July 2022 Summaries

Alpaca-py is the official Python SDK launched by Alpaca, offering a versatile and developer-friendly interface for building trading apps, streaming real-time crypto and stock market data, and interacting with Alpaca's complete suite of APIs. With its simplicity and versatility, Python is one of today's most popular programming languages, making it an ideal choice for developers to create their own investment apps on Alpaca. The SDK has been upgraded from the previous alpaca-trade-api, featuring an idiomatic Python codebase, well-documented models, and simplified submission of large object payloads. It allows users to trade, place orders, access historical data, stream live market data, and manage thousands of brokerage accounts with detailed documentation. To use Alpaca-py, developers need to sign up for Alpaca's Trading API or Broker API account, retrieve their API keys, and install the SDK using pip on Python 3.7+.

Alpaca is expanding its crypto trading capabilities by introducing Alpaca Crypto Wallets, allowing users to securely deposit and withdraw coins faster than traditional banking rails. The initial phase supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and USDT pairs, with plans to roll out support for more states, jurisdictions, coins, blockchains, and the Broker API soon. Coin Pair Trading enables users to buy a crypto asset with another crypto asset, offering arbitrage opportunities and reduced trades needed. Alpaca's Crypto Wallets are free to use, with network fees applying only when transferring coins in and out. The new feature aims to provide a better way to trade cryptocurrencies, with benefits including reduced transactions and access to liquidity.

Alpaca, a crypto and stock investing platform for businesses, has closed the acquisition of a Japanese licensed broker-dealer, AlpacaJapan Co.,Ltd. This acquisition is part of Alpaca's global strategy to expand its reach and offer investing services to people worldwide. Japan presents obvious opportunities due to its large economy and growing digitization adoption. The acquisition will enable Alpaca to accelerate opening financial services in Japan through its embedded investing product, while also allowing Japanese businesses to launch stock investing products to their end customers. AlpacaJapan continues to operate as the FSA licensed broker-dealer in Japan, with no changes expected for current customers. The company is preparing to launch a new US stock product for Japanese investors and will offer Broker API and Trading API to Independent Financial Advisors, trader communities, and individual investors in Japan.

Matty is a unique trading platform that combines algorithmic trading with custom interest-focused investment portfolios to help achieve financial growth and smart money management. Matty was founded in 2021 by CEO Jon Bryson, who aimed to address the lack of education among new investors during the meme stock craze in 2020. The platform uses self-driven algorithmic trading technology to automatically trade shares within custom-made portfolios created based on users' unique interests and goals. Matty partners with Alpaca Broker API to offer retail investors access to buy and sell U.S stocks easily, while also emphasizing community-centered features such as sharing saving goals with social circles or contributing to others' goals. The platform's mission is to promote financial growth and smart money management for all users.