The Best Crypto Resources

Here’s a collection of my favorite resources from the world of cryptocurrency, ICOs, tokens and blockchains.

If you’re new to the world of crypto and you’re feeling overwhelmed, I’ll start out with a section that’s just for you.

Books

Crypto History

• Digital Gold (story of Bitcoin)
• The Infinite Machine (story of Ethereum)
• The Book of Satoshi

Crypto Economics

• The Bitcoin Standard
• Layered Money
• The Price of Tomorrow
• Cryptoassets
• This Book Will Save You Time

Technical

• Grokking Bitcoin
• Mastering Bitcoin
• Mastering Ethereum
• Programming Bitcoin
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
• Smart Custody

General Concepts

• The Internet of Money (3 volumes)
• The Little Bitcoin Book
• Blockchain Bubble or Revolution
• Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
• Cryptoassets guide for investment professionals (pdf)
• How to DeFi

Courses

• Saylor Academy Bitcoin for Everybody

Crypto Twitter

• My Crypto list

Crypto Prices and Exchange Liquidity

• Coinmarketcap

Exchanges

• Coinbase
• Binance
• Bitpanda
• Bitwala
• Kraken
• Localbitcoins
• Comparison of many platforms

Leveraged Trading Platforms

• Bitfinex
• Bitmex
• Exmo
• CEX
• Fulrum

Decentralized Exchanges

• Uniswap
• 0X
• Bisq

Crypto Borrowing & Lending

• BlockFi
• YouHodler

See my post on the best crypto interest accounts and lending platforms.

Important Websites

• Bitcoin.org
• Ethereum Project
• Nakamoto Institute

Ethereum

• Gas Prices

Lightning Network

• Lightning Network official page
• Breez
• Lightning Labs
• Lightning information

Crypto News & Blogs

• Cryptoheadlines – Crypto news aggregator
• Dailycoin – Your daily crypto guide
• Advancing Bitcoin Blog

Resource Websites

• The Case for Bitcoin
• Keepitsimple Bitcoin
• UpFolio’s Crypto Guides

Inheritance

• Crypto inheritance guides

Cryptocurrency Hedge and VC Funds

• 1confirmation
• A16z
• Alameda Research
• Arrington XRP Capital
• Binance Labs
• Bitwise index fund
• Blockchain Capital
• BoostVC
• CMS Holdings
• Coinbase Ventures
• Coinfund
• DeFiance Capital
• Digital Currency Group
• Dragonfly Capital
• Electric Capital
• Fabric Ventures
• Framework Ventures
• Fenbushi Capital
• Galaxy Digital
• Grayscale
• Hashkey Capital
• Huobi Capital/Exchange
• Kinetic Capital
• LedgerPrime Capital
• Multicoin Capital
• Pantera Capital
• ParaFi Capital
• Paradigm
• Placeholder Ventures
• Polychain Capital
• Three Arrows Capital
• Union Square Ventures
• Winklevoss Capital
• Crypto fund costs

Crypto Tax Calculators

• Cointracker
• Cryptotrader
• Cointracking
• Taxbit

Crypto Custodians

• BitGo Custody
• Vo1t
• Gemini Custody
• Bitcoin Suisse Vault
• Coinbase Custody
• Fidelity Custody
• Bakkt
• itBit
• Knox Custody
• Kingdom Trust
• Onchain Custodian
• Copper
• Unchained Capital (collaborative custody)
• Casa (collaborative custody) – see docs too
• Sygnum Bank

You can also check the custodian comparison site for further options.

Crypto-Friendly Banks in Europe

• Bankera (an EMI with a shady past – use only as a last resort)

News Sites (Spanish)

• El Bitcoin

Newsletters

• Bravenewcoin
• Cryptocompare

Portfolio Managers

• Cointracker
• Excel sheet

Consultancy

• Jakub from Finematics
• Ministry of Nodes

Run Your Own Node

• Umbrel
• RaspiBlitz
• RoninDojo
• MyNode
• Feature Comparison

Inheritance Solutions

• Casa Inheritance

APIs

• Nomics
• Whale Alert

Wallets

• Mobile wallet – Exodus
• Mobile wallet – Argent (for DeFi)
• Mobile wallet – MyCelium (Android)
• Hardware wallet – Ledger Nano X
• Hardware wallet – Trezor Model T
• Wallet Scrutiny

Read my article about hot wallets too.

