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Step-By-Step Cryptocurrency Trading Course & eBook v2 (2025) (Udemy.com)

Buy & Sell Bitcoin and Altcoins on the Exchanges, Crypto Mining, Market Research & Analysis, ICO Investing & much more

Created by: Aedan Kelly

Last updated July 2025

Our take

Based on the ratings of 2,069 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in July 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

A free, 100-minute primer on what cryptocurrency is, how wallets and exchanges work, and what ICOs, STOs and IEOs are. Aedan Kelly, a former corporate trainer turned day trader, runs through 20 short lectures across seven sections, and the last one is a PDF eBook that covers the ground the videos skip. It's really for people who have never bought a coin and want the vocabulary before they open an exchange account. About 48,000 students have enrolled, and the 4.2 rating from over 2,000 reviews is honest for what it is: a starting point, not a trading education.

Reviewers like the clear, straightforward delivery and the fact that Kelly explains blockchain and the different coins without jargon. One beginner calls it a must-see before doing anything with crypto. The complaints are consistent, though. The title promises trading, but the actual trading section is two lectures and 12 minutes, and low-star reviews say it never covers an indicator or an entry and exit rule. The mining chapter mentioned in the description has no videos, only a mention in the eBook. One reviewer with a hearing impairment found the auto-generated captions too inaccurate to use, and another finds the narration flat.

The course was first published in 2017 and last updated in July 2025, so the exchange and token material isn't ancient. For a free course it's a reasonable hour and a half. It sits beside other courses in our Bitcoin list, and those are the ones to look at if you actually want to learn to trade. Treat this one as the orientation session you watch first.

Best forComplete newcomers who want the vocabulary of coins, wallets and exchanges before opening an account.
Skip it ifYou already hold crypto and want charts, indicators, or rules for when to buy and sell.

Pros

  • Free, and short at 20 lectures and about 100 minutes, so it fits in one sitting
  • Clear plain-language explanations of blockchain, wallets and exchanges that beginners say they could follow
  • Bundled step-by-step eBook covers ground the videos skip, including mining
  • Last updated in July 2025, so it has not been left to rot since its 2017 launch

Cons

  • Only two lectures on actual trading, with no indicators or entry and exit rules
  • Mining videos promised in the description aren't there; the topic lives in the PDF
  • Auto-generated captions are inaccurate, a problem for anyone who relies on them
For sure, it won't make you an expert as it provides no specific training, however, the in-depth pieces of explanation plus the step-by-step ebook will be very handy to start trading and avoid silly mistakes.
Alexandre LED-Translation, a student

Listed as all levels, but the only requirements are a computer and internet, and anyone past total beginner will find it too basic.

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What you will learn

  • What blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are
  • The history and possible future of cryptocurrency
  • What you need to get started trading cryptocurrencies
  • How to buy, sell, and use several trading strategies to make money
  • The best methods to research and analyze data, so you make the wisest choices
  • ICOs, STOs, IEOs, NFTs: Learn what they are, how you pick the best one for you and how to participate
  • Managing your risk and money as you trade in this exciting market
  • Everything you need to know about Cryptocurrency Mining

Course content

7 sections · 20 lectures · 1.7 hours of video 1 article

  1. 1Course Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 5 min
  2. 2Chapter 1: The Technology & The Coins5 lectures · 25 min
  3. 3The Wallet & The Exchanges6 lectures · 26 min
  4. 4How to Trade Cryptocurrencies 1 free preview2 lectures · 12 min
  5. 5ICOs, STOs, IEOs4 lectures · 24 min
  6. 6Risk & Money Management1 lecture · 7 min
  7. 7Bonus Content - "The eBook" 20231 lecture

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone interested in learning cryptocurrency trading with no prior trading experience
  • Day traders who want to expand their investing options
  • Anyone who want to become a day trader and trade coins & altcoins
  • Anyone who want to learn how to invest in ICOs, STOs, IEOs & NFTs
  • Anyone who want to learn cryptocurrency trading & investing
  • Anyone who want to make money with cryptocurrency trading
  • Anyone interested in learning cryptocurrency & Bitcoin mining with no prior experience

What you need before you start

  • Computer
  • Internet connection

How it compares

Against the other 149 rated Udemy courses in Bitcoin on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 14% of them
  • Reviews2,069#26 of 150 by number of reviews
  • Length1.7 hoursshorter than 80% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2025more recently than 59% of them

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Course Description

Learn how to take your Cryptocurrency trading & investing to the next level!

Buy & Sell Bitcoin and Altcoins on the Exchanges, Crypto Mining, Market Research & Analysis, ICO Investing & much more!

