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Ripple a San Francisco-based fintech company and creator of the XRP (XRP) altcoin, has added the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University to its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a project focused on collaborating with universities across the globe to carry out academic research on distributed ledger technology (DLT), cryptocurrency and digital payments.
2019-7-31 15:00 | |
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The University of Kansas has become one of the 29 research institutions to receive funding from Ripple. The University is receiving $2 million—over five years—to support research related to cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital payments.
2019-2-12 21:08 | |
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University College Oxford has become the latest institution to establish a blockchain research facility. The university will now have an ultra-modern research center explicitly designed to research blockchain technology.
2018-9-1 05:00 | |
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A recently concluded study has identified Stanford University as the higher learning institution that offer most cryptocurrency-related programs worldwide. The research was conducted by Coinbase digital exchange in partnership with Qriously.
2018-8-31 21:54 | |
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According to a recent study, Stanford University boasts the highest number of cryptocurrency classes among top global universities. A recent study carried out by Coinbase, in conjunction with the research firm Qriously, shows that Stanford University boasts the most crypto related courses among the world’s premier academic institutions.
2018-8-30 16:00 | |
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Over the past few months, the movement of Tether tokens (USDT) has been accused of being able to manipulate the price of Bitcoin. It’s a complicated concept, but many believe that using Tether to back FIAT currencies is having an impact on the price of Bitcoin.
2018-8-30 15:00 | |
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An Oxford research fellow plans to launch a blockchain-powered university. The institution is likely to be located in Malta given the favorable regulatory environment.
2018-8-30 22:49 | |
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Oxford’s University College is following in the footsteps of Stanford University in establishing an in-house research lab for blockchain technology. The college lays the foundation of a Blockchain Research Centre under the leadership of its Fellow Professor Bill Roscoe FREng.
2018-8-30 19:31 | |
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The University College Oxford has launched a blockchain research center to look for ways to solve some of the challenges posed by blockchain.
2018-8-30 19:15 | |
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Almost one-fifth of US university students own cryptocurrency, while 9 percent have already formally studied it — new research from Coinbase released on August 28 reveals. ‘Tremendous Excitement’ Together with research startup Qriously, the largest US exchange and wallet provider undertook a poll of 675 US students as part of the project — which also surveyed both US and international learning institutions.
2018-8-29 19:00 | |
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University College, the oldest College at Oxford University have announced that they are to open a blockchain research centre, led by the ex-head of Oxford’s computer science department, Professor Bill Roscoe.
2018-8-29 17:30 | |
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Eight out of the top 10 universities that offer blockchain courses are based in the US, according to a new report compiled by popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The research has more broadly uncovered that 42 percent of the world’s top universities offer at least one academically endorsed course.
2018-8-29 13:48 | |
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The world’s first university powered by blockchain could soon set up shop in Malta, and academics from some of the world’s best universities have already signed up according to an August 24, 2018, report from Medium.
2018-8-29 07:00 | |
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University College Oxford is set to become the latest collegiate institution to establish a center for blockchain technology research. The school, which is touted as being the oldest College of Oxford University, wishes to be at the forefront of distributed ledger technology innovation.
2018-8-29 01:24 | |
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Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn. A recent Coinbase study reveals that University students want to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
2018-8-28 22:40 | |
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The National Group Purchasing of Healthcare Resources Platform (the “Platform”) and an associated research laboratory were recently established with the intention of fundamentally reducing the procurement cost of the healthcare products and services based on big data technology.
2018-8-25 04:44 | |
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Scientists from the Arizona University analized the Dash network in order to find its scalability limits and determined the most optimal block size limit.
2018-8-25 14:52 | |
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At a time when bitcoin antagonists have not stopped criticizing the world’s flagship digital currency for its high power consumption, The Conversation, a nonprofit academic news source has published a report on August 20, 2018.
2018-8-22 16:00 | |
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A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh argues that concerns related to high electricity consumption by miners have no basis.
2018-8-23 15:28 | |
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The United States government is funding a distributed ledger technology project (DLT), dubbed Open Science Chain (OSC) and it’s being conducted by researchers at the University of California.
