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“After I did one year of almost coaching by you and the community, it's really like, I feel like I'm a completely different person.”
Ramzy — From zero to understanding DeFi
David Zimmerman · hosts every live callDeFi University · Live DeFi education
Learn DeFi live, with David Zimmerman.
Group coaching on Skool from $29 a month, a $7 community with five courses, and private 1-on-1 coaching from $600. Education only. You keep custody.
Four ways in
Start free. Join the group. Go 1-on-1.
Every path is education first. Pick the amount of access you want today and change it later.
Start free
$0
No card, no login
You want the fundamentals before you pay for anything.
- Five self-paced courses, 12 lessons each
- The DeFi Safety Checklist
- A free 30-minute call about private coaching
Community
$7
per month on Skool
You want the classroom and people to ask, without live calls.
- Skool community and five Course Hub courses
- 7-day free trial
- Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Group coaching
$29–$97
per month on Skool
You want to bring your questions to David, live.
- Premium: the Friday live call
- VIP: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Q&A
- 7-day free trial on every plan
Private coaching
From $600
Paid once or in installments
You want 1-on-1 sessions built around your questions.
- Foundations: $600, two sessions
- Mastery: $1,800, six sessions
- Institutional: $7,200, 24 sessions
- Skool plans
- 3
- free University courses
- 5
- private coaching tiers
- 3
- Skool from, per month
- $7
Stories
In their own words.
Members and private coaching clients, unscripted. Quotes are verbatim from each clip.
Community member
From afraid to fluent
“Before DeFi University, I was afraid that I didn't understand it properly … I consider myself fluent in DeFi today.”
Paulo
Group coaching member
Never rushed into a decision
“I don't have the feeling that I'm being rushed into a decision and that I'm being rushed into doing something that I'm not comfortable with.”
Martin
Private coaching client
Why 1-on-1, not just the group
“The group space is not always the best format for an individual concern that I have.”
Jarrod Smithson
Individual experiences, not typical results. Education only — not financial advice.
Group coaching
A live room, up to three days a week.
Premium members get the Friday call. VIP members get Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Q&A with David. Bring a question; leave with a clearer process.
- Live on Google Meet. Unscripted Q&A, so the agenda is your questions.
- Premium recaps may include recordings. Show up live when you can.
- Month-to-month on Skool, with a 7-day free trial.
- MonVIP live Q&AVIP
- TueNo live call · community & courses
- WedVIP live Q&AVIP
- ThuNo live call · community & courses
- FriLive callPremiumVIP
“I don't have to be on top of everything all the time. And that reduces me the stress level that is usually high in crypto.”
Private coaching
Prefer 1-on-1? Three tiers, one free call first.
Private sessions with David on risk, protocols, and self-custody. You keep custody of everything.
Foundations
$600
2 × 45-minute sessions over 4 weeks
Buy directly, or start with a free call
Mastery
$1,800
6 × 60-minute sessions over 12 weeks
Starts with a free 30-minute call · 3 payments available
Institutional
$7,200
24 × 60-minute sessions over 6 months
Application, then a free call · 3 or 6 payments
“Confidence, 100%. Just being able to go in and ask the right questions and being able to just bounce ideas off yourself.”
Your host and coach
David Zimmerman
David Zimmerman founded DeFi University and hosts every live call. He has spent the last cycle coaching DeFi learners from their first self-custody setup to protocol due diligence.
His method is risk first and process driven: unscripted Q&A in the group, and 1-on-1 work for people who want it. Not tips, not signals, not predictions — education only.
— David
About DeFi University →Start free
Five courses. No card, no login.
Twelve lessons each, with podcasts, video overviews, and module quizzes.
Free checklist
Get the DeFi Safety Checklist
Twelve educational checks for safer self-custody habits. Confirm your email and we'll send the checklist. Educational only — not financial advice.
Questions
Before you choose.
Group coaching is live Q&A on Skool — Friday on Premium ($29/month), and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on VIP ($97/month) — billed monthly by Skool. Private coaching is 1-on-1 sessions with David, paid in full or in installments through Stripe on this site, starting with a free 30-minute call.
Yes. Every Skool plan starts with a 7-day free trial on Skool. After that, plans are month-to-month and you can cancel anytime in your Skool settings.
It depends on the plan. Premium includes the Friday live call. VIP includes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Q&A. Standard is Course Hub and community without those live-call entitlements. Check the Skool Calendar inside the group for current times.
Do not assume every call is recorded. Show up live when you can. Premium recaps may include recordings. We do not promise a full replay library on every plan.
David Zimmerman hosts every session. He shares educational perspectives from his experience trading and building in DeFi — not personalized financial advice or investment recommendations.
No. DeFi University LLC provides educational content and training only. We do not provide financial advice, investment recommendations, or portfolio management services. All content is for informational and educational purposes.
We make no guarantees about financial outcomes. Our courses teach technical concepts, risk management frameworks, and protocol analysis. What you do with this knowledge is entirely up to you, and all outcomes depend on individual decisions and market conditions beyond our control.
Skool's Course Hub has 5 courses, from investor mindset through more advanced DeFi topics. This site also has five self-paced courses you can browse at /university: DeFi Concepts, Investor Mindset, Liquidity Provision, Money Markets, and Perpetual Futures. Premium adds the Friday live call, and VIP adds Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Q&A. Educational only — not financial advice. You keep self-custody of your assets. No guaranteed outcomes.
Yes. Skool plans are month-to-month (Standard $7, Premium $29, VIP $97) with no long-term contracts. You can cancel at any time through your Skool account settings or by contacting hello@defiuniversity.xyz. No cancellation fees apply.
Pick your way in.
Join the group on Skool, or talk to David about 1-on-1. Education only — not financial advice.