Finance
Cryptocurrency Basics: Understand It and Stay Safe
Understand what cryptocurrency and blockchain are, how wallets, keys and exchanges work, why prices swing wildly, and how crypto scams operate. Run live risk calculators, practise safe-transfer and P2P decisions in scenarios, take apart real-style scam cases, and finish with a practical Crypto Safety Lab. Risks first, no hype. Education only, not financial advice.
BEGINNER 301 min · 17 lessonsBy Career Forge
What you'll learn
- Explain cryptocurrency and blockchain in plain words
- Describe wallets, keys, recovery phrases and exchanges
- Use calculators to see volatility, drawdowns and scam maths
- Make safe decisions in transfer and P2P scenarios
- Recognise and respond to the most common crypto scams
- Secure your accounts and recovery phrases
- Decide with a clear head, and write a limit-based plan or decide not to take part
Requirements
- A phone or computer with internet
- A free Google Sheets or Excel file for the practical work
- Basic money knowledge (see Personal Money Basics)
Curriculum
Understanding Crypto
- 👋 Welcome: crypto without the hypePreview
- 🧱 What is cryptocurrency, really?Preview
- 👛 Wallets, keys and recovery phrases
- 🧠 Quick check: understanding crypto
How It Works in Practice
- 🏦 Exchanges, fees and how people buy
- 🎢 Why prices swing so wildly
- 🔐 Account and device security
- 🧠 How it works checkpoint
- 🧮 Assignment 1: Risk and fee worksheet
Scams, Safety and Rules
- 🚨 The most common crypto scams
- 🕵️ Case files: spot the scam
- ⚖️ Rules, tax and a responsible decision
- 🧠 Scams, safety and rules checkpoint
- 🚨 Assignment 2: Scam forensics and your reply
Final Exam: The Crypto Safety Lab
- 🧰 Crypto safety cheat sheet
- 🏁 FINAL EXAM: The Crypto Safety Lab
- 🎓 You did it! Certificate and what is next