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Coinberry's Crypto Learning Centre

What is Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, Blockchain? Learn how to buy, sell, secure and use cryptocurrency. About crypto taxes.

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the premier cryptocurrency, a form of digital money, that operates on a decentralized system that everyone has access to.

About Bitcoin

Ethereum

Ethereum is a decentralized global platform used as a currency, but also on its network, creating decentralized finance apps.

About Ethereum

DeFi

DeFi, also known in full as Decentralized Finance, is a complete ecosystem of financial applications built on other blockchain networks.

About DeFi

Blockchain

A blockchain is a digital ledger that records transactions for public viewing using public key cryptography.

About Blockchain

Crypto Glossary

Glossary of Cryptocurrency Terms and Acronyms that you will need to know along your crypto information journey.

Crypto Glossary

Crypto Taxes

Learn about Bitcoin and crytptocurrency taxes. When taxable events occur, gain & loss and tax treatment.

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"Alt Coins" and DeFi Tokens, such as DOGE and LINK

“Alt coins”, is a convenient label for all cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin. Alt coins and DeFi tokens have become more plentiful and gained a lot of popularity recently. Coinberry is the #1 platform to pursue trading alt coins and token assets in Canada, by buying Bitcoin or Ethereum, in minutes, using your CAD bank account.

Most alt coins are offered at exchanges or in wallets that you can only fund with crypto. Gain access to trading all cryptocurrencies by using your Coinberry account to purchase Bitcoin, Ethereum or another major coin that you withdraw your crypto to an external wallet. Most wallets and alt coin exchange opportunities are crypto-to-crypto and you start by exchanging your CAD for crypto. Learn How to Buy Dogecoin (DOGE) and How to Buy Chainlink (LINK), or any of the 5,000+ alt coins available through the wallets and services offering the crypto trade you’re looking for using Ethereum or Bitcoin purchased on Coinberry.

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