Czech Institute Enables Bitcoin as Payment for Tuition Fees
CEVRO, a Czech institute based in Prague focusing on political studies including Law, economics, politics and security will now begin accepting bitcoin as payment for tuition fees for three of its Masters’ programs. The CEVRO institute in the Czech Republic has begun accepting bitcoin as a tuition fee for its Masters’ programmes in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). Within the program, students can pay in bitcoin for specializing in three diverse courses: Studies of Transition, Austrian Economics and International Politics. An announcement posted on the Institute’s website reads:....
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