Bitcoin market aimed at college students
Coinbase, a San Francisco company created to act as a wallet and platform in which merchants and customers can "transact" with bitcoin, is now offering the digital currency to students. CyptoCoins News reports that any student that signs up for Coinbase will receive $10 worth of bitcoin. Students must verify enrollment by signing up with an email domain....
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The San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet provider has successfully given away free bitcoin to more than 20,000 college students. CyptoCoins News reported that any student signing up for Coinbase would receive $10 worth of bitcoin. Students were required to verify enrollment by signing up with an email domain ending in "edu."At the time Coinbase founder, Fred Ehrsam, announced the limited time offer on Twitter, it was only available to a handful of "edus."Now the international digital wallet has posted a list of the top 10 schools with the most signups. The University of Michigan led the way....
EduCoin hopes to shake up an imperfect education system with the help of novel digital transactions. Our education system needs an update. This is no secret. Students can no longer pay college tuition with summer jobs, like students did 40 years ago. When college students graduate they face mountains of debt and a grimmer-than-usual job market. EduCoin poses an enigmatic challenge to the dreary status quo. While many education reformers aim to help students with fat reform packages, charities for poorer students, and awareness programs, EduCoin aims to cut directly to the heart of....
MIT students aren't the only ones who are getting their paws on free bitcoins. Coinbase announced on Wednesday that for a limited time, they'll be giving away $10 worth of bitcoin to college students who create a new Coinbase account with a valid .edu email address. The offer applies to universities around the world (not just in the United States), and Coinbase says they've done well to include the top 500 universities around the globe. "We believe that getting more young scholars thinking about and transacting in bitcoin will help spur the growth of the ecosystem and contribute to the....
This piece has been updated with comment from Imperial College Professor William Knottenbelt. Imperial College London has established a research center dedicated to blockchain initiatives. Announced in the university's summer newsletter, the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering grew out of previous Imperial College efforts aimed at exploring bitcoin and the blockchain. The university, founded in 1907, is considered one of the world's top technical institutes. The notice explained: "With an overwhelming response from staff and students, the Centre will now coordinate research....
Imperial College London and Entrepreneur First (EF), a pre-seed investment programme, have announced a new partnership focused on bringing bitcoin technology to students. Under the agreement, the institutions will support student innovation in the field of cryptocurrency, including bitcoin. The programme will be available to students from a range of departments, including mathematics, computing, engineering and business. Where appropriate, students will be encouraged to pursue bitcoin-related ideas as credit-bearing elements of their degree courses. For example, students can apply to carry....