Resources
Tools, research and reading for retail and institutional investors.
Clear, trustworthy primers from established educators. Read these first.
Crypto for Beginners
A structured primer on how crypto works, what moves prices and which risks to understand before you put money in.
Visit →FidelityRetailWhat Is Bitcoin?
How the largest cryptocurrency works, along with the key risks to weigh.
Visit →FidelityRetailBlockchain Explained
A visual walk-through of the technology underneath crypto and why it matters.
Visit →Lopp.netRetailGetting Started
A plain-language intro to what Bitcoin is, why it is unique and how it works.
Visit →Bitcoin MagazineRetailHow to Use & Store Bitcoin Safely
Practical steps for sending, receiving and securing your first bitcoin.
Visit →Bitcoin MagazineRetailProtecting Savings From High Inflation
A guide to how bitcoin is discussed as a tool for preserving personal savings.
Visit →Run the numbers yourself and track the network with live data.
DCA Time Machine
See what a recurring bitcoin purchase would have looked like across history.
Visit →Wolf of All StreetsAll levelsStack vs S&P
Compare identical dollars in bitcoin and the S&P 500, lump sum or dollar-cost averaged.
Visit →Wolf of All StreetsRetailRetire on Bitcoin
Estimate when a bitcoin stack could cover your spending, or how much that lifestyle would take.
Visit →Into the CryptoverseInstitutionalRisk & Cycle Analytics
Market video analysis, risk and cycle charts and portfolio tools. The deeper toolset sits behind a paid subscription.
Visit →Lopp.netInstitutionalNetwork Statistics
A directory of metrics that track Bitcoin's adoption and network health.
Visit →The Crypto PlaybackAll levelsOur Live Dashboard
Every market signal we track, scored on one page and refreshed every 15 minutes: sentiment, risk, flows, leverage and more.
Visit →Market structure, regulation and investment research for professional allocators and serious investors.
Advanced Crypto Hub
Market outlooks, regulation, taxes and product explainers for investors who are past the basics.
Visit →FidelityInstitutionalBitcoin's Four-Year Cycles
A look at the cyclical patterns in bitcoin and what they could mean for investors.
Visit →FidelityAll levelsSpot Bitcoin ETPs
What a spot bitcoin exchange-traded product is and how it differs from holding coins directly.
Visit →FidelityInstitutionalSEC & CFTC Crypto Guidance
The latest U.S. regulatory guidance and how markets reacted to it.
Visit →Fidelity Digital AssetsInstitutionalBitcoin First
Research on why investors may want to consider bitcoin separately from other digital assets.
Visit →NYDIGInstitutionalBitcoin's Protection Under the First Amendment
Institutional research on the legal footing of bitcoin in the United States.
Visit →Lopp.netInstitutionalInvestment Theses
A curated collection of the arguments investors make for and against owning bitcoin.
Visit →Bitcoin MagazineInstitutionalBest Bitcoin-Backed Loans
A guide to lending products that use bitcoin as collateral.
Visit →Custody, security, taxes and estate planning — the unglamorous parts that matter most.
Setting Up a Wallet
Hardware, software, metal and paper wallets, with the trade-offs of each.
Visit →Lopp.netAll levelsSecurity
How to protect your keys without making your setup so complex you lock yourself out.
Visit →Lopp.netAll levelsRunning a Node
Verify the network yourself: why running your own node gives the strongest security model.
Visit →FidelityRetailStore Crypto Safely
Protection strategies against hacks, scams and other cybersecurity threats.
Visit →Bitcoin MagazineAll levelsBitcoin Privacy in 2026
A practical guide to on-chain and off-chain privacy tools.
Visit →FidelityAll levelsCrypto Tax Guide
How crypto is taxed and ways to keep your records in order.
Visit →FidelityAll levelsCrypto & Estate Planning
How digital assets fit into an estate plan and how they pass to heirs.
Visit →Bitcoin MagazineRetailMoving a 401(k) Into a Bitcoin IRA
The steps involved in rolling an old retirement account into a bitcoin IRA.
Visit →The long reads Bitcoin investors keep coming back to — on money, energy, investing and law.
Curated from bitcoin-resources.com.
Bitcoin and markets, in your ears. Shows we like and recommend.
Spotify · PodcastAll levelsThe Money Block
with Matthew J. MooreA weekly Bitcoin and money show on BizTV and Biz Talk Radio, Saturdays at 3 PM ET. Clear conversation on Bitcoin, markets and what moves them.
Listen on Spotify →Every indicator on our dashboard has its own page explaining what it measures and how it is scored. For deeper market-structure research, see the Playback Lab.
The terms you will run into most often here and in the newsletter.
- Cold storage
- Keeping crypto keys offline, away from internet-connected devices, to cut the risk of online theft.
- Self-custody
- Holding your own private keys instead of leaving coins with an exchange or custodian.
- DCA
- Dollar-cost averaging: buying a fixed dollar amount on a regular schedule, whatever the price.
- Market cap
- Price per coin multiplied by the number of coins in circulation.
- Hash rate
- The total computing power securing a proof-of-work network such as Bitcoin.
- Halving
- The scheduled event, roughly every four years, that cuts Bitcoin's new-coin issuance in half.
- Stablecoin
- A token designed to hold a steady value, usually pegged to the U.S. dollar.
- Spot ETP
- An exchange-traded product that holds the actual asset, so shares track its price directly.
- Funding rate
- The periodic payment between long and short traders in perpetual futures; a gauge of leverage.
- Liquidation
- A forced closing of a leveraged position when losses exhaust its collateral.
- TVL
- Total value locked: the amount of assets deposited in DeFi protocols.
- Fear & Greed Index
- A composite score of market sentiment, from extreme fear to extreme greed.
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