Free · 30 minutes · Thursdays 10am ET by VildX

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Thirty minutes a week, spent turning the most intimidating vocabulary in finance back into ordinary English. No price talk, no advice, nothing to buy. Join from anywhere in the world.

No prior knowledge assumed — genuinely none.

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And every Thursday after that

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The whole idea, in one switch

Same sentence.
One of them you
can actually read.

How the industry says it

Try it yourself

The jargon decoder

Pick any word that has ever made you quietly check out of a conversation. This is roughly how we'd cover it on a Thursday.

Fourteen terms here, and dozens more across the series — every one of which turns out to be a plain idea wearing a difficult name.

The ground we cover

Topics we get into

There's no fixed syllabus. Each Thursday takes one idea from this map, and which one comes next is driven largely by what people ask for in the chat.

Every session stands on its own, so nothing is lost by starting on any given Thursday. If there's something here you want covered sooner — or something missing entirely — ask, and it usually gets scheduled within a few weeks.

How a session runs

Half an hour.
Starts on time,
ends on time.

01

Thirty minutes flat

Twenty on one idea, ten on your questions. Short enough for a lunch break, and we finish when we said we would.

02

Nobody sees you

Cameras and mics stay off. Questions go in the chat, anonymously if you like — and most people do, which is the point.

03

One idea a week

A single concept explained properly, rather than a firehose you'll have forgotten by Friday morning.

04

Recorded and written up

Recording plus a short written recap after every session, so an awkward time zone costs you nothing.

Before you join

Who this is for

You'll fit right in if

  • You've never bought any crypto, and aren't sure you want to
  • You've heard "DeFi" and nodded rather than admit you didn't follow
  • You work in finance and want the mechanics, not the hype
  • You tried to learn this once, got lost immediately, and gave up
  • You're curious how money might work in twenty years

This isn't the room if

  • You want trade calls or price predictions
  • You're looking for someone to tell you what to buy
  • You want alpha, airdrops, or early access to anything
  • You need someone to manage money for you
Straight answers

Questions people
actually ask

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