Free Resources
Tools & Frameworks
A catalogue of beginner, intermediate and advanced level resources covering more in-depth or complex cryptocurrency topics.
- Free resources
- 113
- Beginner guides
- 35
- Glossary terms
- 149
- Acronyms
- 231
The Ultimate Digital Asset Research Checklist
Built by the Collective Shift research team. A repeatable checklist across three research areas: fundamental, technical, and sentiment. The process our members work through before any allocation.
- 01 Fundamental
Does the project have substance?
- Team track record
- Whitepaper quality
- Tokenomics and funding
- Blockchain use case
- Roadmap progress
- Upcoming milestones
- 02 Technical
Is the timing right?
- Price structure and trend
- Support and resistance levels
- Volume analysis
- Moving averages
- Relative strength
- Timeframe alignment
- 03 Sentiment
What does the market think?
- Developer activity
- Community health
- Fear and Greed Index
- Media coverage quality
- Influencer signal vs noise
- On-chain sentiment indicators
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Use it your way
There's no right or wrong way to use it. Work through a single section to complement your own research, or run the full list before making an allocation decision.
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The full checklist as a PDF, free in exchange for your email address, so you can work through it before your next allocation decision.
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- Fundamental
- Technical
- Sentiment
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Security Centre
6 Ways To Protect Yourself Right Now
Owning and storing your crypto-assets means you're essentially your own bank and are responsible for safeguarding them. Many security vulnerabilities can be mitigated by following the 6 essential rules below.
- The Golden Rule: Never share your recovery phrase and be wary of imposters
- Activate 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) across all accounts
- Use hardware or cold wallet to separate your main crypto stack from the internet
- Store your wallet information safely, ideally offline
- Be on phishing alert
- When setting up a new wallet, test it first!
The Crypto Commandments
Our guiding principles when investing in crypto.
- 01
Know your investment risk tolerance
- 02
Deeply understand your investment goals.
- 03
Invest for the long term.
- 04
Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.
- 05
Take profits on life-changing investments.
- 06
Diversify across asset classes.
- 07
Routinely step away from crypto.
Start Here
The guides and reference tools our members reach for most, in the order most people need them.
- Free
How to Buy Bitcoin
Buy your first Bitcoin and get in the game. Follow along step by step.
Read on collectiveshift.io (opens in a new tab) - Free
How to Store Your Crypto
Keep safe and learn what’s right for you. Great as a first stop or a refresher.
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How to Set Up Ledger Nano S Wallet
You’ve worked hard for your crypto. Make sure it’s safe. Here’s how.
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How to Use MetaMask
The interface to all the best crypto apps and contracts. If you don’t have it installed, you’re missing out.
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How to Stake Your Crypto
Put your crypto to work for you while you sleep.
Read on collectiveshift.io (opens in a new tab) - Free
Guide to Uniswap
This is what crypto is about. Swap tokens without a middleman. Permissionless, open, glorious.
Read on collectiveshift.io (opens in a new tab) - Free
Crypto Portfolio Structures
Examples of portfolio structures categorised by risk.
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Creating Your Crypto Strategy
Navigate the crypto market more confidently by putting together a plan.
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Crypto Glossary
149 crypto and blockchain terms defined in plain English. Stuck on a term? Look it up and stay across the jargon.
Browse all 149 terms - Free
Crypto Acronyms
231 crypto acronyms and abbreviations written out in full, sitting alongside the glossary.
Browse all 231 acronyms - Free
List of Crypto Research Tools
Categorised list of tools and resources to help you DYOR. Updated often.
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Cryptocurrency Assets
508 assets and NFT collections the research team covers, listed A to Z and searchable. The written summaries are not published yet, and no market data is shown.
A directory of what is covered. Entries get their own page as the summaries land.
Browse all 508 entries
Every guide above is free to read with no login and no membership. Two things on this page work differently: the research checklist is free in exchange for your email address, and in the Cryptocurrency Assets directory the index is public while the per-asset analysis sits inside the member platform.
Learn the Fundamentals
Basic Knowledge
- What Is Bitcoin? (opens in a new tab)
- Stock Market vs Economy (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Cryptocurrency? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Blockchain Technology? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Money? (opens in a new tab)
- What Are Private Keys? (opens in a new tab)
- How To Research (DYOR) Cryptocurrencies (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Economics? (opens in a new tab)
- What Are Stablecoins? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Quantitative Easing (QE)? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is A Liquidity Crisis? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Finance? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Decentralised Finance (DeFi)? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Fiscal Policy? (opens in a new tab)
- What Are Financial Markets? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is An Economic Recession? (opens in a new tab)
- What Is Inflation? (opens in a new tab)
Buying & Selling
- Crypto Brokers in Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Identifying Where to Buy Cryptocurrencies (opens in a new tab)
- Where To Buy Cryptocurrencies (opens in a new tab)
- What Is A Decentralised Exchange (DEX)? (opens in a new tab)
- Cryptocurrency Tax In Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Can You Buy Crypto Anonymously? (opens in a new tab)
- Buy & Sell Crypto In Large Amounts (opens in a new tab)
Security
Cryptocurrency Storage & Wallets
Sending & Receiving
Trading & Investing
Browse the Full Resource Library
Our team reviews member resource requests to develop informative and educational content that answers YOUR questions.
- Free
Beginner Resources
Everything a first-time investor needs, from what money is to how a blockchain works.
35 resources
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Tutorials & Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for anyone following a process rather than reading theory.
52 resources
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Crypto Themes & Tools
The sector view, plus the analytics tools investors use to run their own research.
26 resources
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Investing
Building, reassessing and exiting a portfolio, including when to take profit.
25 resources
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Ethereum & DeFi
Staking, liquid staking, decentralised exchanges and the protocols behind them.
11 resources
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Trading
Charts, indicators, funding rates and derivatives, for the more active end of the market.
7 resources
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Storage
Getting crypto off an exchange and into cold storage, and keeping it there safely.
5 resources
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Security Centre
The rules, the token-approval checks and the community help links, in one place.
1 resource
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Category counts overlap, because a guide can sit in more than one category. There are 113 distinct resources in total.
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