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Major Latin American University Launches Specialization Featuring Crypto-Related Topics
18.12.2020
One of the biggest and most laureate universities in Latin America approved the launch of a Financial Engineering specialization course, whose modules cover crypto and blockchain-related subjects, marking it a historic landmark across the region’s educational sector. Mexico’s Biggest...
Mexico’s Biggest University Adds Course That Features Crypto Learning
16.12.2020
Latin America’s biggest and most prestigious university, the Mexico City-based National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will launch a Financial Engineering course – with modules that reportedly cover subjects such as crypto and blockchain technology.
In its December bulletin, the UNAM...
University's epic burn: Researchers say Ripple's protocol ‘may fail badly’
4.12.2020
According to researchers at the University of Bern, the presence of faulty or malicious nodes on the Ripple network could have “devastating effects.”
New Paper: Ripple Network Doesn’t Meet Criteria To Reach Consensus
3.12.2020
A brand-new paper which analyzes the Ripple network concluded that the network does not reach true consensus, as its protocol “may violate safety and liveness,” and doesn’t follow the established models and algorithms for a Byzantine agreement. Report Claims XRP’s Network...
Historian Niall Ferguson Says Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution
2.12.2020
Historian and senior fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Niall Ferguson says bitcoin is winning the Covid-19 monetary revolution. Hailing the virtual currency as a great place for the rich to store their wealth, Ferguson also notes that the bitcoin’s resilience...
Arizona State University adopts blockchain-based app to track COVID-19
19.11.2020
Universities have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some, at least, are choosing their test-and-trace technology wisely
The Many Facts Pointing to John Nash Being Satoshi Nakamoto
27.10.2020
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There’s a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked some research into the possibility that Nash could have been...
Villanova University to Send Private Ethereum Blockchain Into Space to Test Inter-Satellite Communication
21.10.2020
Villanova’s project is slated for liftoff on Nov. 20 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Cornell University shared a surprising revelation about this blockchain paper
14.10.2020
The dissertation was written at an important moment in Bitcoin's history
How HBCUs Are Prepping Black Students for Blockchain Careers
12.10.2020
Several universities are in talks to create a multi-disciplinary blockchain major together, but the work will be slow until there are more funding opportunities available, professors said
Looking for a Job in Crypto? Here Are 5 Skills You Need
9.10.2020
In job interviews at crypto-oriented companies, “the first thing that you’ll hear is: How does Bitcoin work?”
The Best Blockchain University Programs Actually Pay Students to Learn
7.10.2020
Leading student blockchain clubs do more than meet up to eat pizza: they work directly with crypto startups to solve problems
The Top Universities for Blockchain – Methodology
6.10.2020
CoinDesk's 2020 university rankings rate institutions from scholarly impact to employment outcomes. Here is the full story of how we did it
The Top Universities for Blockchain
6.10.2020
CoinDesk's 2020 blockchain university rankings are the most nuanced, rigorous, and defensible rankings of their kind. See the winners here
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
25.9.2020
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.” The 71-page in-depth study examines the current growth of the crypto industry, mining, offchain activity, crypto asset user profiling...
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...
Help Us Find the Best University for Blockchain
11.9.2020
Which U.S. university has the best overall offering on cryptocurrency and decentralized tech? We need your help to find out
Ticino Blockchain Technologies Association Has Been Established
10.9.2020
Lugano, 10 September 2020 – The Ticino Blockchain Technologies Association aims to promote research and support innovative companies active in the Blockchain sector, as well as to promote academic studies of this new technology, thanks to the participation of USI (University of Southern...
Australian University Finds Privacy Issues With Blockchain Technology
10.9.2020
A research paper from the University of South Australia suggests blockchain technology needs to be refined so it can better protect privacy and the EU's right to be forgotten
Chainlink Doomsday Predictions: Zeus Capital Warns Investors Not To ‘Get Fooled’
31.8.2020
Zeus Capital has doubled down on its doomsday predictions on Chainlink (Link). It is now warning investors: “don’t get fooled… exit your positions before its too late.” The asset management firm’s involved assessment follows a sharp decline in the price of Link in...