What advice do you have to give to my friend who is trying to juggle getting grounded in the basics and keeping up with these latest update on Bitcoin?
For the fact that Rome wasn't built in a single day then that should be enough inspiration for your friend not to try to assimilate all he needs to know about Bitcoin on a single day, as it is a gradual process and the earlier he understand that, the better for him in his journey to learning all about Bitcoin. But I can only suggest if only each day he can just pick a particular Bitcoin related concept and tries to understand what its all about, how it works, i'm sure in next 6months or a year, he should be grounded with all he needs to know about Bitcoin, it's related terms & meaning, best safe wallets and e.t.c
And you can equally introduce him to this forum, as this forum has got all the best content he should need in his crypto journey and 24hrs available Bitcoin experts always readily available to offer solutions to whatever challenge he might be facing.