ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, in the past 4 hours, ALPACA liquidated 20.9 million USD, with long positions liquidating 6.89 million USD and short positions liquidating 14 million USD, mainly short positions. Meanwhile, the liquidation volume for ETH in the past 4 hours was 7.14 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance market data, the spot price of ALPACA has plummeted, dropping over 50% in 5 minutes, once falling to $0.50, and has now risen to $0.71.

ChainCatcher message, Binance ALPACA contract funding rate has reached the maximum limit of 4%.It is reported that Binance will automatically liquidate the perpetual contract for ALPACA tokens at 5 PM on April 30, and after the liquidation, the ALPACA/USDT perpetual contract trading pair will be removed.

ChainCatcher message, the current ALPACA perpetual contract price on the Binance platform has risen over 25% in the last 5 minutes, now falling back to $1.3683.During the same period, the ALPACA spot price was $1.22, showing a significant price difference.

ChainCatcher news, according to official data, the funding rate for ALPACA contracts on the Binance platform has surged to 4%, with a settlement period of 1 hour and an expected daily interest rate of 96%.

ChainCatcher news, according to market data from RootData, the Alpaca Finance token (ALPACA) has increased by 70.43% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.430.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, 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 Bitcoin Magazine, the executive director of President Trump stated that there is a "space race" style accumulation of Bitcoin among countries, and said, "We view Bitcoin as digital gold."

ChainCatcher message, Binance Futures will adjust the funding fee rate cap for the ALPACAUSDTU perpetual contract to +4.00%/-4.00% on April 29, 2025, at 18:00 (Beijing Time).

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin tiers for the ALPACA/USDT U-based perpetual contract on April 28, 2025, at 14:30 (Beijing time). The update will be completed in about 1 hour.Please note: Existing positions before the update will be affected; due to the changes in leverage and margin tiers, futures grid trading may become invalid, and users are advised to make corresponding adjustments before the changes.

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ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, financial technology infrastructure provider Alpaca has completed a $52 million Series C funding round. The investors in this round include 850 Management, Derayah, Kuwait Investment Company, Portage Ventures, and Unbound.Alpaca stated that this round of funding will be used to continue building its API-first infrastructure and accelerate global expansion, developing products including 24/5 trading and fully paid securities lending.It is reported that the company provides trading interfaces for stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies aimed at developers.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, in the past hour, ALPACA liquidations amounted to $8.3672 million, with long positions liquidated at $503,400 and short positions liquidated at $7.8638 million, primarily short positions. Meanwhile, the liquidation amount for BTC in the past 4 hours was $5.5769 million.ChainCatcher previously reported, according to an official announcement, Binance will delist ALPACA, PDA, VIB, and WING on May 2, 2025.After Binance announced the delisting, the price of ALPACA saw an increase. In response, Binance co-founder He Yi stated that this might be some shell-buying investors attempting to recover their costs through short-term operations.

ChainCatcher message, Alpaca Finance stated on social media that although its market makers had requested to mint more ALPACA from the reserve funds to cope with today's high trading volume, they have decided not to mint this portion of tokens after receiving feedback from the community.

ChainCatcher news, Alpaca Finance stated on social media that it is unfortunate that Binance has decided to delist the ALPACA token in the coming weeks. However, users can still trade ALPACA on multiple trading platforms.Due to today's extreme price volatility, the trading volume of ALPACA has exceeded 1 billion tokens. Alpaca Finance's market makers have requested to mint some additional ALPACA from the capital reserves to support users who still wish to trade on Binance. After the trading volume decreases, these tokens will be returned to the capital reserves.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance's announcement, the funding fee settlement frequency for the ALPACAUSDT perpetual contract will be adjusted from every 4 hours to every 2 hours starting from April 25 at 01:00 (Beijing time). The maximum funding fee rate for each period under the new frequency is +2.00% / -2.00%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that it is unlikely there will be significant tariff impacts before July.