Videos

I found these YouTube videos extremely helpful when I was doing my research initially. They give a great introduction into why cryptocurrencies are becoming so popular and looks into mining cryptocurrencies and the history of money.

-Bitcoin: The End of Money as we know it
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-Inside the cryptocurrency revolution
VICE News

Websites

-Investopedia: A guide to all types of investing including shares, ETFs, futures, cryptocurrencies etc https://www.investopedia.com/

-Cryptopedia: A great place to learn about the different terms used in cryptocurrency, along with information about individual cryptocurrencies https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia

-Coin Gecko: Looks at the overall market and has analysis on thousands of cryptocurrencies https://www.coingecko.com/en

-Coinmarketcap: Again a comprehensive view and analysis of cryptocurrencies and the market https://coinmarketcap.com/

Books

–Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar (2017) Aimed at beginners to the investment side of cryptocurrencies. This provides an awesome summary, history and analysis on cryptocurrencies

–The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them by Antony Lewis (2018) Is more of a beginners guide from a historical, programmers and economics point of view. It goes into greater depth on the financial, algorithmic and programming side of what makes Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrencies work and why they are such a disruptive technology.