Trade and Invest in Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin
Zac Hartley · Entrepreneur and Investor
A solid technical-analysis primer wrapped around a Binance walkthrough, but its long-term investing advice is dangerously thin.
Zac Hartley's course is really two courses stitched together: a plain-language glossary for people who have never touched cryptocurrency, and a short technical analysis primer built entirely on Binance's charting tools. It moves fast, twenty lessons in roughly two hours, and it earns its beginner label by never assuming prior knowledge. Terms like blockchain, wallet address, and ticker are explained the moment they appear, and the coin-by-coin rundown of Bitcoin, Ether, BNB, XRP, Tether, and Cardano gives each one a distinct, memorable reason for existing rather than treating them as interchangeable.
Where the course is strongest
The technical analysis stretch is the clear high point. Rather than teaching indicators in isolation, the course builds toward a single worked example: a Bitcoin breakout above a prior resistance level near 20,000, confirmed by a moving average crossover, rising volume over 48 hours, and a MACD line crossing above its signal. Watching all four pieces stack up on one chart before a trade is called demonstrates confluence in a way that sticks better than a checklist would. The candlestick explanation that precedes it, tracing a single day's open, low, high, and close onto one green candle, is clean and gives the later chart-reading real footing.
The platform walkthrough is equally practical. The course shows, step by step, how to deposit funds into Binance, buy a coin, convert between coins, and send crypto to another wallet address, matching the correct blockchain to the coin each time. For someone who has never touched an exchange, this removes a real barrier, and the two-factor verification shown on screen models a reasonable security habit.
Where it falls short
The strategy lesson splits investors into holders and traders, but the holder side gets far less rigor than it deserves. The advice to keep buying a coin as its price falls, because it must be "on sale," is repeated as a general principle without any discussion of stop-losses, position sizing, or how to tell a temporary dip from a broken thesis. For a course whose blurb promises portfolio-building, the actual portfolio guidance is thin next to the chart-reading material.
The staking lesson also leans heavily on advertised APY figures from BlockFi and Coinbase without noting that platform risk exists, a gap that reads very differently after the string of lending-platform failures the industry has since seen. The course was clearly recorded during a strong bull run, and its examples of doubling money within weeks reflect that specific moment rather than typical conditions.
None of this makes the course a waste of time. It succeeds at what it actually attempts: turning someone who has never opened a wallet into someone who can read a candlestick chart, execute a trade on Binance, and recognize a few classic technical signals. Viewers should treat the investing philosophy as a starting vocabulary rather than a complete risk management framework, and pair it with outside reading before putting meaningful money to work.
The standout
The multi-indicator breakout walkthrough, where a trend-line break above prior resistance is cross-checked against a moving-average crossover, rising volume, and a MACD crossover before entry, gives beginners a repeatable checklist rather than a single vague signal.
What you will learn
- How to read cryptocurrency terminology: wallets, blockchain, tickers, and currency pairs like BTC/USDT
- How to open a Binance account, deposit funds, and buy, sell, send, and receive crypto
- How to read candlestick charts and identify opens, closes, highs, and lows within a period
- How to apply and interpret a moving average, MACD, and volume to generate buy and sell signals
- How to combine trend-line breakouts with moving average, volume, and MACD signals to time an entry
- How staking works on platforms like Binance and BlockFi and what APY to expect on major coins
Best for: A total beginner who wants a guided tour of buying crypto on an exchange and a basic technical-analysis vocabulary to start reading charts.
Skip it if: Anyone wanting rigorous risk management, portfolio construction methodology, or coverage of taxes, security best practices beyond two-factor authentication, or cold storage setup.