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University of Wyoming Launches Bitcoin Research Institute to Produce High-Quality Publications

DIGIT — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:30:35 +0000

The University of Wyoming has launched a Bitcoin research institute to produce high-quality peer-reviewed publications about bitcoin from all academic disciplines. The institute’s director highlighted the need for informed research, criticizing previous work for its lack of fundamental understanding of bitcoin. University of Wyoming Launches Bitcoin Research Institute The University of Wyoming (UW) has launched […]

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Fake ‘professors’ use phoney loans to trick victims in latest crypto scam

DIGIT — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 01:43:45 +0000

The scam often starts on a Facebook ad where those interested click the link and are met with a “Letter from the Professor” or “Letter from the Dean” on the company website.

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Gary Gensler links crypto with cash in viral 2018 video — Crypto Twitter reacts

DIGIT — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:54:59 +0000

The 2018 MIT professor Gary Gensler didn’t think most ICOs triggered U.S. securities laws.

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Nanjing University Sets Up One of the First Metaverse Majors in China

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:50:04 +0000

Nanjing University in China has reportedly launched one of the first majors in the country dedicated to the study of metaverse-related knowledge. The university, located in eastern China, stated that this new push is directed to impart new metaverse-related courses that will help more students to fulfill the needs of metaverse companies. Nanjing University to […]

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64% of US blockchain-versed parents want crypto taught in schools: Survey

DIGIT — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:59:32 +0000

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.

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Russian Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT to Prevent Disconnection of Nations, Banks

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:30:34 +0000

A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers say their system would not allow the disconnecting of countries and banks. Russian Developers Create SWIFT Substitute Using Blockchain Experts from the Competence Center […]

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TZ APAC’s Colin Miles: Blockchain will be taught in classrooms in 3-5 years

DIGIT — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:35:41 +0000

TZ APAC’s Colin Miles says that a new partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s School of Computing will help students learn about Tezos and blockchain.

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Officials Attend First Lecture on NFTs at Major Turkish University

DIGIT — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:30:08 +0000

Ankara University has become the first higher education institution in Turkey to organize a course on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The freshly-launched lecture has been attended by high-ranking government officials, local media reported. Leading University in Turkey Begins Course on NFTs Ankara University has added a course on NFTs to its curriculum, becoming the first Turkish […]

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University accepts Bitcoin donations to fund crypto-related activities

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:29:46 +0000

The SDSU announced that it’s accepting donations in cryptocurrency to fund activities that promote crypto adoption within the university.

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Universities including Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, Oxford to form EduDAO to promote Web 3 innovations, financed by BitDAO treasury

DIGIT — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

The funds from EduDAO will be used for research, education and entrepreneurship in Web 3 technologies among the world’s top universities.

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