Practical Skills On Stablecoin Investment: Beginner

A quick course for everyone who wishes to start investment in stablecoins, from the basic concepts to practices.

What you'll learn

This course is non-technical. It's a hands-on course for practical skills required for investing in stablecoins, e.g. how to use certain DeFi platforms

This course will equip the students with basic knowledge of DeFi investing and its key components, such as types of stablecoins, use of stablecoins in Defi, etc

Furthermore, this course covers common information websites and how you should use them to perform investment analysis

This course aims to help retail investors and finance professionals within the traditional finance industry to navigate the world of stablecoin investin

Requirements

Basic knowledge of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology

Description

This course covers the basic concepts of using stablecoins as investments to earn passive income. Investments in stablecoins do not take market price risks, or is often known as delta-neutral. This course does not cover the basics of blockchain, but rather focuses on the practical skills and concepts of the basic DeFi protocols like Curve and Uniswap, for uses to get started on the investment process.The course structure covers: 1) What's stablecoins and types of stablecoins2) Typical DeFi protocols related to stableccoin investments 3) Assess stablecoin risks4) The financial knowledge required for stablecoin investment5) Security set-up (Ledger or multi-sig)6) Informational websitesThe course does not require any prior knowledge in blockchain or finance. But it will good to understand and be familiar with the use of Metamasks and basic interactions with smart contracts via website UIs. Similarly, it does not require prior financial knowledge, but it will be relevant if the user understands the common terms in investments, such as AUM, revenue, interest rates, etc.This course is not a financial advice or recommendation of investment in cryptocurrency. Despite being delta-neutral, investments in stablecoins are also investments in cryptocurrency and carry the risks similar to any other blockchain or cryptocurrency projects. This course intends to be informational and gets the users the basic understanding of the industry, before they seek professional advices or study further into this field.

Overview

Section 1: What's Stablecoin?

Lecture 1 What's Stablecoins? The definition.

Lecture 2 The market size of stablecoins

Lecture 3 The professional management industry

Lecture 4 Compared to money market and bond markets

Lecture 5 Regulations in general

Section 2: Types of stablecoins

Lecture 6 Type of stablecoins

Lecture 7 USDT, USDC, and its risks

Lecture 8 DAI, MIM, MAI, YUSD, LUSD, alUSD, and its Risks

Lecture 9 AMPL, BAC, FRAX, and its Risks

Lecture 10 What happened to TerraUSD (UST) and LUNA

Section 3: Direct investment strategies

Lecture 11 The use of stablecoins in defi

Lecture 12 Types of income can be generated by stablecoin investments

Lecture 13 Lending: What's Aave

Lecture 14 AMMs and LP: What's Uniswap

Lecture 15 Aggregator: What's Yearn

Lecture 16 What's token rewards in DeFi?

Lecture 17 What's ve model and Curve Finance?

Lecture 18 Aggregator: What's convex?

Lecture 19 Onchain derivatives: What's dydx?

Lecture 20 Fixed rate: What's notional?

Lecture 21 Uncollateralised lending: What's Truefi?

Section 4: What's beyond Ethereum?

Lecture 22 How to use an EVM chain (E.g. Polygon) in Metamask?

Lecture 23 Transfer funds to EVM chain

Section 5: How to assess the stablecoin investment risks?

Lecture 24 Quality of the underlying stablecoins

Lecture 25 Protocol economic risk

Section 6: Basic Finance Knowledge Required for Stablecoin Investments

Lecture 26 TVL

Lecture 27 APY, APR, and compounding

Lecture 28 Other conventional financial ratios: p/e, p/s, p/b

Section 7: Set-up for Small Companies or Individuals

Lecture 29 Use of a hardware wallet (ledger)

Lecture 30 Use of a multi-sig

Lecture 31 Fiat on-ramp

Section 8: Common Information Websites

Lecture 32 Defillama

Lecture 33 Token terminal

Lecture 34 How to check a token on Etherscan?

Lecture 35 How to use DeBank?

Lecture 36 How to check a token on Coingecko?

Retail investors and finance professionals within the traditional finance industry