10 Day Cryptocurrency Challenge! The Ultimate Crypto Course

Explore top crypto assets and their categories, tracing Bitcoin's role as the first decentralized digital money and the blockchain behind altcoins. Examine smart contracts, NFTs, and DeFi across today's cryptocurrencies.

Explore how Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, uses blockchain, decentralization, and a transparent public ledger with private keys, miners, and a capped supply to create a scarce digital asset.

Explore Litecoin, an alt coin to Bitcoin created by Charlie Lee in 2011, known for faster transactions. It’s dubbed the silver to Bitcoin, the gold of cryptocurrencies.

Explore Ethereum's smart contracts and NFTs, enabling programmable money and DeFi on the blockchain, and understand ERC-20 tokens and NFT minting with royalties.

Cardano is an open source, decentralized proof-of-stake coin where ADA holders can stake in pools for passive income and network security, with NFTs and the Ethereum killer label.

Discover how stablecoins like Tether and USDC pegged to the US dollar enable faster, cheaper on-ramps and off-ramps on exchanges. Learn staking opportunities and how blockchain payments flow globally.

Explore how Enjin Coin and gaming NFTs enable cross-game items usable across multiple games and tradable in an online marketplace. Axie Infinity and Sand Sandbox illustrate this potential.

Conclude day 2 by using the worksheet to explore other cryptocurrency projects and start a list of 3–5 coins you’d consider investing in, for educational purposes only.

discover how to buy cryptos by exploring different ways to purchase coins online and following a step-by-step guide to acquire cryptos.

Learn how to buy crypto using Shakepay as a Canadian, fund via e-transfer, and transfer bitcoin to Coinbase or Binance to trade Cardano (ADA) and Ethereum.

Learn how to buy crypto on Coinbase, focusing on Cardano, using the buy and trade flows, and adding a payment method. Consider buying during dips and applying dollar-cost averaging.

Bitcoin ATMs exist and provide a private key to access your bitcoin, but fees are typically 10–20% higher than online exchanges. For better value, use Binance or Shake Pay.

Wrap up day 3 by inviting rest and previewing tomorrow's content, and show how to acquire bitcoin at an ATM or online through Binance or Coinbase.

Master the basics of hardware wallets with the Ledger Nano S, learning how to set up and use a secure storage solution to protect your crypto assets.

Purchase the Ledger Nano S from Ledger dot com to secure your crypto with a hardware wallet; you own your private keys and avoid fake or used devices.

Unbox the Ledger Nano S, inspect the box contents, and emphasize buying new from Ledger to avoid tampering. Learn about recovery phrases, setting up for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano.

Set up a ledger nano s using ledger live, create a new device, and secure a 24-word recovery phrase for btc and doge wallets in cold storage.

Learn how to use hardware wallets, assess affordability, and recommend a hardware wallet for those with substantial crypto holdings.

Learn how to protect and back up your recovery seed, the backup for restoring private keys when you lose wallet access, plus practical seed storage ideas.

Stamp your 24-word recovery phrase onto stainless steel washers to create a durable metal recovery seed, then label and assemble it for fire and water resistant wallet backup.

Compare crypto steel wallets and the billfold for securing 12–24 word recovery seeds, highlighting fireproof, waterproof, and shockproof advantages over paper backups.

End day five of 10 day cryptocurrency challenge: learn how a metal recovery seed protects your crypto as the last line of defense, with options to purchase or create one.

Learn how to stake crypto assets such as Cardano and Tezos, and use OAS and Coinbase tools to manage your staking journey.

Cardano ada wallet on Yoroi using a Ledger Nano S, and learn to receive, send, and stake for yield via staking pools.

Learn how to stake Cardano ADA using Ledger Nano S or a standard wallet, delegating to pools like Alps or Meld to earn five percent per year.

Discover how ISO rewards work in Cardano staking (initial state pool offering), including delegation, compounding, and switching to higher ROI pools like Meld ESPO3 with future DeFi opportunities.

Learn to monitor wallets across phone and desktop using a read-only wallet linked to a ledger, with export, add wallet, restore wallet, and cross-device sync.

Explore staking Tezos and earning a 4 to 6% yield via Coinbase, while learning Tezos as a blockchain with smart contracts and NFTs, and its long-term crypto strategy.

Learn how to stake Cardano or Tezos and grow your crypto assets with a free, gradual path to compounding over time.

Learn how to acquire other coins, send bitcoin to another wallet, and convert bitcoin to Doja EDA, answering common questions for day 7 of the course.

Convert bitcoin to Cardano on Coinbase using the convert feature with low or zero fees, then hold Cardano long-term and plan to move to the Ledger Nano S.

On Binance, learn to trade Dogecoin for Tezos using USDC or USDT as the on-ramp, including deposits, market orders, and evaluating Tezos as a bullish long-term hold.

Withdraw Tezos from Binance to another wallet using a public address, paying a fee, and tracking withdrawals through confirmations until completion.

Finish day seven with a note to rest. Prepare to go over more in tomorrow's videos.

Learn to track and manage your crypto portfolio like a pro, with updates on bitcoin prices and digital asset values as you reach day eight of the course.

Learn to track and manage your crypto portfolio using FTX app (formerly Blockfolio), create portfolios, add coins like Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Cardano, edit transactions, and view charts and holding percentages.

Track your crypto holdings with 40x, visualize your portfolio, and make better decisions as you complete assignment 3 and prepare for day nine.

Explore essential crypto resources, including top YouTube channels, websites, and tools for navigating the crypto space.

Explore how CoinMarketCap tracks prices, market cap, and charts for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptos, with rankings and dominance insights to assess market trends.

Discover entertaining crypto YouTube channels like Cryptos Are Us, Journey Crypto, and Real Vision Finance, offering up-to-date analysis, beginner portfolios, and bullish outlooks on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Explore curated crypto resources as day nine closes in the 10 day cryptocurrency challenge, with one day left to go; rest tonight and join us tomorrow.

Celebrate completing the course and take the leap into crypto, while exploring future portfolio growth and noting this educational content is not financial advice.