IDFEInstitute of Digital Forensic Examiners
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IDFE-DA · Free

Certified Digital Assets Professional

7h · 8 modules · 40 lessons

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Course contents

01 Digital asset market structure

  1. 1.1 The digital asset market at a glance
  2. 1.2 Market participants and their roles
  3. 1.3 Trading venues, order books and price discovery
  4. 1.4 Exchange-traded products and institutional access
  5. 1.5 Derivatives: futures, perpetual swaps and options

02 Exchanges, brokers and liquidity

  1. 2.1 How a centralized exchange works
  2. 2.2 Liquidity, market making and market integrity
  3. 2.3 OTC desks, brokers and prime brokerage
  4. 2.4 Counterparty risk and proof of reserves
  5. 2.5 Stablecoins in market plumbing

03 Institutional custody and key management

  1. 3.1 Custody models and the legal side of holding assets
  2. 3.2 Key management technologies
  3. 3.3 Wallet tiers, transaction policy and signing workflows
  4. 3.4 Operational security threats and controls
  5. 3.5 Assurance, resilience and insurance

04 Tokenization and real-world assets

  1. 4.1 What tokenization is and is not
  2. 4.2 Legal structures for tokenized assets
  3. 4.3 Tokenized treasuries, funds and private credit
  4. 4.4 Tokenized deposits, wholesale settlement and CBDCs
  5. 4.5 Risk and due diligence for RWA tokens

05 DeFi protocols and their risks

  1. 5.1 DeFi building blocks
  2. 5.2 Automated market makers and DEX trading
  3. 5.3 Lending, borrowing and liquidations
  4. 5.4 Staking, liquid staking and restaking
  5. 5.5 Assessing DeFi risk

06 Accounting, tax and reporting

  1. 6.1 Accounting frameworks for crypto assets: IFRS and US GAAP compared
  2. 6.2 Accounting for stablecoins, staking and crypto lending
  3. 6.3 Tax principles for digital assets
  4. 6.4 Tax information reporting and the OECD CARF
  5. 6.5 Financial reporting controls and audit

07 Governance and DAOs

  1. 7.1 How blockchain protocols are governed
  2. 7.2 DAOs and governance tokens
  3. 7.3 Legal wrappers and liability of DAOs
  4. 7.4 Governance attacks and failure modes
  5. 7.5 Corporate governance for digital asset firms

08 Global regulatory standards

  1. 8.1 FATF standards and the Travel Rule
  2. 8.2 Licensing and conduct rules for crypto-asset service providers
  3. 8.3 Stablecoin regulation: global principles
  4. 8.4 Market integrity, sanctions and enforcement
  5. 8.5 Prudential treatment and building a compliance map