Arievia Foundation

What we teach

Free, plain-language guides in English and Chinese, one for each group we serve.

  1. For users

    Stablecoins, Used Safely

    What a stablecoin is, what the new federal law requires, how to check one before deciding to use it, and how to spot a scam.

    Draft complete. Independent advisers review it before release, planned for winter 2026–27.

  2. For founders

    Founder primer

    The rules that apply to the stablecoin features student and early-stage teams build, including the 2028 deadline, and how to build in fraud protection and clear disclosures.

    Planned for spring 2027, before our campus workshops.

  3. For institutions

    Workshop kit

    Everything a library, senior center, or community group needs to teach the course itself, free to reuse.

    • Slides and speaker notes
    • Facilitator guide
    • Before-and-after quiz

    Draft complete. Released with the first guide.

Inside Stablecoins, Used Safely

Written for older New Yorkers, their families, and the people who help them. We don't tell anyone to buy or use stablecoins. We teach them how to check.

  1. What a stablecoin is, and is not
  2. The new federal law
  3. Five checks before you decide
  4. Protect your access and send carefully
  5. How scammers use stablecoins
  6. Words that should stop you
  7. If something goes wrong, and where to get help

Quick check

  1. A stablecoin is insured by the FDIC, like money in a bank account.

    • True
    • False (the answer)
    • Not sure

    No stablecoin is FDIC-insured. “Stable” is a name, not a promise.

  2. Under the new federal law, the company that issues a stablecoin may pay you interest just because you hold its coins.

    • True
    • False (the answer)
    • Not sure

    Under the new law, issuers may not pay interest just for holding. Some apps offer their own “rewards”; those are not insured.

  3. In New York, where can you check whether a crypto company is licensed?

    • Whether its app is in the app store
    • A “government license” photo it sends you
    • The NY Department of Financial Services (the answer)
    • Not sure

    Call the NY Department of Financial Services (free interpreters), or check its online list of regulated companies.

Our workshops are designed to start and end with the full quick check, with no names, so we can see what people learned.

These three questions come from the course’s before-and-after quiz.

Already sent money or crypto to a scammer? Stop sending, and contact your bank or the app you used right away. Then report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Federal Trade Commission.

Built to work alongside federal materials

Free federal resources already cover many scams: the FTC's Pass It On has 14 topics, and the FDIC's Money Smart for Older Adults has 10 modules. As of October 2026, none of them is dedicated to cryptocurrency or stablecoins. Our kit is designed to be taught alongside them and adds that piece: how to check whether a payment stablecoin's issuer is approved under the GENIUS Act, what redemption and reserve disclosures to look for, and the red flags of stablecoin scams, in English and Simplified Chinese.

Arievia is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FTC or the FDIC.

How organizations use it

  1. Request the kitLibraries, senior centers, campus groups, and community organizations can request it, free, at inquiry@arieviafoundation.com. The first edition will be released in winter 2026–27, after adviser review.
  2. Teach it with your own peopleThe facilitator guide and slides with speaker notes let your staff or volunteers lead a 60- to 90-minute session. Arievia doesn't need to be in the room.
  3. Copy and adapt itIt is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0): share and adapt it, with credit to Arievia.
  4. Follow three partner termsKeep sessions free, promote no product or token, and use the same before-and-after quick check, sharing the anonymous results with us.

How we work

We teach, we don't sell

We don't issue, endorse, or promote any token or digital-asset product. We teach people how to check a product, not which one to buy.

Independent

We name every supporter, and no supporter writes or reviews our materials. Independent advisers review every guide before we publish it.

Free, and in your language

Our guides, workshop kit, and community workshops are free, in English and Chinese, and open for libraries, schools, and community groups to reuse.