Understand the fundamentals
Learn about the long history of money, why we left the gold standard for a fiat standard, and how Bitcoin works.
BITCOIN FOR FINANCIAL ADVISERS
Taught by Michael PaigeFormer associate adviser and equity analyst.Watch a real lesson before you decide
Answer the Bitcoin question with confidence.
When a client asks about Bitcoin, gaps in your knowledge can leave important questions unanswered. Stay on the front foot.
Build the knowledge to explain its monetary properties and examine the research around it to give your clients the high-quality, well-informed advice that they expect.
Taught by Michael PaigeFormer associate adviser and equity analyst.Give client questions
a more informed response.
No prior Bitcoin knowledge is assumed. Build a foundation for the questions clients may bring to you.
Question the evidence
Review the latest institutional research on Bitcoin and understand its limitations before bringing it into a client discussion.
Know your boundaries
Get familiar with the Australian regulatory landscape on Bitcoin, meet your best interests duty and keep your advice within your authorisations.
Understanding an asset does not oblige you to recommend it. A considered conclusion may be no allocation.
Six modules.
One coherent picture.
Move from monetary foundations to Bitcoin, then apply that context to research, risk and the adviser’s role.
Understand what money is, what traits people look for in money, why we landed on gold, and what happens when money becomes centrally controlled.
Video · 45 minutesLearn how money is created in a fiat economy: fractional reserve banking, the Keynesian and Austrian schools of economics, the debt-based system, financial repression, and case studies for evidence.
Video · 1 hourExamine how a money’s hardness affects time preference, what the Cantillon effect is, and six observable consequences of a fiat monetary standard that your clients can feel.
Video · 58 minutesDelve into Bitcoin’s monetary properties, a high-level technical overview, why it was created, a comparison of gold, fiat and Bitcoin as money, how Bitcoin affects time preference and the Cantillon effect, and seven common criticisms of Bitcoin with the evidence on each side.
Video · 1 hour 24 minutesWatch the 90-second excerptReview how a small Bitcoin position affects portfolio performance in research from some of the largest US financial firms, understand the limitations of that research, and see which players in the Australian investment landscape are discussing Bitcoin.
Video · 36 minutesUnderstand how to meet your best interests duty, ASIC’s guidance on the asset, the investment and custody options for Bitcoin exposure, and what belongs in Statement of Advice documentation.
Video · 30 minutesA 15-question multiple-choice assessment across the six modules. The pass mark is 75 percent, with up to three attempts. Once you meet the course requirements, you receive a completion certificate for your CPD record.
See the teaching.
Before you enrol.
Watch Michael explain Bitcoin in Module 4, then explore screenshots from the wider course. No sign-up required.
Module 4 · What is Bitcoin?Watch the excerpt
Learn. Assess. Record.
A clear completion process.
Learn in sequence
Work through the six connected modules in order, at your own pace, with 12 months’ access from enrolment.
Check your understanding
Complete the 15-question multiple-choice assessment. The pass mark is 75 percent, with up to three attempts.
Keep your record
Receive your completion certificate once you meet the course requirements, and keep it for your CPD records.
FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL RECORDThe details
The details
that matter.
Check the accredited categories, learning rating and approval period before discussing the activity with your licensee.
Course accreditation is not FAAA endorsement of Bitcoin or a recommendation to invest. CPD credit and total viewing time are different measures.
Technical competence2.0 hours
Regulatory compliance & consumer protection0.5 hours
General2.5 hours
Total awarded CPD5.0 hours
FAAA accreditation 36157 · Foundation learning rating · Approved from 25 August 2026 to 25 August 2027. Acceptance remains subject to your licensee’s CPD policy.This activity meets the guidelines for qualifying CPD, and has been accredited for continuing professional development by the Financial Advice Association Australia but does not constitute FAAA's endorsement of the activity. Accreditation number 36157 for 5.0 hour(s).
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Michael Paige.
Financial-market experience. Clear explanations.
A decade of equity-market experience as an associate adviser, an equity analyst, and most recently the leader of the Content team at Simply Wall St.
Michael brings experience explaining financial markets to a course designed to help you examine Bitcoin’s mechanics, risks and investment arguments.
Meet the people behind BlockWiseGood questions.
Clear answers.
No assumed knowledge. The course starts with monetary foundations and builds towards Bitcoin, research and the adviser’s role.
The aim is understanding. Learning about an asset is distinct from deciding whether it is appropriate for a client. A reasoned conclusion may be no allocation. Your professional obligations and licensee’s policies continue to apply.
The learning can help you understand the subject and its risks. It does not expand your authorisations, change your approved product list or permit advice outside your licensee’s policy.
The course carries 5.0 accredited CPD hours. Viewing time is a separate measure: the six recorded modules run about five and a quarter hours in total, plus the assessment. You have 12 months to work through them at your own pace.
The course concludes with a 15-question multiple-choice assessment. The pass mark is 75 percent, with up to three attempts. Once you meet the course requirements, you receive a completion certificate for your CPD record. Watching the sample lesson earns no CPD credit.
Access is available for 12 months from enrolment. The course costs A$495, paid once. Refunds are available within 7 days of purchase, provided you have spent less than one hour on the course material and have not claimed a certificate. This does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. Email hello@blockwise.au to request a refund.
Each adviser enrols in their own learner account and receives their own completion certificate. If several advisers in your practice plan to enrol, tell Michael how many and what your practice or licensee needs for CPD records.
A common foundation for your practice.
Discuss learners and CPD record-keeping for your practice or licensee.
BITCOIN FOR FINANCIAL ADVISERSBe ready for the next
Be ready for the next
Bitcoin question.
Build the knowledge to explain the risks and evaluate the evidence your clients may encounter.