The Software wallet comparison compiled by Veriphi is a very good additional resource if you’re not sure what to go for.

Price Alerts

• TargetMoon (10 free alerts)
• Coindera (free for email alert, paid for SMS alerts)
• Coinmarketalert
• Coinwink
• Cryptoloom

ICOs

• ICO Stats and performance
• ICO Calendar
• Valuing crypto tokens
• Useless Ethereum Token

Earn Bitcoin

• Microlancer

Bitcoin Art

• Lucho Poletti

Stats and Analytics

• Santiment
• Clarkmoody’s dashboard
• Mempool space
• Mempool observer
• Transaction stats
• Bytetree Terminal
• Currencies used to trade Bitcoin
• Barchart Crypto
• Bitinfocharts Crypto
• Intotheblock
• Defi pulse
• Coin.dance
• Bitcoin treasuries – Bitcoin treasuries in public companies
• Statoshi – node stats
• Howmanyconfs

Block Explorers

• Blockstream
• OXT
• KYCP
• Sochain

Accepting Bitcoin Payments

• BTCPay
• Bitpay
• GoCrypto

Debit Cards

• Wirex
• Cryptopay
• Uquid
• Spectro

Charts

• Bitcoinvisuals – many Bitcoin charts under one roof – especially technical related.
• Moonstats
• Cryptowatch
• Bitcoincharts
• Tradingview
• Wallminer
• Tradinglite
• Metatrader

Bitcoin ATMs

• FindBitcoinATM

Domain Registrars

• Unstoppable domains
• Ethereum Name Service

Trading Courses

• Technical Analysis for Cryptocurrencies
• Entries and Exits

Podcasts

• What Bitcoin Did
• The Pomp
• Stephan Livera Podcast
• The Flippening
• Unchained
• The Breakdown
• Base Layer
• The Delphi Podcast
• Untold Stories
• Epicenter
• Let’s Talk Bitcoin
• Epicenter
• The Bitcoin Game
• Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast
• The Gift of Bitcoin – excellent for beginners

YouTube Channels

• Andreas Antonopoulos – Fundamentals and Technical
• DataDash – Trading
• Technical Roundup – Trading
• Off Chain with Jimmy Song – Bitcoin

Research

• The Block Crypto
• Arcane Research
• Delphi Digital
• Bitwise Investments
• Consensys

DeFi

• Fast DeFi tutorial
• Bankless
• DeFi Pulse
• DeFi Rate
• DeFi Dad
• The Daily Gwei
• DeFi Weekly
• The Defiant
• Pools.fyi – Top Liquidity Pools
• DAPP Radar

DeFi Aggregators

• Zerion
• Matcha
• Harvest
• Zapper

White Papers

• Bitcoin white paper
• Ethereum white paper

Trading Bots and Automation

• Coinrule
• Shrimpy
• 3Commas
• Zenbot
• Gekko
• Kryll
• Gunbot
• Cryptohopper
• Tradesanta
• Zignaly
• Mudrex
• ExchangeValet

Forums

• BitcoinTalk
• Reddit
• Forobits (Spanish)

Privacy

• Hodl Privacy FAQ
• Bitcoin-only

Mining Pools

• F2Pool

Deals

• Bitcoinblackfriday

Bitcoin-only sites

• Bitcoin Q n A
• Keep it Simple Bitcoin
• Casebitcoin
• 10 hours of Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Only
• Bitcoiner Guide
• Bitcoinwallet guide
• Bitcoin node guide
• Bitcoin intro
• Bitcoin optech
• Bitcoin devlist
• 21ism – bitcoin inspired creativity
• We run Bitcoin
• Lopp’s bitcoin information and resources
• Advancing Bitcoin
• 10X security guide
• Wallets recovery

Telegram Groups

• No Bullshit Bitcoin

Articles

• What is Cryptocurrency?
• Money, Blockchains and Social Scalability by Nick Szabo
• A Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum
• What is Ethereum? A step-by-step guide
• Fat Protocols
• Why Bitcoin Matters
• Privacy coins; how they work and why they’re needed
• Why HODL not HOLD

More Resource Lists

• Bitcoin Only
• Jameson Lopp’s list
• GitHub List

Any other resources I forgot to mention?