions, remittances to India did not decrease substantially during the pandemic. Here's a look at why.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
Industry
What is DeFi?

What is DeFi?
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Crypto Basics Series: What is DeFi? DeFi stands for decentralized finance and is a financial system that does not involve banks and other intermediaries. DeFi is established using a system of distributed ledgers for implementing blockchain technology in carrying out financial transactions.1 How does DeFi work?In a traditional

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
What is Volatility?

What is Volatility?
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Crypto Basics Series: What is Volatility? Volatility is a measure of how much the price of an asset fluctuates from its average price over a given period of time. It helps assess how risky an asset can be, and standard deviation is a statistical measure that’s often used to

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
crypto-basics
How to Choose a Crypto API with the Best Developer Experience

How to Choose a Crypto API with the Best Developer Experience
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In this post, we'll look at questions to ask yourself when choosing a crypto API.

Alpaca Team
Alpaca Team
Crypto