Money that lives on a shared record
Cryptocurrencies are digital assets recorded on a blockchain: a public ledger kept by thousands of computers instead of one bank. Nobody has to trust a single company to keep the books.
Coins and tokens
Bitcoin and Ether have their own blockchains and are called coins. Tokens are built on top of another blockchain. News stories use both words loosely.
Why prices move so much
Crypto trades all day, every day, with fewer rules than stock markets and a lot of borrowed money. News, rumours and big holders can move prices quickly in either direction.
What it is not
It is not guaranteed, insured or regulated like a bank account. Prices can fall a lot, and mistakes such as a lost seed phrase usually cannot be undone.
How to read our stories
Each story shows how many outlets reported it and links to every source. Treat a single-source story with extra care. Nothing here is financial advice.
This is general education, not financial advice. Crypto can lose value quickly; never put in money you cannot afford to lose.