{"id":1749,"date":"2025-01-31T05:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T23:30:08","slug":"cryptocurrency-the-world-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/cryptocurrency-the-world-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cryptocurrencyfc.jpg?resize=525%2C623&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"623\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23024\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)<\/em><br \/>\nby Hilary Margitich (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EjENht\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781503894389\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> This middle grade book explains the basics of cryptocurrency and how it works, detailing the benefits and drawbacks of using cryptocurrency, as well as showing examples of how cryptocurrency is used today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> But a new type of money has gained popularity. Cryptocurrency, or crypto, does not belong at any country. It is a digital currency that can be accessed through a person&#8217;s computer or smartphone. It is not provided by banks. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s STEM Friday! (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. <em>(*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency (The World of Money) by Hilary Margitich (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: This middle grade book explains the basics of cryptocurrency and how it works, detailing the benefits and drawbacks of using cryptocurrency, as well as showing examples of how cryptocurrency is used today. Snippet: But a new type of money has gained &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/cryptocurrency-the-world-of-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-sd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1565,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/wheels-make-the-world-go-round\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":0},"title":"Wheels Make the World Go Round","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Wheels Make the World Go Round: Simple Machines for Kids by Andi Diehn (Author) and Micah Rauch (Illustrator) @ Amazon* | Bookshop* Booktalk: Learn how wheels work along with axles and how they use mechanical advantage to make it easier to move heavy objects from one place to another. 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