The curriculum starts with foundations, then connects each concept to what you should understand before and after it.
Financial Foundations
Core concepts about money, purchasing power, interest, and the time value of money.
- Why Money Existsbeginner
- Functions of Moneybeginner
- Barterbeginner
- Commodity Moneybeginner
- Fiat Currencybeginner
- Purchasing Powerbeginner
+ 6 more
Banking & Credit
How banks, accounts, lending, credit reports, and debt work.
- What Banks Dobeginner
- Checking Accountsbeginner
- Savings Accountsbeginner
- Deposit Insurancebeginner
- Bank Balance Sheetsintermediate
- Loansbeginner
+ 6 more
Personal Finance
Everyday financial planning, cash flow, insurance, retirement, housing, and debt.
- Budgetingbeginner
- Cash Flowbeginner
- Net Worthbeginner
- Emergency Fundsbeginner
- Insurance Basicsbeginner
- Retirement Planningintermediate
+ 6 more
Investing
Core investment vehicles, risk, return, diversification, and portfolio construction.
- Investment Returnbeginner
- Investment Riskbeginner
- Diversificationbeginner
- Stocksbeginner
- Bondsbeginner
- ETFsbeginner
+ 6 more
Financial Markets
How exchanges, brokers, orders, liquidity, indexes, and market structure work.
- Primary Marketsbeginner
- Secondary Marketsbeginner
- Stock Exchangesbeginner
- Brokersbeginner
- Bid and Ask Pricesintermediate
- Order Booksintermediate
+ 6 more
Economics
Supply, demand, macroeconomic indicators, business cycles, and public policy.
- Supply and Demandbeginner
- Price Elasticityintermediate
- Gross Domestic Productbeginner
- Consumer Price Indexbeginner
- Unemploymentbeginner
- Business Cyclesbeginner
+ 6 more
Cryptocurrency
Digital assets, networks, wallets, exchanges, custody, and transaction mechanics.
- What Is Cryptocurrency?beginner
- Bitcoinbeginner
- Ethereumbeginner
- Stablecoinsbeginner
- Altcoinsbeginner
- Tokenomicsintermediate
+ 6 more
Blockchain
Blocks, hashes, nodes, consensus, mining, validation, and forks.
- What Is a Blockchain?beginner
- Blocksbeginner
- Cryptographic Hashesbeginner
- Merkle Treesintermediate
- Blockchain Nodesbeginner
- Full vs Light Nodesintermediate
+ 6 more
Cryptography & Security
Keys, signatures, wallet security, phishing, operational security, and counterparty risk.
- Public-Key Cryptographyintermediate
- Private Keysbeginner
- Seed Phrasesbeginner
- Digital Signaturesintermediate
- Hardware Walletsbeginner
- Multisignature Walletsintermediate
+ 6 more
Smart Contracts & DeFi
Smart contracts, decentralized applications, exchanges, lending, oracles, bridges, and scaling.
- Smart Contractsintermediate
- Ethereum Virtual Machineadvanced
- Gasintermediate
- Decentralized Applicationsbeginner
- Decentralized Exchangesintermediate
- Automated Market Makersintermediate
+ 6 more
Tax & Regulatory Foundations
Foundational tax and regulatory concepts requiring enhanced review.
- Taxable Incomebeginner
- Cost Basisintermediate
- Capital Gains Taxesintermediate
- Short vs Long-Term Capital Gainsintermediate
- Dividend Tax Basicsbeginner
- Interest Incomebeginner
+ 6 more
Financial History & Infrastructure
Historical monetary systems, financial crises, payment rails, and financial technology.
- History of Moneybeginner
- Gold Standardbeginner
- Bretton Woods Systemintermediate
- End of U.S. Dollar Gold Convertibilityintermediate
- History of Central Bankingbeginner
- Global Financial Crisis of 2008intermediate
+ 6 more