Foundation course
Certified Stablecoin & Web3 Payments Learner
A platform-neutral foundation in stablecoins and on-chain payments: what stablecoins are and the three ways they hold a peg, how USDT, USDC and DAI actually work and fail, moving money across borders faster and cheaper than correspondent banking, DeFi and gas-fee basics, custody and seed-phrase security, and the fast-moving regulatory landscape from the US GENIUS Act to MiCA and Asia-Pacific.
6 modules · ~30 min · 20-question exam · pass 70%
- 01What Stablecoins Are and Why They MatterA stablecoin is a crypto token built to hold a steady value, usually one dollar, so value can sit still on a blockchain that never closes.
- 02USDT, USDC, DAI: Mechanics and RisksThe three biggest stablecoins hold their peg in different ways, so they break in different ways, and knowing how tells you which risk you are actually carrying.
- 03Cross-Border Payments with StablecoinsSending money abroad through banks is slow and costly; a stablecoin moves the same value in minutes, and the real friction sits at the fiat-in and fiat-out edges, not the transfer.
- 04DeFi Basics and Web3 Payment InfrastructureDeFi runs lending, trading and earning on smart contracts instead of a bank, which is why it is open around the clock, why you pay a gas fee, and why every risk lands on you.
- 05Custody and Security for Stablecoin HoldersHolding stablecoins really means holding private keys, so this module covers who keeps them, how to protect a seed phrase, and the scams that drain most wallets.
- 06The Regulatory Landscape for StablecoinsMajor governments are now writing stablecoin rules, and clearer rules tend to reward the fully-reserved coins while squeezing out the opaque ones.
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