2018-8-22 10:00 | |
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China’s latest ranking has placed Stellar (XLM) and Lisk (LSK) ahead of Bitcoin (BTC). The ranking which is purposely invented for blockchain technology based on their applicability is a creation of China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute (CCID) and the China Software Testing Center (CSTC).
2018-8-20 21:00 | |
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In 2014 Americans spent 70 Billion Dollars playing Lottery Games in 44 of 50 states, playing games of chance that were rigged with very low winning probabilities. Currently, in California to play Super Lotto Plus a player chooses five numbers from 1 to 47 and one additional number from 1 to 27.
2018-8-20 11:39 | |
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A research team from Northwestern University, in Illinois, U. S. A. , believes they have unraveled one of Bitcoin’s long-standing nemesis: The problem of scalability. As reported by MarketWatch on August 15, 2018, the scholars put out details of their innovative solution.
2018-8-18 12:00 | |
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A much-ballyhooed study published yesterday indicates children are more easily influenced by robots than adults. Perhaps next we’ll discover that robots find it easier to take candy from babies than grown-ups.
2018-8-16 21:09 | |
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New academic research released by RWTH Aachen University has discovered that cryptocurrency miner CoinHive is very profitable. In fact, it’s generating over $250,000 worth of Monero profit every month by hi-jacking internet users’ CPUs.
2018-8-16 11:00 | |
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New academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250,000 worth of Monero every month – most of it going to just 10 individuals. The research, released by RWTH Aachen University in Germany, provides an extensive overview of browser-mining activity across the internet.
2018-8-14 18:48 | |
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Zilliqa, the blockchain technology platform based on research from a team of computer scientists at the National University of Singapore, has announced the first class of 12 teams/projects that will be recipients as part of their Ecosystem Grant.
2018-8-15 14:00 | |
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Could it be possible that a rise in the trend of Bitcoin related search terms, could be helping change the price of Bitcoin? Bear with me because this isn’t suggesting Google searches have a direct manipulative impact on the value of the markets, but new research does show that Google Search trends could be used to help investors predict what might happen next.
2018-8-13 23:00 | |
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Tezos Foundation To Give Grants for Blockchain and Smart Contract Research To Some Institutions Tezos foundation offer grants to three institutions for research on blockchain and smart contract research.
2018-8-11 07:31 | |
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A recently published study sought answers to a seemingly unquantifiable question: What does dating “out of your league” really mean? Published in the journal Science Advances, new research details a “hierarchy of desirability” that attempts to pinpoint the traits that makes a desirable partner out of reach.
2018-8-10 01:49 | |
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While cryptocurrency enthusiasts strongly believe that digital currencies are one of the best creations of man since the beginning of time, critics of the burgeoning sector have not ceased condemning bitcoin and the altcoins for their serious scalability issues.
2018-8-9 14:00 | |
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Yale university financial experts have suggested a series of factors that could predict price trends in major cryptocurrencies
2018-8-9 01:15 | |
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A pair of economists from Yale University have outlined a basic strategy for identifying the best buying opportunities for cryptocurrencies. By studying the past performance of three of the most well-known digital assets, the two have identified a couple of methods to predict price movements.
2018-8-9 00:00 | |
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A new research paper published by an Economics Professor at Yale University recommends a portfolio with at least 6% in Bitcoin. Adding Bitcoin to Your Investment Portfolio According to Professor Aleh Tsyvinski, Bitcoin should be an imperative part of your portfolio, regardless of whether you are enthusiastic about the cryptocurrency or not.
2018-8-8 16:00 | |
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Turkey has inaugurated its first blockchain university center, called the “BlockchainIst center,” on Aug 3, 2018, according to local news outlet Daily Sabah. The rationale behind the blockchain university is to minimize the market gap in expertise to utilize the blockchain technology in the secure tracking of digital transactions in various fields across the country.
2018-8-4 15:34 | |
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Tsinghua University’s Research Institute Partners with China’s Institutional Financial Firm to Develop a Blockchain Research Center Tsinghua University’s (THU) Research Institute of Information Technology (RIIT) is now working with a subsidiary of China’s institutional firm to build a blockchain research center.
