Investing in cryptocurrencies and digital assets : a guide to understanding technologies, business models, due diligence, and valuation / Keith Black.

Part one. Defining cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Chapter 1. Money, banking, and inflation ; Chapter 2. Centralized finance (CeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi) markets ; Chapter 3. Uses of blockchains and distributed ledgers ; Chapter 4. Bitcoin mining and proof-of-work protocols ; Chapter 5. Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts ; Chapter 6. Proof-of-stake protocols and other layer. 1. Blockchains ; Chapter 7. Layer 2. Blockchains and scaling solutions ; Chapter 8. Stablecoins, crypto yields, and central bank digital currencies ; Chapter 9. Oracles and insurance tokens ; Chapter 10. Privacy tokens ; Chapter 11. Decentralized finance (DeFi): borrowing, lending, and decentralized exchanges ; Chapter 12. Composability, stacking DApps, and bridges ; Chapter 13 Blockchain applications beyond financial markets ; Chapter 14. NFTs, metaverse, and Web 3.0 ; Chapter 15. Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and governance
Part two. Investing in cryptocurrencies and digital assets ; Chapter 16. Risks, regulations, and taxes ; Chapter 17. Tokenization of off-chain assets ; Chapter 18. Fundamental valuation models ; Chapter 19. Initial coin offerings (ICOs), security token offerings (STOs), and tokenomics ; Chapter 20. Trading and technical analysis ; Chapter 21. Investing directly in crypto: wallets, custody, and security ; Chapter 22. Derivative markets: futures, options, and perpetual swaps ; Chapter 23. Building portfolios of stocks, bonds, crypto stocks, and ETFs ; Chapter 24. Investing through private equity and hedge funds ; Chapter 25. Due diligence and technology risks: FTX, Terra Luna, hacks, and scams.