University of Macedonia Investigates Cryptocurrency Adoption in the EU
The adoption of digital currencies from companies in European Union is a controversial issue as the legal framework is still vague in terms of accounting and currency handling. The directions from the European Central Bank are mainly focused on warning investors about the unstable nature of cryptocurrencies and the high volatility that is involved in their prices. Companies that choose to accept Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are taking some fundamental risks, but they also open new markets to crypto communities and new users with a higher technological education. Given this context,....
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Those of us who have been closely following the happenings in bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry have heard about National Science Foundation's recent grant to three top universities in the United States for research on cryptocurrencies. University of Maryland is one of the recipients of the total $3 million research grant along with Cornell University and University of California- Berkeley. A lot of us haven't had a chance to know what kind of research these universities will be doing on bitcoin to receive a small fortune. Here is an insight to what the researchers at University of....
Six hundred students at Canada's McGill University are set to receive 30 mBTC ($7) each as part of a joint initiative to promote bitcoin adoption. The event, launched by the McGill Cryptocurrency Club and Montreal's Bitcoin Embassy, is due to take place in the spring and is seeking donations from the public that will be held in a multisig wallet. The McGill Cryptocurrency Club said:
The SDSU announced that it’s accepting donations in cryptocurrency to fund activities that promote crypto adoption within the university. Back in October 2021, The Campanile Foundation (TCF), an auxiliary of the San Diego State University (SDSU), accepted its first crypto donation. Now, the university announced that it is welcoming digital currency donations in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).TCF Chief Financial Officer David Fuhriman said one percent of the total crypto holdings would be withdrawn quarterly to fund campus activities that aim to discover how the university could interact....
Draper University recently announced a new online Bitcoin course in partnership with ZapChain. Based in Silicon Valley, Draper University has been accepting Bitcoin for well over a year and has a long history of leading the cutting edge of curriculum design with new and innovative classes. ZapChain is a "growing network of Bitcoin professionals." Adam Draper, the founder of Boost, said: The largest problem in the Bitcoin adoption world right now is education and this is the best Bitcoin education course online. It [Bitcoin] answers all the questions by giving access to the experts in the....