The world of cryptocurrency is a bit like the Wild West. There are rumors, a lot happening underground, and occasional but increasing government interest. People are looking for gold, and companies are looking to sell the shovels.
The result is a regulatory haze and technical fog that hangs over crypto, making it a bit difficult to figure out how to earn crypto easily and reliably. We get it, and that’s why we’ve taken the time to compile a list of sound ways to earn crypto by watching videos. Those videos are usually ads, but there are some interesting projects that go beyond advertising as well.
What makes a good cryptocurrency earning app?
Here’s what we were thinking through when making our choices.
Reliable payouts
Good UX/UI
Good earning potential
Crypto is a rapidly evolving space, and new opportunities appear all of the time. So while we do stand by this list, it’s a good idea to keep a pulse on the crypto world through the news and social media to identify new opportunities as they arise.
And here are the most legitimate ways we’ve found to earn cryptocurrency by watching videos:
Coinbase Learning Center
Coinbase is one of crypto’s most widely used and trusted crypto exchanges. One aspect of their onboarding is the opportunity to earn crypto by learning about individual crypto currencies through their course videos. You get paid in the relevant cryptocurrency and can have it deposited directly into your coinbase wallet, at which point you can transfer or do whatever you want with it.
Their video courses cover a variety of cryptocurrencies including:
Clover Finance
The Graph
BarnBridge
AMP
Stellar Lumens
Compound
Balancer
Ampleforth Governance Token
And many more.
You can earn more than $50+ in various cryptocurrencies, so the payout is really good, but it’s ultimately a finite source. There are only so many videos, so you take a few hours, get your crypto, and get out.
If you’re new to crypto, the education is worth watching either way. It’s a complicated sector, and starting slowly and with an education-first mindset is the best way to prevent poor investments.
Coinmarket Cap Learning Center
Another option that functions in a similar way to Coinbase is the Coinmarket Cap Learning Center. Coinmarketcap has different videos and requires you to take a short quiz afterward, but the payouts and educational value are also high.
Here are some of the courses they offer:
Toko Token
IoTex
SushiSwap
Polkastarter
Plasma Finance
As you’re going through these, try and see which tokens you think have the most potential. These courses are essentially ads and pitches, after all. If one seems particularly promising, you could bankall of the coins you earn from these courses and trade them for the one or few cryptocurrencies you think are most promising.
Odysee
Odysee is positioned as an answer to Youtube’s and other major information platforms’ censorship and aims to be a decentralized educational and content resource.
Creators can post their videos on Odysee without any fear of censorship, and users can earn LBRY, their token, by watching and interacting with videos. When you watch a video on Odysee, both you and the creator earn crypto. This rewards you for your data and engagement while encouraging creators to continue to release videos on Odysee.
Whether or not earning cryptocurrency on Odysee is worth your time partly depends on if you believe in the LBRY crypto itself.
This is their mission:
First and foremost, LBRY is a new protocol that allows anyone to build apps that interact with digital content on the LBRY network. Apps built using the protocol allow creators to upload their work to the LBRY network of hosts (like BitTorrent), to set a price per stream or download (like iTunes) or give it away for free (like YouTube without ads). The work you publish could be videos, audio files, documents, or any other type of file.
If you think something like LBRY could compete with (or work alongside) a service like Spotify to enable artists to earn more from their music, this could be an interesting choice.
Permission.io
Permission.io’s mission is to give data ownership back to the people. Broadly speaking, this means rewarding you with crypto for any online interaction that involves your data. It’s your data, after all, and if companies want to use it, they should pay you for it.
We’re just getting started with our Web 3.0 revolution, but one example of our mission in practice is our Permission.io browser extension.
The Permission.io browser extension helps you earn cryptocurrency as you surf the web. After you install the extension on Chrome, if you search for something and a relevant video ad is available, we notify you of the option to earn for interacting with that video.
For example, if you were into skateboarding and typed “new skateboards,” and a rewarded ad featuring a skateboarding apparel or board company is available, you could be notified with a video ad that essentially says, “Hey we make skateboards. Wanna check it out?” And then if you do, you earn $ASK crypto for watching the video and even more if you end up buying the board from them.
And the best part? You don’t have to change any of your existing habits. They’re non-intrusive, opt-in ads.
PlayNano Online
While somewhat polarizing due to its price and relationship to the BitGrail $195 Million hack, the Nano community is vibrant, enthusiastic, and has created many ways to earn Nano.
Nano is aimed at being a decentralized currency and hopes to eliminate middlemen that charge transaction fees and tack on other hidden costs. Imagine instant wire transfers between countries for free — that’s the type of world Nano is aiming to build.
PlayNano, specifically, is a project that lets you earn Nano by watching videos, playing games, completing surveys, and other activities.
Like the other options here, it depends on how much you believe in Nano, but if you do, then this is definitely a good option.
The bottom line on earning cryptocurrency by watching videos
With the exclusion of a few companies like the online exchange courses and Permission.io browser extension, earning cryptocurrency by watching videos isn’t a smooth landscape yet. Most of the payouts are very low, and you are still subject to the whims of the crypto market.
These are the best options we know of, but you should still do your research, see which cryptocurrencies you think have the best chance of succeeding, and spend your time watching videos that let you earn those currencies.