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Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin Investing And Trading For Beginners

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Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin Investing And Trading For Beginners

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January 2026

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There are 4 modules in this course

Learn the following principles for investing (long-term outlook) and trading (short-term outlook) in the Cryptocurrency space.

Here are the principles you will learn in this course: Asset allocation and diversification within the Cryptocurrency space and your overall finances Risk assessment and how much you should risk, and what your risks are besides the obvious risk of your investment decreasing in value Compound returns and how to get the most out of them Learn to trade and use common Cryptocurrency tools like Coinbase How to buy and sell your Cryptocurrency at favorable prices DON'T MISS THE CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKET Many people take a long time looking for a good industry to get into as the available industries mature and get more competitive. I've observed this with many industries like the SEO industry, Ecommerce, Elearning, and much more. Don't stand on the sidelines planning. Start doing instead. We are already quite a ways into the Cryptocurrency space, but if you look at the big picture, today is still a good time to get into it. DISCLAIMER 1: The content in this course is not investment advice, not legal advice, and not accounting advice. DISCLAIMER 2: You will have to sign up for some services shown in the course and some services are paid. I am only showing you industry-standard services and I don't profit from showing them to you. I only show them for educational purposes. Invest in your future! Enroll today!

What's included

2 videos

2 videos•Total 7 minutes
  • Introduction and warm welcome to this Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin investing course•2 minutes
  • Introduction to getting a Cryptocurrency trading account•5 minutes

What's included

6 videos

6 videos•Total 43 minutes
  • Basics of trading with limit and market prices•8 minutes
  • Difference between limit orders and stop orders•2 minutes
  • How much to risk, is it risky, and where is the actual risk?•8 minutes
  • Diversification in within Cryptocurrency and other asset classes•9 minutes
  • Fomo, discipline, and not listening to people who say they do great•9 minutes
  • What gives Cryptocurrency its value•6 minutes

What's included

2 videos

2 videos•Total 11 minutes
  • Explaining compound interest•7 minutes
  • Examples with the compound interest calculator•5 minutes

What's included

4 videos1 assignment

4 videos•Total 29 minutes
  • How to watch market trends and world news affecting your investments•10 minutes
  • Introducing the "Find Altcoins & Memcoin Risers" app •5 minutes
  • How to use the app to find the rising tokens•10 minutes
  • Not trying to handpick winners of different Cryptocurrency•4 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Course test•30 minutes

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Alex Genadinik
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