ChainCatcher message, Alpaca Finance has completed the 189th week of buyback and burn, with 8,888 ALPACA (approximately $1,100) being burned. The total cumulative amount burned has now reached 34.53 million tokens (accounting for 18.37% of the total supply).

ChainCatcher news, according to RootData, the Alpaca Finance token (ALPACA) has increased by 74.71% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.220.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Alpaca Finance is a lending protocol that allows leveraged mining on the BNB chain and Fantom. It helps lenders earn secure and stable returns while providing borrowers with under-collateralized loans for leveraged yield farming positions, significantly increasing their principal and the resulting profits.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitget data, Alpaca Finance token (ALPACA) has increased by 49.8% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.2.

ChainCatcher news, according to the announcement, Binance will launch the ALPACA/USDT perpetual contract on August 22, 2024, at 18:30 Beijing time, with a maximum leverage of up to 75 times.

ChainCatcher message: According to recent audit results, Binance will remove the following spot trading pairs and cease trading:June 14, 2024, 11:00: ALPACA/BTC, MDX/BTC, NFP/TUSD, QUICK/BTC, XAI/BNB.

ChainCatcher news, Alpaca Finance announced that it has received 250,000 PYTH airdrop (approximately $165,000), of which 100% will be distributed to the community. The distribution plan is as follows:Rewards for traders on Alperp, totaling 200,000 PYTH (approximately $132,000), as a trading fee rebate; with a maximum weekly reward of 20,000 PYTH. The reward period is from March 14 to May 16.Rewards for governance treasury stakers, totaling 50,000 PYTH (approximately $33,000), with a weekly reward of 6,250 PYTH. The reward period is from March 14 to April 2.

ChainCatcher news, according to TechCrunch, stock and cryptocurrency trading API service company Alpaca has secured $15 million in funding from SBI Group in the form of convertible notes. Alpaca CEO Yoshi Yokokawa stated that this strategic investment brings the total funding for the Y Combinator-backed startup to $120 million since its establishment in 2015, which will accelerate Alpaca's expansion in Asia.It is reported that Alpaca launched its crypto API in October 2021, and its crypto business has not yet generated significant revenue. However, Yoshi Yokokawa mentioned that with the recovery of the crypto market, the company expects growth in its crypto API business. Alpaca's crypto API enables businesses and developers to trade cryptocurrencies and stocks, and build applications that provide cryptocurrency and stock investment services within a single API.

ChainCatcher news, Alberta Enterprise announced an investment of $7.5 million in the third fund of New York-based Alpaca VC, which has set a fundraising target of $75 million for its third fund.It is reported that Alpaca VC focuses on areas such as blockchain infrastructure, supply chain, and fintech, with a portfolio that includes the NFT basketball game Swoops, NFT tool provider Venly, and DAO launch and management tool Upstream. (source link)