Jumping Into Web3: A Beginner’s Guide

Soon, the world will separate into two types of people: Those who know about tokens (also known as “crypto”) and those who don’t. Tokens are what fuel Web3, the internet’s next generation. Owned by users. You’ll want to be one of those owners.

We are supposed to understand what we’re investing in. Yet Web3 investing can be intimidating. It can seem that you need to know cryptography, software code, and so much more. That’s not the case. Luckily these resources can help you get up to speed to confidently own tokens — a piece of the next internet (known as Web3) that is emerging on top of interoperable blockchains.

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Learn by CoinDesk: Crypto 101, including lessons displayed in three levels of experience. Includes sections on non-fungible tokens (NFTs, representing ownership of art/music/property), decentralized finance (DeFi), investing techniques, and the two most used blockchains (Ethereum and Bitcoin).

Real Vision Crypto: Among the best videos explaining how crypto fits into the bigger economic picture and why it makes sense to own. Includes deeper dives on NFTs, smart contracts (self-driving agreements on blockchains), metaverse tokens, and a new RV x The Defiant section breaking down the breaking developments in the DeFi realm.