Digital Currency

What is digital currency?

A virtual currency is a digital representation of value only available in electronic form. It is stored and transacted through designated software, mobile, or computer applications. Transactions involving virtual currencies occur through secure, dedicated networks or over the Internet. They are issued by private parties or groups of developers and are mostly unregulated.

Virtual currencies are a subset of digital currencies and include other types of digital currencies such as cryptocurrencies and tokens issued by private organizations. The advantages of virtual currencies include faster transaction speeds and ease of use. The disadvantages of virtual currencies are that they can be hacked and do not provide much legal recourse to investors because they are not regulated. (Investopedia)

Books

Bitcoin by Peter Kent

The NFT Handbook: How to Create, Sell and Buy Non-Fungible Tokens by Matt Fortnow

The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrency by Ryan Derousseau

The Crypto Book: How to Invest Safely in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies by Siam Kidd

The Truth About Crypto by Ric Edelman

Cryptocurrency Mining for Dummies by Peter Kent

Once a Bitcoin Miner by Ethan Lou

Digitizing the Dollar by Rowen Grey

Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

Podcasts

Bitcoin (NPR/Planet Money)

Streaming

Can Cryptocurrency Go Mainstream? (CBS Sunday Morning)

Crypto: A Beginners Guide (The Economist)

Cryptocurrency: The Wild West (NBC/Meet the Press)

 

Articles

A Beginner’s Guide to How Cryptocurrencies Work (Popular Science)

A Coming Crypto Storm for Central Banks? (Reuters)

Crypto 101 (CNN)

Cryptocurrency Laws and Regulations by State (Bloomberg Law)

Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency Transactions (IRS)

Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation (Federal Reserve)

What a US Digital Dollar Means for the Future of Your Wallet (Bloomberg)

What Are NFTs and Why Are Some Worth Millions? (BBC)

What Is Cryptocurrency? (Forbes Advisor)

What is an NFT? Non-Fungible Tokens Explained (Forbes)

What’s an NFT? And Why Are People Paying Millions to Buy Them? (NPR)