2026 EDITION • 185 PAGES • TWO MODULES

Blockchain for Electronic Banking

Blockchain without the hype, and without the eye glaze. 185 pages that take bankers from the double spend problem to the GENIUS Act, always asking the question that actually matters: what does this mean for my institution?

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Blockchain for Electronic Banking, 2026 Edition, by The Payments Professor

Your board is asking about stablecoins. Your examiners will get there next.

The GENIUS Act moved stablecoins from a crypto curiosity to a payments question your institution has to answer. Tokenized deposits are being piloted by banks your size. Somebody in your next strategy meeting is going to say the word blockchain, and the room is going to look at you.

This workbook was written so that person can answer with confidence. No token price charts, no promises about the future of money. Just the mechanics, the vocabulary, and the risk questions, explained the way the Professor explains everything else.

Two modules, front to back

Each module closes with a knowledge assessment and a full answer key, so it works as staff training the day it lands.

Module 1

Blockchain Fundamentals

Why bankers need to understand blockchain
The evolution of money and payment ledgers
The double spend problem
What a blockchain actually is
Wallets, keys, and custody
Consensus, explained without the math
Public, private, and permissioned networks
Knowledge assessment and answer key

Module 2

Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, and Digital Assets

The evolution of digital money
Cryptocurrency fundamentals
Stablecoins and the GENIUS Act
Tokenized deposits
Central bank digital currencies
Real world banking use cases
Operational and risk considerations
What it all means for your institution
Knowledge assessment and answer key

NEW • CHARTER ENROLLMENT OPEN

There is now a certificate course to go with the book

Twenty four chapters on video, the Professor walking you through every one, closing with a graded final assessment and a strategy capstone in which you build a real digital asset strategy for your own institution. Pass both and you earn the certificate.

The course is in production, and that is why it is cheap. Charter enrollment is $299 instead of the $499 it will cost when it is finished, and that price is yours for life including every update. Buy it alongside the workbook and it is $250.

Available the moment you enroll

Chapter 1. Why Bankers Need to Understand Blockchain
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Money and Payment Ledgers
Chapter 3. The Double-Spend Problem

What you earn

The Blockchain for Electronic Banking Certificate, issued on passing the final assessment and submitting the capstone. Not a completion badge. A strategy document you can put in front of your own board.

The release calendar

Every chapter releases on the calendar date below. The same date for everyone, whether you enroll today or in November. Nothing is held back from late enrollers.

Chapters 1 to 3	Available now
Chapters 4 to 11	Mondays, Sept 7 to Oct 19
Chapter 12, Module 1 Assessment	Mon Oct 26. Module 1 complete
Chapters 13 to 23	Mondays, Nov 2 to Dec 7
Chapter 24, Final and Capstone	Mon Dec 14

Full course, final assessment, and certificate complete by December 15, 2026.

Enroll at the charter price and keep it for life, even after the course is finished and the price goes to $499.

Charter enrollment, $299

Written for the people who have to answer the question

Leadership and boards

Enough fluency to ask good questions, challenge a vendor pitch, and know which parts of the story are real.

Risk and compliance

Custody, consensus, and settlement finality translated into the operational and risk considerations you actually have to document.

Innovation and payments teams

A shared vocabulary for the whole team, with assessments you can run as a lunch and learn.

One copy, one person. Need more?

A standard purchase is a single user license: one named individual at one organization. It does not cover shared drives, intranets, learning management systems, or forwarding to colleagues.

Five user license, $500. Ten user license, $900. Above that, an institutional license covers unlimited internal staff at one financial institution, and an association license covers distribution to every member institution with a co-branded cover included. Every license carries the updates published while it is active.

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Speak the language before the meeting, not after it.

185 pages. Two modules. Assessments and answer keys included. $150, delivered as an instant PDF download.