$BTC How Does Cryptocurrency Work? A Beginner's Guide
How Does Cryptocurrency Work? A Beginner's Guide
Written by Coursera Staff • Updated on Mar 9, 2025
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Explore the world of cryptocurrency and learn how to start buying, selling, and trading it. Learn about blockchain technology and how it tracks your digital assets.
[Featured image] A crypto investor is studying the cryptocurrency market on their computer.
Cryptocurrency is digital money that doesn’t require a bank or financial institution to verify transactions. You can use it to make purchases or as an investment. The system then verifies transactions and records them on a blockchain, an unchangeable ledger that tracks and records assets and trades.
Explore how cryptocurrency works and what you need to know before buying a digital currency to better understand what you can potentially do with it.$BTC