5-Day Introduction to Cryptocurrency Emblem
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Right Side of Money
5-Day Crypto Program

5-Day Introduction to Cryptocurrency

$99
One-time investment. Five focused days. Yours to keep.

Everyone has an opinion about crypto. Very few people have been taught how it actually works, how people really lose money in it, or how to protect themselves. This program teaches you all of it, without the hype. In five days you'll understand blockchains, bitcoin, and stablecoins, know crypto's real risks and the scams behind billions in losses, learn how to buy, store, and report it correctly, and leave with your own written Crypto Investment Policy.

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5-Day Introduction to Cryptocurrency Right Side of Money Darrell Thompson Financial Literacy. Mindset. Freedom. 5-Day Introduction to Cryptocurrency Right Side of Money Darrell Thompson Financial Literacy. Mindset. Freedom.
What Is Inside

Understand Crypto Before It Costs You Anything.

Most people struggle financially not because they lack income but because they were never given the right foundation. Right Side of Money changes that. Every program is built from real experience, delivered with honesty, and designed to produce real results.

This isn't hype, coin picks, or promises of overnight riches. It's five focused days of honest crypto education with current 2026 facts, interactive tools, hands-on drills, and a personal report every day. In 2025, Americans reported more than $11 billion in crypto-related fraud losses to the FBI. Knowledge is the best protection there is.

Darrell Thompson personally designed every element of this program based on what he learned the hard way and what he has watched transform the financial lives of everyone who does the work.

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What You Will Learn

What You'll Be Able to Do.

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Explain crypto clearly: How blockchains work, why transactions are final, and how bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and meme coins really differ
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See the real risk: Crypto's largest crashes, the platform failures that cost billions, and why leverage and high yields wipe people out
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Size it safely: Calculate a position you could survive at an 80% loss, with your own numbers
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Stop scams cold: Recognize the scams behind billions in losses, lock down your accounts, and protect your keys and recovery phrase
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Buy and report it correctly: ETFs vs. exchanges vs. self-custody, platform vetting, hidden fees, and 2026 crypto tax rules including Form 1099-DA
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Write your own rules: A printable twelve-part Crypto Investment Policy that makes your decisions when emotions run high
Your 5 Days

Five Days. Twenty Lessons. One Crypto Investment Policy That's Yours.

Each day includes four focused lessons with real cases and current facts, interactive tools, a hands-on Action Exercise, and a Knowledge Check with an 80% pass standard. Every day ends with a personal report delivered to you and to Darrell.

DAY 1

Understand What Crypto Really Is

  • Money, Trust, and Why Crypto Exists
  • How a Blockchain Actually Works
  • Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stablecoins, and Everything Else
  • What Gives Crypto Value, and What Doesn't
  • Exercise: My Crypto Reality Check
  • Personal Report
DAY 2

Risk, Volatility, and the Real History

  • Volatility Like You've Never Seen
  • When Platforms Fail
  • Leverage, Yield, and Fast Losses
  • How Much Is Too Much: Position Sizing
  • Exercise: My Risk Limits
  • Personal Report
DAY 3

Scams, Security, and Self-Defense

  • The Scam Landscape
  • Locking Down Your Accounts
  • Wallets, Keys, and Your Recovery Phrase
  • Sending, Receiving, and Verifying
  • Drill: Scam Detector and Address Check
  • Personal Report
DAY 4

How to Buy, Hold, and Pay Taxes the Right Way

  • The Ways to Own Crypto, Compared
  • How to Vet a Crypto Platform
  • Orders, Fees, and Your First Purchase
  • Crypto Taxes: What the IRS Expects
  • Exercise: My Platform and Buying Plan
  • Personal Report
DAY 5

Build Your Crypto Investment Policy

  • A Strategy That Survives Every Cycle
  • How to Research Any Coin
  • Regulation and the Road Ahead
  • Your Crypto Investment Policy
  • Final Exercise: My Written Policy
  • Personal Report
COMPLETION

Crypto Fundamentals Certified

  • 25-Question Certification Exam
  • Your before-and-after growth measurement
  • Your complete crypto investor profile
  • Certificate of Completion

Financial education only. Not investment, tax, or legal advice, and no cryptocurrency or security is recommended. Crypto assets are highly volatile, aren't FDIC insured or SIPC protected when held directly, and can lose all of their value. All examples are hypothetical or historical.

Everything Included

What $99 Gets You

20
LessonsBlockchains, bitcoin, stablecoins, crashes, platform failures, leverage, scams, security, wallets, buying, fees, taxes, research, regulation, and strategy.
7
Interactive toolsA live hash demo, drawdown and recovery math, position sizing, dollar-cost averaging, platform cost comparison, a 2026 tax estimator, and a coin research scorecard.
4
Hands-on drillsEvaluate five real-world style offers, vet four platforms, judge eight scam messages, and verify wallet addresses character by character.
6
Personal reportsYour crypto mindset, risk limits, Security Score, buying and tax plan, printable policy, and certification results, emailed to you and to Darrell.
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Scenario questionsDaily drills and Knowledge Checks with an 80% standard, plus a 25-question certification exam, with an explanation for every answer.
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Written Crypto Investment PolicyTwelve parts, stress-tested against an 80% crash, ready to print and follow for life.

How This Program Compares

Typical Crypto Course or Video SeriesRSM 5-Day Crypto Program
GoalGet you excited to buyMake you impossible to fool, whether you buy or not
Coin picksOften the main selling pointNone. You learn to research any coin yourself
Risk coverageA disclaimer at the endA full day on crashes, platform failures, leverage, and position sizing
Scams and securityA few tipsA full day, with a scam detector drill and a personal Security Score
TaxesRarely covered2026 brackets, Form 1099-DA, and a tax estimator
Your workWatch and forgetExercises, drills, and an 80% standard every day
What you keepYour notesSix personal reports, a written Crypto Investment Policy, and a certificate
Darrell Thompson
Your Instructor

Darrell Thompson

Darrell is a retired United States Marine, the founder of Right Side of Money, a College Adjunct Professor, a California licensed real estate professional, a licensed insurance producer, and the author of Creating A Wealth Building Mindset, 2nd Edition.

He does not teach theory. He teaches what he has personally lived, built, invested in, and proven in the real world. Everything in this program comes from a life spent learning and applying financial truth the hard way and then dedicating himself to making sure nobody else has to go through it without the right foundation.

When Darrell teaches it, he has lived it. That is the difference.

Ready to Learn Crypto the Right Way?

Complete your enrollment below. You'll be directed to a secure payment page to complete your $99 enrollment. Once payment is confirmed, Darrell will send your program access within 24 hours.

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