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Crypto Trading: Exchanges, Wallets and Perps

How the crypto market is actually built: coins and stablecoins, exchanges and wallets, spot order books, perpetual futures with funding and liquidation math, on-chain and tokenomics basics, and the scams and tax rules that catch beginners. No hype, no coin picks, just the mechanics.

Module 1: The landscape

What the assets are, why market cap is not liquidity, what a 24/7 market does to you, and why reported volume is often fiction.

  1. Bitcoin, ether, alts and stablecoins9 min
  2. Market cap is not liquidity8 min
  3. A market that never closes8 min
  4. CEX, DEX, spot, derivatives, and why volume numbers lie10 min

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Module 2: Custody and security

Exchange accounts, 2FA, API keys, hot and cold wallets, seed phrases, and what Mt. Gox and FTX teach about leaving money on an exchange.

  1. Exchange accounts and 2FA8 min
  2. API key hygiene8 min
  3. Hot wallets, cold wallets and seed phrases10 min
  4. When exchanges fail: Mt. Gox and FTX10 min

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Module 3: Spot trading mechanics

Order books, maker and taker fees, order types, slippage on thin coins, unit sizing math, DCA versus trading, and tax lots.

  1. The order book and maker/taker fees9 min
  2. Order types and slippage on thin alts9 min
  3. Unit sizing math9 min
  4. DCA versus trading, and tax lots9 min

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Module 4: Perpetual futures

How perps track spot through funding, mark versus index price, the liquidation table by leverage, cross versus isolated margin, and why 50x is a coin flip.

  1. What a perp is and how funding works10 min
  2. Mark price, index price and the liquidation table10 min
  3. Cross vs isolated margin, and why 50x is a coin flip9 min
  4. Basis trades, explained but not recommended9 min

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Module 5: Crypto-specific analysis

On-chain basics, the halving, BTC dominance, correlation with equities, narratives and cycles, and how to read a tokenomics page.

  1. On-chain basics: addresses, exchange flows, stablecoin supply9 min
  2. The halving and BTC dominance9 min
  3. Correlation with equities, narratives and cycles9 min
  4. Reading a tokenomics page and spotting unlock cliffs10 min

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Module 6: Staying safe and sane

Rug pulls, honeypots, phishing, influencer pumps, airdrop scams, KYC and tax reality, and a risk plan plus journal built for a volatile asset.

  1. Rug pulls, honeypots and phishing10 min
  2. Influencer pumps and airdrop scams9 min
  3. KYC and tax reality9 min
  4. A risk plan and journal for a volatile asset10 min

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Educational content, not financial advice.