Tag: academia

These notorious bitcoin bears have much to say about the technology — may the market decide the winner.“Disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization”“Of course I hate the bitcoin success. I don’t welcome a currency that’s so useful to kidnappers and extortionists and so forth. I think I should say modestly that the whole damn development...

What leads the institutions of higher learning to harbor such resentment toward the technology?Academia is no fan of Bitcoin. The vast majority of professors are hugely biased against it. For example, Professor of Economics Nouriel Roubini of New York University doesn’t even try to hide his intense hatred for Bitcoin. Roubini told Bloomberg that "the Flintstones had a better monetary...

Moonriver, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-compatible smart contract platform developed on Polkadot, is full steam ahead with some impressive figures since its launch just three weeks ago. A Polkadot - Kusama powerhouse As reported by Moonbeam, Moonriver has close to 100k wallet addresses on the network and over 650...

Sanctor Capital a blockchain-focused investment firm that brings together missionary founders and successful entrepreneurs, announced today that it will be hosting its first Demo Day to showcase the inaugural cohort of projects graduating from its custom-tailored mentorship program, Sanctor Turbo. Project teams graduating as Sanctor Turbo’s...

The University of Pennsylvania received a $5 million donation via Bitcoin recently for its finance programs, the school said...

Trading volumes on DBS Digital Exchange, an institutional crypto trading platform launched by Singapore’s largest bank DBS in December, have increased tenfold over the last quarter, DBS CEO Piyush Gupta revealed in a media briefing...

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 California, Berkeley ‘Blockchain Xcelerator,’ and...

The decentralized finance space has seen a parabolic explosion since the start of 2020. Due to a confluence of trends, including but not limited to a search for yield on cash and a recovery in the price of Bitcoin, DeFi coins have gone from a market capitalization of a billion or two to $13 billion as per CryptoSlate data. Value is also accruing...