We've heard a lot about cryptocurrencies recently. Bitcoin is the most popular, but there are lots of cryptocurrencies making a break for it on the currency market.

But which one should you pick, how do you purchase coins, and how do they even work?

Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units and verify the transfer of funds.  For the savvy investor they could be goldmines.

That's why our ScienceAlert Academy deal for this week is the Beginner's Guide to Cryptocurrency Investing.

In this guide, you'll learn the instructor's system for investing in altcoins, understand how to turn your money into digital currency, how to do your own research on potential currency valuations versus the state of the existing markets to find those winning opportunities, and plenty more.

With 2.5 hours of content, and for just US$15, you don't want to miss out.

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Price: US$15

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