What you need to know about crypto
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
With all the hype about cryptocurrency, how can you tell a good investment from bad? Yanely Espinal sits down with college student and crypto investor Giovanni Moreno and journalist Caitlin Ostroff to learn what crypto is, how it works and what red flags to look for.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Parents and Teens, this episode of Financially |
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| 0:09.8 | This episode is all about crypto. |
| 0:12.4 | But before diving into the blockchain, |
| 0:15.0 | it's good to square away our financial fundamentals. |
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| 0:35.2 | That's Green Light.com slash incel I am ed. What's up everybody? I'm Janelle Espinal and welcome to Financially |
| 0:56.5 | inclined from Marketplace. We're sharing money lessons for living life your own way. |
| 1:01.0 | Now I'm really excited for this episode y'all because this topic has |
| 1:04.6 | been highly requested by so many of you. Drum roll please. |
| 1:08.7 | Cryptocurrency. I'm talking about Bitcoin, Light coin, Doge coin. You've probably heard of these by now. |
| 1:17.0 | I know that crypto can seem complicated to understand and plus there is so much hype about it online. |
| 1:23.2 | But investing in crypto also comes with a lot of risk. |
| 1:26.6 | So to help us unpack what cryptocurrency is |
| 1:29.8 | and the pros and cons of buying some, |
| 1:31.8 | we're joined by Caitlin Ostro a journalist for the |
| 1:34.4 | Wall Street Journal covering all things crypto. But this is also a very |
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