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10 guides in Finabase Learn
- Asset classes explained: stocks, bonds, cash, real assets and more What an asset class is, how stocks, bonds, cash, real estate, commodities, currencies, crypto and derivatives differ, and what 19 years of ETF prices show.
- Bitcoin The first cryptocurrency, launched in 2009, with a fixed maximum supply of 21 million coins secured by proof of work.
- Blockchain A shared, append-only ledger of transactions grouped in linked blocks and maintained by a network of computers.
- Crypto wallets and custody: keys, seed phrases, hot and cold storage Who really holds your crypto: private keys, seed phrases, hot and cold wallets, exchange custody, what the FTX failure showed, and why SIPC doesn’t cover coins.
- Cryptocurrency A digital asset recorded on a decentralized blockchain ledger and secured by cryptography, such as Bitcoin or Ether.
- Ethereum and smart contracts: how ether, gas and staking work What Ethereum adds to bitcoin’s idea: smart contracts, gas fees with a worked example, proof of stake since the 2022 Merge, and five years of ETH vs BTC data.
- How crypto markets differ from stocks: hours, venues and volatility Why crypto trades 24/7 on fragmented venues with no market-wide halts, how its volatility compares with SPY in a year of daily data, and what spot ETFs changed.
- Stablecoin A cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value, usually one US dollar, backed by cash and Treasury reserves or, in riskier designs, by algorithms.
- Stablecoins: how dollar tokens hold a $1 peg and how they fail How reserve-backed and algorithmic stablecoins keep a $1 price, the redemption arbitrage in numbers, the TerraUSD collapse and the 2025 GENIUS Act rules.
- What is bitcoin? How it works, its supply cap and its price history How bitcoin’s network, proof of work and 21 million coin schedule work, with halving arithmetic and twelve years of price and drawdown data.
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