Bitcoin Event: NYU Hosts Symposium on Cryptocurrency
This March, New York University's Department of Media, Culture and Communication plays host to a symposium on cryptographic currencies such as Bitcoin. The symposium follows a trail that has already been blazed by other institutions of higher learning that have included cryptocurrencies into their courses or are planning to do so in the near future. Some of the institutions that have begun to take a closer look at Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies include Ivy League universities. The Changing Nature of Money. The upcoming symposium will endeavor to debate the very question. It will also....
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