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As blockchain evolves from an experimental technology to a foundation for real-world applications, tensions between performance, cost, and scalability have become increasingly apparent. While traditional monolithic blockchains helped launch the industry, they now reveal structural limitations when confronted with complex use cases and large user populations. Modular blockchains are not merely incremental technical improvements; they signal a fundamental shift in system architecture. By decoupling core functions—including execution, settlement, and data availability—modular blockchains are redefining how blockchain networks expand, interact, and advance. This course starts from this critical turning point, helping you understand the deep transformation underway in blockchain infrastructure.

In the digital world, "identity" has long been viewed as a login tool, with little serious discussion about the power structures and trust mechanisms behind it. With the rise of Web3, decentralized finance (DeFi), and on-chain governance, identity has begun to evolve beyond a mere key to access systems—it now carries functions of credit, permissions, and value distribution. This course starts from this transformation, guiding you to re-examine the evolving role of identity in the digital society, and how decentralized identity serves as the critical foundation for reconstructing trust in Web3.

As stablecoins continue to scale and on-chain clearing and risk management mechanisms mature, DeFi lending is transitioning from a high-risk experiment into sustainable financial infrastructure. Compared with early models that relied heavily on narratives and incentives, the new generation of DeFi lending focuses more on interest rate stability, risk priceability, and capital efficiency, increasingly becoming the preferred gateway for institutional capital entering on-chain finance. From a financial-structure perspective, this course explains why DeFi lending has re-emerged as a core growth engine and the critical role it plays in the era of institutionalization.

Prediction markets are rapidly emerging as one of the fastest-growing and most institutionally watched application areas in Web3. As real-world events become increasingly intertwined with on-chain assets, market participants are turning to prices to capture “probability consensus” ahead of time. This evolution positions prediction markets as a form of financial infrastructure that reflects sentiment, decision-making, and expectations about the future. This course will help you understand why prediction markets can serve as “price oracles for the real world,” why traditional polling and survey methods are losing effectiveness, and how on-chain prediction markets leverage transparent mechanisms, decentralized settlement, and real-time data flows to construct a credible probability system for future events.

The expansion of decentralized finance has turned the right to sequence transactions from a hidden variable in blockchain’s underlying mechanisms into a core force shaping market efficiency, user experience, and infrastructure evolution. This course centers around MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) to systematically analyze how the complete value chain—from transaction ordering, arbitrage, and liquidation to block construction and PBS architecture—is formed. It will help you understand why today's on-chain markets are no longer first-come-first-served, but rather a competitive environment driven by strategy, data, and sequencing engineering. Through real-world ecosystem structures and technical logic, this course will guide you through the entire process of how blockchain market behavior is being reshaped.

Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) is emerging as a key technology driving the integration of Web3 and traditional finance. This course explains why "public transparency" alone is insufficient to meet institutional-level financial needs, and how ZKP enables users and institutions to complete identity verification, auditing, compliant transactions, and cross-border payments without exposing sensitive information, truly achieving a balance between privacy and regulation.

With the rapid evolution of blockchain, AI, and global capital flows, the crypto market is becoming the most active and groundbreaking experimental field for financial engineering and quantitative strategies. This course approaches the topic from three perspectives—market structure, technology-driven innovation, and strategy frameworks—to help you understand why the crypto market has achieved, in just a few years, innovations that traditional finance struggled to realize over decades: programmable assets, 24/7 trading, fully transparent data, and the revolution in AI-driven strategy generation and execution. Here, quantitative methods are not just tools but the core language of a new financial system.

Over more than a decade of blockchain evolving from concept to reality, crypto payments have become a crucial bridge connecting the digital world with the real economy. This course, "The Rise of Crypto Payments: How On-Chain Finance Enters Everyday Life", aims to guide you, starting from an investment perspective, to understand how cryptocurrencies are transforming from assets into currencies. They are no longer merely speculative tools in financial markets but are becoming the new infrastructure reshaping the global payment system. Through a blend of technology, regulatory frameworks, and real-world case studies, we explore why payments represent the most natural—and most transformative—entry point for the Web3 ecosystem.

The transparent nature of blockchain makes "on-chain data" one of the most powerful tools for investors to identify trends, gauge market sentiment, and mitigate risks. This course will systematically guide investors in learning how to interpret capital flows, sentiment shifts, and user behavior. It covers practical methods for using mainstream on-chain analysis tools (such as Dune, Nansen, Meme GO, etc.), taking learners from beginner level to independently identifying trend signals.

Welcome to "Understanding Meme Coins: Cultural DNA, Market Hype, and Value Logic". This is a course designed to help you systematically comprehend the "meme economy" and investment logic within the crypto market. Through practical case studies from Dogecoin and Pepe to Gate Fun, you will learn how meme coins evolve from internet culture into market phenomena, and grasp the underlying dissemination mechanisms, value logic, and investment opportunities. Whether you are a beginner in crypto or an investor looking to understand the rhythms of the meme market and the Launchpad model, this course will guide you from being a casual observer to understanding the intricacies of the field.

The rapid growth of Web3 in recent years has accelerated the demand for more efficient and scalable infrastructure. From public blockchains and Layer 2 networks to data availability layers and modular architectures, the ecosystem is moving from experimentation toward real-world deployment. This course will guide you through the core concepts, fundamental technologies, and the evolving landscape of modern (efficient and low-cost) Web3 infrastructure. You will learn how to evaluate whether a network's performance design is sound, how cost structures influence application development, and the potential directions for the next generation of decentralized infrastructure.

Welcome to Trading and Investment Strategies, a critical step in your journey of learning crypto investing. In this course, you will learn how to establish effective trading and investment strategies, understand the risks and opportunities in the crypto market, and master the core methods for managing investment portfolios. From risk control and position sizing to trading psychology and market rhythm, this course will guide you to shift from "speculating" to "strategically investing."

Welcome to The Beginner’s Guide to Trading Fundamentals — a structured course designed for learners who wish to build a solid foundation in both traditional finance and crypto markets. Whether you’re a newcomer exploring the markets for the first time or an experienced trader seeking to clarify strategic frameworks, this series will help you understand the underlying principles of market operations. From “the difference between trading and investing” to “fundamental and technical analysis,” and “market cycles and investor psychology,” these five progressive lessons will teach you how to combine analytical methods, risk management, and psychological discipline to make more rational and higher-probability decisions in real market conditions.

In this course, we’ll demystify two of the buzziest concepts in crypto and tech: Web3 and the Metaverse. By now, you’ve learned about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and the power of decentralization in Courses 1–3. Now we’ll build on that foundation to explore how those ideas are transforming the internet and virtual worlds. What do Web3 and metaverse actually mean, and why do they matter? By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear, beginner-friendly understanding of these concepts and how you can start exploring them.

Welcome to Decentralization, the third step in your crypto learning journey. In this course, you’ll learn why decentralization is one of the most important ideas in crypto the very reason Bitcoin was born and how it shapes everything from money to organizations.