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Alpaca

Alpaca provides developer APIs for stock, options, and crypto trading, enabling businesses and developers to build trading applications and automate investment strategies.
20 North San Mateo Drive, San Mateo, California, United States

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Alpaca Trading API


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Alpaca Trading API enables commission-free stock, options, and crypto trading through REST and WebSocket interfaces for algorithmic traders and developers. The system supports real-time order execution, portfolio management, and paper trading simulation environments for strategy testing. Trading API includes margin trading capabilities, fractional share trading, and automated order routing across market venues.

Category: Developer Tooling

Broker API


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Broker API provides brokerage infrastructure for businesses building trading applications and investment platforms. The system handles account opening, funding operations, trade execution, custody services, and regulatory reporting for end users. Broker API supports local currency trading, funding wallets, omnibus sub-accounting, and white-label brokerage services for fintech companies and financial institutions.

Category: Developer Tooling

Market Data API


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Market Data API delivers real-time and historical pricing data for stocks, options, and crypto assets through HTTP and WebSocket protocols. The system provides trade data, quote data, bar data, and options chains with market coverage from CTA, UTP, and OPRA feeds. Market Data API offers subscription tiers from free IEX data to premium SIP data with historical coverage extending beyond six years.

Category: Pricing Data API

Instant Tokenization Network


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Instant Tokenization Network enables institutions to mint and redeem tokenized US stocks through in-kind settlement on blockchain networks. The system provides 24/7 access for portfolio tokenization via single API calls, eliminating settlement delays and enabling direct conversion between traditional brokerage-held shares and tokenized variants. Instant Tokenization Network supports Solana as initial settlement layer with planned multi-chain compatibility, facilitating liquidity flows between traditional finance and decentralized finance markets through compliant infrastructure.

Category: RWA Tokenisation Platform