First Spanish University Installs Bitcoin ATM on Campus
The number of global universities equipped with bitcoin ATMs increased on 22nd June with the announcement by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) that it would install a unit on its Poblenou campus. With the news, Pompeu Fabra joins MIT in the US, Simon Fraser University in Canada and the University of Zurich in Switzerland as universities that have installed bitcoin ATMs. Founded in 1990, the university boasts a community of nearly 10,000 students and an annual budget of €118M. UPF professor of technology and communications Miquel Oliver suggested that the installation is part of the....
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The first annual Blockchain Madness, a live-streamed cross-campus student trivia tournament hosted by the Blockchain Education Network, starts March 15. Six teams of blockchain and Bitcoin all-stars from elite universities across North America will compete in this year’s tournament, fighting for the Blockchain Cup and prestige. Teams from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University and the University of California-Berkeley representing the United States will battle it out against three Canadian teams from the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University and Queen’s....
The University of Cumbria in the United Kingdom will reportedly begin accepting bitcoins for two new programs related to the study of cryptocurrencies. According to CoinDesk, the programs are being run by the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at the University. "We are accepting bitcoin as a way of experimenting how it works for a major organisation with many departments," said Jim Bendell, who is the director of the Institute. One of the courses is said to be a certificate in sustainable exchange course, and the other a post-graduate certificate in sustainable leadership. The....
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has announced plans to build an online-based metaverse campus called Metahkust. The institution will take its first step toward this goal by building a mixed virtual reality classroom that will allow students from other latitudes to attend classes like they were in the same space. The virtual classroom will host the launch of the new Guangzhou campus.
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A university in the UK has announced that it will accept bitcoin payments for two new programmes linked to the study of cryptocurrencies and complementary currencies. The courses are run by the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at the University of Cumbria. The institute's director, Jem Bendell said: "We are accepting bitcoin as a way of experimenting [with] how it works for a major organisation with many departments." The two programmes run by the institute are a certificate in sustainable exchange and a post-graduate certificate in sustainable leadership. The first is taught at....