— Crypto & Blockchain

Digital Assets and Blockchain Industry

A complex educational program that will guide you through the world of cryptocurrencies and their enormous potential. The course is not just about theory, but primarily focuses on practical skills that you can use immediately in your professional career.

Digital assets and blockchain industry is an online course that comprehensively overviews the newly emerging industry. Besides necessary theory, the course is oriented very practically so you can utilize the gained knowledge in your professional life.  One of the beneficial outputs will also be your practical project that could be implemented in your institution. The course teaches a practical and realistic overview of the applicability of blockchain in business, a critical look at the market’s state in the context of its development and expectations. The student will have an advanced ability to hold and utilise crypto assets on different blockchains and wallets practically and securely. When completing the course successfully, you will obtain an official Prague University of Economics and Business certificate.

Gained Competencies

Advanced ability to hold and utilize crypto assets on different blockchains and wallets practically and securely

A practical and realistic overview of the applicability of blockchain in business, a critical look at the market’s state in the context of its development and expectations

The ability to quickly adopt new skills in a rapidly evolving environment

In-demand ability to implement the pilot phase of an application project, leading to high employability in a promising and unsaturated market

The most up-to-date know-how derived directly from practical experience

Risk management in managing crypto asset portfolios and advanced trading strategies, including DeFi

Critical evaluation of presented projects, uncovering unethical practices and red flags, basics of forensic analysis

Recommended (target) audience

This course is tailored for:

Course format and logistics

The course is held in the VŠE LMS Moodle. The modules will be unlocked every week together with practical assignments. You can also access a forum to discuss the topics with your classmates and lecturers. Although the whole material is online, we will guide you the whole time, answer your questions, and give you feedback on your assignments. An optional online meeting is scheduled once a week to discuss the topics of the current module.

The upcoming run of the course starts on 13 April 2026 and ends on 7 June 2026.

Course outline

Module 1 Bitcoin concept in the context of the development of money and endogenous fiat money)
Module 2 Landscape of the crypto industry and its development since its inception
Module 3 BIPs and LN; direct applications of Bitcoin; one chain to rule them all?
Module 4 Altcoins; Ethereum; EVM; Applications and DeFi
Module 5 Fundamental analysis; Onchain analysis; and relevant resources; how to read a whitepaper
Module 6 Introduction to trading strategies and portfolio management based on technical analysis
Module 7 Tracing of tokens and coins; transactions and what they mean; and blockchain analysis
Module 8 Regulations and legal aspects

Price and Course Enrollment

Course Lecturers

Ing. Mgr. Jakub Jedlinský Ph.D.

System analyst of money flows and expert on fundamental analysis. Jakub has started teaching crypto-related courses at our university in 2014. It was probably the first economic course on distributed ledger technology globally.

Ing. Kareem Abdallah

Expert on digital currencies and a professional trader. Kareem is a PhD student at the university, focusing on macroeconomic analysis.

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