CBDCs
Boston Fed and MIT release the first results of their CBDC research
Project Hamilton released the first round of results in modeling a digital dollar.
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Investments
Harvard, MIT, Oxford, others tap $2.5 billion BitDAO to aid blockchain education
Eight blockchain university groups aim to place “the power of targeted funding in the hands of a decentralized collective of students, faculty members, and alumni.”
Academia
20 Bitcoin schools to be built in El Salvador with surplus from Bitcoin Trust
The new schools constructed will support the cryptocurrency expansion in the nation and assist in educating the locals about the essentials of cryptocurrency trading.
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Technology
Kusama parachain Moonriver records 1 million transactions in just 3 weeks
Moonriver has close to 100k wallet addresses on the network and over 650 ERC20 tokens have been created.
Academia
‘Ivy League’ school Wharton gets $5 million in Bitcoin as donation
The school will use it to support its ‘Innovation in Finance’ program.
Exchanges
Southeast Asia’s largest bank sees tenfold crypto trading volume growth in Q1
Institutional crypto trading platform DBS Digital Exchange saw its trading volume grow up to $40 million in just a few months.
Academia
Polkadot developer Parity Technologies to partner with UC Berkeley
Parity would work closely with Berkeley’s blockchain community on education and proficiency in blockchain and Substrate. Parity for blockchain inclusion Today, the University of…
DeFi
Bitcoin basher Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini brands $13b DeFi industry “vaporware”
The decentralized finance space has seen a parabolic explosion since the start of 2020. Due to a confluence of trends, including but not limited…
Academia
CoinMarketCap launches platform to incentivize learning about cryptocurrencies
CoinMarketCap, one of the largest coin tracking websites in the industry, has launched CoinMarketCap Earn. In a press release shared with CryptoSlate, the company…
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DeFi
Compound users now supplying over $1 billion in ETH assets; COMP a top-25 altcoin
Academia
While the world struggles with crypto; China’s toughest university exams are quizzing students on Bitcoin
Adoption
China, Korea, and Australia introduce blockchain and digital currency curricula to boost employment potential
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