Learn Crypto

Custodial wallets (exchanges like Coinbase, Binance) are convenient but you're trusting a third party. If the exchange is hacked or collapses — as happened with FTX — you may lose everything. Non-custodial wallets (MetaMask, hardware wallets like Ledger) put you in full control but losing your seed phrase means permanent loss. For small amounts, custodial is fine. For significant holdings, self-custody is the standard recommendation.

Market cap is more useful than price alone for comparing assets. Bitcoin at $60,000 has a market cap of ~$1.2 trillion. A $0.01 token with 100 trillion supply has a $1 trillion market cap. Always check circulating supply. Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) includes all future supply — if FDV is much higher than current market cap, significant inflation is coming.

Pig butchering: A scammer builds a romantic relationship over weeks before introducing a "great investment opportunity." Billions lost annually. Fake exchanges: Sites that let you deposit and show fake gains, then demand a "tax" before withdrawal. Phishing: Fake MetaMask/Ledger emails asking you to "verify your seed phrase." Rule: no legitimate service will ever ask for your seed phrase. Pump & dump: Influencers buy a low-cap coin, hype it publicly, then sell into the buyers. See enforcement actions →

The body of a candle is the open-to-close range. A long upper wick means buyers pushed price up but sellers brought it back down — bearish signal. A long lower wick means sellers pushed it down but buyers recovered it — bullish signal. Doji candles (tiny body) indicate indecision. Combine candlestick patterns with volume: a strong green candle on low volume is less meaningful than the same move on high volume. Try the HODL or FOLD game to practice reading live charts.

Watch out for vesting schedules: if team and investor allocations unlock over 12-24 months, they will sell into your buying. Check the token unlock calendar — sites like Token Unlocks track this. A good tokenomic structure has a meaningful portion circulating at launch, not 2% with 98% held by insiders. Also check: is there a burn mechanism? Buyback programme? These affect long-term supply pressure. Use Blokaro's DCA calculator to model entry over time.

Your seed phrase generates your private key mathematically — it's not stored anywhere online. Best practices: write it on paper (or stamp it in metal for fire/water resistance), store copies in two separate physical locations, never in a photo, notes app, email draft, or cloud storage. Use a hardware wallet (Ledger, Trezor) for large holdings — these keep private keys offline. When setting up, verify you're on the genuine manufacturer's website. Fake hardware wallets have been sold with pre-loaded seed phrases.