Curriculum Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
How blockchains and cryptocurrencies actually work - Bitcoin's economics, mining and energy, volatility, DeFi, NFTs, exchanges and custody risk, scams, ETFs and India's crypto tax.
- How a Blockchain Works A plain-language explanation of blockchain technology: a shared digital ledger that many computers keep in sync without a central authority. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Bitcoin How Bitcoin's fixed supply and halving schedule work, whether it functions as money, and why some call it digital gold. 📄 Read-aloud
- Crypto Mining and Energy Use Why proof-of-work mining uses so much electricity, how Ethereum cut its energy use, and the environmental debate around cryptocurrency. 📄 Read-aloud
- Why Crypto Prices Are So Volatile The reasons cryptocurrency prices swing far more than shares or currencies, from speculation and leverage to the lack of underlying cash flows. 📄 Read-aloud
- Decentralised Finance (DeFi) How DeFi uses smart contracts on blockchains to offer lending, trading and other financial services without banks, and the risks involved. 📄 Read-aloud
- NFTs: Boom and Bust What non-fungible tokens are, why they boomed in 2021, why most lost their value, and what uses might last. 📄 Read-aloud
- Cryptocurrency & Blockchain: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on blockchains, Bitcoin, mining, volatility and DeFi. 5 questions
- Crypto Exchanges and the Risk of Custody Why keeping crypto on an exchange means trusting a company with your money, what went wrong at Mt. Gox and FTX, and the choice between custodial and self-held wallets. 📄 Read-aloud
- Crypto Scams: Rug Pulls and Pump and Dumps The most common crypto scams, from fake investment schemes to rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes, and how to spot the warning signs. 📄 Read-aloud
- Can Crypto Cut Remittance Costs? Whether cryptocurrency can make sending money across borders cheaper and faster, and what experience so far suggests. 📄 Read-aloud
- Bitcoin ETFs and Institutional Investors How exchange-traded funds holding Bitcoin brought cryptocurrency into mainstream investing in 2024, and what it means for markets. 📄 Read-aloud
- Taxing Crypto: India's Approach How India taxes gains from cryptocurrency and other virtual digital assets, why the rules are strict, and their effects on trading. 📄 Read-aloud
- Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency How businesses and governments have tried to use blockchain for supply chains, records and payments between banks, and why many projects have struggled. 📄 Read-aloud