This course will teach you how to buy and sell Stellar lumens (XLM) on the Kraken.com cryptocurrency exchange.

What is Stellar?

Stellar is an open-source protocol for value exchange and the Stellar network connects banks, payments systems, and people in order to move money, even across borders, quickly, reliably and at a low cost. Stellar Lumens are the native asset of the Stellar network. A lumen (also referred to as XLM) is a unit of digital currency, like a bitcoin.

What is Kraken?

Kraken is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange operating in Canada, the EU, Japan, and the US. A cryptocurrency exchange is a place where people can trade digital currencies, such as the Stellar lumen (XLM).