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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Peking University
26.9.2022
With more blockchain-related courses than any other school in mainland China, Peking University attains this year’s No. 14 spot. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
26.9.2022
With influential faculty working closely with local governments, Shanghai's 126-year-old university ranks at No. 12. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: University of Hong Kong
26.9.2022
The blockchain research and courses land the city’s go-to incubator for the next generation of financial talent at spot No. 11. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Nanyang Technological University
26.9.2022
One of the youngest institutions on the list is on a fast trajectory to the No. 10 ranking. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: University of New South Wales
26.9.2022
The most "comprehensive research-intensive university" in Australia lands at the No. 9 spot for its blockchain and fintech studies. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Tsinghua University
26.9.2022
Ranked No. 6, Asia’s top university overall has built a formidable academic reputation in blockchain and fintech. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Meta to Open 10 Metaverse Campuses as Part of $150 Million Immersive Learning Project
6.9.2022
Meta, the metaverse-focused social media company, is helping universities get their own virtual reality campuses online. The company will be opening 10 virtual campuses as part of its Immersive Learning project, which seeks to take education to virtual reality environments. In partnership with...
Blockchain firms fund university research hubs to advance growth
1.9.2022
Universities implement physical and virtual research hubs dedicated to advancing blockchain technology through scientific and educational knowledge
Input Output Global Collaborates With Stanford University
31.8.2022
Input Output Global has announced plans to collaborate with Stanford University by establishing a peer-reviewed research Hub at the university. Blockchain Research Hub will be worth $4.5 million and will be led by some of the most brilliant minds at Stanford University. The Hub starts accepting...
Cardano Builder IOG Funds $4.5M Blockchain Research Hub at Stanford University
29.8.2022
Cardano blockchain builder Input Output Global (IOG) has funded a $4.5 million blockchain hub at Stanford University, the latest in a series of academic research outposts around the globe
64% of US blockchain-versed parents want crypto taught in schools: Survey
24.8.2022
Crypto educated American moms and dads are already sinking an average of $766 into extra-curricular crypto education for their kids, according to the survey
Metaverse Startup Ready Player Me Raises $56 Million in Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz
23.8.2022
The AI-generated avatar creation cross-platform for the metaverse, Ready Player Me, has raised $56 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The startup’s co-founder and CEO Timmu Tõke says the funding will be used to scale the cross-platform metaverse...
Latest Ghana Benchmark Rate Hike the Largest on Record — President Promises Action Against ‘Unacceptable Depreciation of the Cedi’
23.8.2022
After seeing Ghana’s inflation rate surge to 31.7% in July, the Bank of Ghana responded by hiking the benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points. In addition to the rate hike, the central bank said it will gradually raise banks’ primary reserve requirements. One expert has said...
Qatari National Blockchain Blueprint Spotlights Benefits of the Technology to Country’s Economy
19.8.2022
Qatar’s recently released “National Blockchain Blueprint” has suggested that the technology, combined with a “solid regulatory framework,” can help the country build an innovative information technology (IT) sector. However, for this to happen, Qatar must...
‘Bitcoin Valley’ Launches in Honduras — 60 Businesses Accept BTC to Boost Crypto-Tourism
2.8.2022
Bitcoin Valley, the first bitcoin city in Honduras, has launched in Santa Lucia. Businesses in the area will accept bitcoin for payments. “In Santa Lucia, we are all going to participate in this project … Accepting bitcoin will open us to another market and win more customers,”...
US Personal Consumption Expenditures Tap Record Highs, Stanford Economist Says Fed Should Increase Rates Above 9%
31.7.2022
On July 29, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on America’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for the month of June, and the figure saw the largest 12-month increase since 1982. On the same day, Stanford University’s senior fellow at the Hoover Institution...
Hong Kong university to inaugurate mixed reality classroom in Metaverse
31.7.2022
By building MetaHKUST, the institution plans to create a learning environment that virtually connects the two campuses — in Hong Kong and Guangzhou
Harvard University and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web Plan to Preserve Digital Information
31.7.2022
On July 27, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) announced it will be supporting an initiative with Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab (LIL) called the “Democratizing Open Knowledge” program. With FFDW’s support, LIL plans to explore...
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to Build Metaverse Campus
30.7.2022
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced plans to build an online-based metaverse campus called Metahkust. The institution will take its first step toward this goal by building a mixed virtual reality classroom that will allow students from other latitudes to attend classes...
University of Tokyo to Offer Engineering Courses in the Metaverse
27.7.2022
The University of Tokyo will offer a series of engineering courses using metaverse tech. The courses, which are projected to start being offered later this year, will introduce students to the subjects of engineering and will combine this knowledge with the skills to handle metaverse-based worlds...