{"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! 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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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"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":1102,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/it-all-adds-up-earning-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":0},"title":"It All Adds Up: Earning Money","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"August 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"It All Adds Up: Earning Money by Lisa Bullard (Author) and Mike Moran (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: Ella really wants a soccer ball but doesn\u2019t have enough money yet. 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