Module 1: Introduction to Crypto Markets

What money is, why Bitcoin was created, how blockchains and Ethereum work, and how crypto markets differ from stock markets. Start here if you're new.

1. 1. What Is Money, and Why Did Anyone Invent a New Kind? · about 7 min
2. 2. Bitcoin and the Problem It Solved · about 7 min
3. 3. Blockchains in Plain Language · about 7 min
4. 4. Ethereum and Programmable Money · about 7 min
5. 5. Coins, Tokens, Stablecoins, and NFTs · about 7 min
6. 6. How Crypto Markets Differ from Stock Markets · about 7 min
7. 7. Where Crypto Trades: Centralised Exchanges · about 6 min
8. 8. Where Crypto Trades: Decentralised Exchanges · about 7 min
9. 9. Who's in the Market · about 6 min
10. 10. Market Cap, Supply, and Why Price Alone Means Nothing · about 6 min
11. 11. Your First Look at a Chart and an Order Book · about 6 min
12. 12. Buying Crypto for the First Time · about 7 min
13. 13. Why Crypto Is So Volatile · about 6 min
14. 14. Regulation Around the World · about 6 min
15. 15. Myths and Misconceptions · about 7 min