DCI Event Encourages Gender, Racial Diversity in Blockchain Space
The MIT Media Lab and its Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) have recently announced a week-long boot camp providing cryptocurrency education for women and underrepresented people of color. DCI, Kapor Center, and Xapo Helping Underrepresented People Join The Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Landscape. The event has been sponsored by the Kapor Center for....
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