Your future at stake: Uni of Wyoming allocates $4M to staking three coins
The University of Wyoming is embracing cryptocurrency staking as an innovative way to raise revenue. The University of Wyoming is allocating $4 million to running nodes and staking at least three cryptocurrencies.The news was shared to Twitter on April 28 by Caitlin Long, a Wyoming Blockchain and Fintech Select Committee appointee and founder of Avanti Bank & Trust — a local bank servicing the digital asset sector.NEWS NOT REPORTED YET: State of #Wyoming appropriated $4m for nodes/staking in at least 3 cryptocurrencies, run by Univ of Wyoming. This kickstarts program where gains from this....
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