This course covers essential technical and business aspects of blockchains and blockchain-related investing. It aims to provide practicioners with a holistic overview of the blockchain and cryptocurrency universe. This course does not constitute investment advice.
Course structure:
- Blockchains
- Distributed Ledger Technology
- Consensus mechanisms
- Tokens, Nodes, Layers
- Blockchain features
- Blockchain applications
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency investing
- Investment Approaches
- Coins and Blockchains
- Tokenomics
- Trading Operations
- Wallets
- Risk Management and Compliance
- Risk Management
- Regulatory requirements and risks
- Licensing and regulation in Europe and Switzerland
- Security risks
- Fraud risks
- Other IT risks
- Decentralised Finance
- Why DeFi
- Comparisons with traditional finance
- Examples of DeFi applications
- Questions/exam