TokenMeister is a leading cryptocurrency trading and investing education provider. Our courses have been created by experts with real-world trading experience for both new traders and those with previous experience. With our cryptocurrency trading courses, you can also learn the basics of trading cryptocurrency and confidently start trading alone.


Our Cryptocurrency Trading video course is divided into eight key chapters. Each easy-to-follow chapter is further broken up into several learning sections. Why bother creating dozens of videos? Smaller teaching video clips make learning faster and brushing up on topics later easier. We want to do everything possible so you succeed.


Regardless of where you are on your learning path, TokenMeister constantly strives to develop the most comprehensive cryptocurrency trading courses. We team up with industry pros, have expert instructors, and perform constant market research to ensure our information is always current. We want to provide an authoritative voice on cryptocurrency trading that will help increase your trading career's success rate.


NOTE: ** Register to our website for full access to the extra resources that complement this course (Completely FREE)

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Instructor Details

Aedan Kelly

Aedan Kelly is a professional day trader with over six years of trading experience, including three years of Forex, Stock Options, and cryptocurrency trading and Investing. Until 2014, Aedan worked full-time as a trainer for an HR firm, specializing in new employee education and integration. Aedan brings his skills as a professional trainer and trader to make each lesson accessible to every trader at any level.

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Reviews

4.2

2,069 ratings on Udemy

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By Darren Bayton on 5/10/2022

It's a good course for complete beginners that want to get into crypto and understanding some technical terms. A little basic for those with at least 2 years of crypto experience under their belts. As it's a free course, I'm guessing that they can't spend much time going over everything in exact details. Each topic of trading alone such as MACD, RSI, MA's etc; are topics on their own. It would have been nice to at least show some examples of this. Also disappointed that the crypto mining videos were not there, but the info is available in the PDF book. Overall, enjoyed the content and it was clearly explained.

By Mcg on 7/7/2021

Nice and clear overview, great introduction to the subject. I am following now few other courses about Block chain and Crypto Currency with classcentral.com Thanks for the written material also.

By Mithun on 9/17/2019

Hey, I gained good knowledge thru Udemy, thanks. And i have gone through Digital currency courses., in that i learnt a lot of stuff also i got eBook. This is really helpful and i hope i'll be doing more courses in this website. Thanks. Mithunkarunakaran mithun.alien360@gmail.com IND

By Alexandre LED-Translation on 12/26/2018

This course offers a good opportunity to discover the world of trading cryptocurrencies. For sure, it won't make you an expert as it provides no specific training, however, the in-depth pieces of explanation plus the step-by-step ebook will be very handy to start trading and avoid silly mistakes.

By ANDRES F. REGALADO BUCHELI on 9/14/2018

The best course for begineers. The experience of the instructors is the key factor here. Such a big difference with other courses about the same topic. I totally loved this course !!! ... is the best course in this area for people who are trying to understand the technology and is the first course who enlightens about the security and importance of the blockchain technology and why it could be even more reliable than the banks. Mazal tov !!!

By Wayne Tucker on 3/2/2018

The course has been very useful. I had no previous knowledge, and in a short space of time I understand some of the issues with Cryptocurrencies, and some of the reasons why they have been developed. Derek: you sound a nice man. If you could just put a little more enthusiasm into your tone that would make the lectures more engaging. Thanks for providing the course!

By Humberto Linero on 1/27/2018

It is my first course in cryptocurrency and I felt it was great. It provided a broad overview of the topic and enough details to understand the most important things. I really recommend this course as a starting point for learning about cryptocurrencies.

By Danny Row on 1/16/2018

The reason for my leaving a 4 star is that this information has not been updated since the bitcoin was still at int's infancy 3 billion dollars..... It's past the half trillion mark now..... I am sure things have started to change otherwise the information is good information and straight forward and easy to understand.... I thank you for hugely for this course and it's info.....

By Mercy Thande on 1/10/2018

It would have been easier to provide the presentation. Have instructor visible in the video to make a better presentation. The course promises to cover technical and fundamental analysis but doesn't. It's money management and risk management section is just a list of dos and don'ts. No practical examples.

By Renee Vasquez on 1/9/2018

I have already been engulfed in crypto for over a year now and just want to expand my knowledge further. This was a good overview to those who are new to it and had a lot of helpful information. There are many resources that you can use when looking into coins/tokens and I think that could have been expanded on more. I did not recognize most of the exchanges and resources they suggested so I have new things to look into but they also left out a lot of good ones. In my opinion. I did learn some things though and I am happy to have listened. Thank you.

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Overall Score : 84 / 100