2018-8-4 23:27 | |
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The educational institution wants to teach students, business and authorities about the importance of cryptocurrency technology.
2018-8-4 19:43 | |
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Recently, Dash had collaborated with the Arizona State University Blockchain Research Lab to explore scaling challenges for the Dash blockchain. On 31st July, the cryptocurrency network announced their research findings and the possible opportunities they have identified.
2018-8-3 03:47 | |
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The Research Institute of Tsinghua University has recently partnered with China Internet Nationwide Financial Services to establish a blockchain research center
2018-8-3 01:52 | |
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Dash Partners with Arizona State University to Research and Analyze Blockchain Scalability Dash and Arizona State University Blockchain Research Lab have partnered to research and analyze on the possible solutions to the scalability issue.
2018-8-2 00:09 | |
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A new Startup company, Ultimo Digital Technologies (UDT), based out of a former Australian Commonwealth Research Institute is geared as a multitasking microchip designed specifically for animal welfare.
2018-7-31 20:18 | |
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Lykke contributes to the development of research and improvement of blockchain technology that is revolutionizing the economy by decentralization of settlements. The company opens a Laboratory of Cryptoeconomics and Blockchain Systems that is based at the Perm State University (Russia).
2018-7-31 13:18 | |
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University blockchain research groups are on the rise, but corporate funding raises questions of objectivity
2018-7-31 02:48 | |
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Andrew Biggin, University of Liverpool and Mark Hounslow, Lancaster University Underneath our feet, deep down in the Earth, liquid iron is producing the magnetic field that we all take for granted.
2018-7-29 11:00 | |
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Bitcoin may still be significantly undervalued due to mainstream investors missing its “value proposition,” a Swiss researcher has concluded. ‘Only Viable Candidate For Non-Sovereign Store Of Value’ Thomas Huber — a member of the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics at ETH Zurich university — made the claims as part of ongoing research into cryptocurrency markets this week.
2018-7-28 01:00 | |
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All mammals experience a moment in the early stages of life where they’re nothing more than a handful of cells bouncing around a uterus. Eventually this cell-cluster attaches itself to the womb’s wall and that, folks, is how babies are made – well, it used to be.
2018-7-25 19:42 | |
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For many, the complex nature of crypto investing is an unsolvable enigma. Despite the potential for great returns, many are hesitant to jump in and navigate the complexities and uncertainties inherent in this space.
2018-7-25 17:09 | |
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According to new research findings from the University of Pennsylvania, many ICOs are taking their investors’ trust for granted. Not only do ICO developers seem to not implement promised features, the investment market as a whole seems to be optimal for ICOs that can be modified at any time. The researchers dug deep into code […]
2018-7-21 06:25 | |
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A University of Pennsylvania legal research report concluded Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have mostly “failed” to reflect on their contractual promises as described in their whitepapers. ICO Projects a Far-Fetched Endeavour Titled “Coin-Operated Capitalism,” the paper was released on July 17, 2018, and aims to explore ICOs as a legitimate option of fundraising.
2018-7-20 19:00 | |
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Alex Dwek, chief operating officer at Nas Company, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss the education technology platform Nas Company and why an education in Web3 can help creators “make a living off the internet,” while creating “long term value.”
Students who perform well will get a leg up to apply for Circle internships and employment.
The $100,000 Thiel Fellowships garner big headlines for successes like Figma and Ethereum. But a deeper look shows a program that’s more about hype than reform. This article is part of CoinDesk's Education Week
Turns out crypto also may have disrupted the idea that where you went to school is a predictor of your future success. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.
President Xi wants China to be the world’s leader in blockchain technology but has banned its most popular uses. Students and faculty wonder whether universities can successfully teach blockchain with Chinese characteristics, and if graduates can find jobs.
I developed CoinDesk’s Best Universities for Blockchain rankings in 2020, and have been tortured to some degree by them ever since.
Universities may teach blockchain but the crypto community will always welcome the self taught.