Digital assets form the building blocks of the Decentralized Financial (DeFi) infrastructure. They are expected to be crucial components for financial instruments, taxation, and laws. In this course, we explore digital assets, including stablecoin, tokenization and policies surrounding cryptocurrencies.
Digital Assets
Digital Assets
This course is part of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) for Everyone Specialization
Instructor: Bina Ramamurthy
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Beginner level
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8 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
You will learn to transfer cryptocurrencies on a test network.
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1 assignment
Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module, we define digital assets and describe various types. We also explore the digitalization evolution and share the motivation for blockchain-based tokenization.
What's included
4 videos1 reading
Stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency. In this module, we discuss its characteristics and explore stablecoin DAI and its governance token MKR.
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4 videos1 reading
In short, a token may be issued as a replacement for a payment method having sensitive data attached to it. In this module, we explore how non-fungible and semi-fungible tokens are used as digital assets.
What's included
4 videos1 reading1 assignment
In this module, we focus on policies and regulations pertaining to cryptocurrencies & digital assets.
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4 videos1 reading1 programming assignment
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