Ivy-league US college Brown discloses $4.9 million exposure to Bitcoin via BlackRocks IBIT ETF

Brown University has made its first reported foray into Bitcoin (BTC), investing $4.9 million in BlackRocks iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), according to a recent 13F filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Ivy League institution acquired 105,000 shares of the ETF during the first quarter, making the position approximately 2.3% of its […]

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Texas A&M Professor to Launch Bitcoin Research Institute

Korok Ray, Bitcoin researcher and Associate Professor at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, announced plans to launch The Bitcoin Research Institute to drive academic research at the intersection of Bitcoin and artificial intelligence. At the MicroStrategy World: Bitcoin for Corporations 2024 event, Ray made note of Bitcoins potential to enable secure multi-party [...]

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‘Don’t Trust, Verify’: Fixing The Problems With Academic Research On Bitcoin

To date, much of the academic research on Bitcoin has lacked high-quality data and rigorous review. It’s time to fix that.

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Over 52.6% of Bitcoin mining now powered by sustainable energy

Amidst the rapid evolution of the high-tech and ever-evolving landscape of Bitcoin mining, an intriguing discovery has emerged from one of the industry’s leading Bitcoin energy researchers.

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How Blockchain Is Changing the World of Academia

In recent years, the growth of the blockchain ecosystem has created ample opportunities for it to change our world.

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Top 5 Unexpected NFT Uses in 2023

NFTs are an exciting technology because they can be applied in so many ways. Soon, their functionality will grow more.

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Over 95% of tokens launched on Uniswap are scams – Research

About 97% of the crypto projects launched on Uniswap are rug pulls, according to a recent study titled “Do Not Rug On Me: Zero-Dimensional Scam Detection .” The study undertaken by  Bruno Mazorra, Victor Adan, and Vanesa Daza suggests that the simplicity of Uniswap and its lack of regulation makes it easy for scammers to list […]

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Are Higher Education Institutions Starting To Embrace Bitcoin?

Professor Korok Ray explains how higher education is starting to embrace Bitcoin as an important subject to be teaching in the classroom.

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Researchers say they discovered consensus level attack on Ethereum — miners cheating the system to earn more

A research paper published by The Hebrew University in Israel reports having discovered the “first evidence of a consensus-level attack on a major cryptocurrency.” The paper is currently awaiting peer review but utilizes publicly available on-chain data and Ethereum’s open source codebase to affirm its conclusions.

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Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin education classes for Marcy Houses residents

American rapper Shawn Corey Carter — professionally known as Jay-Z — has teamed up with Block CEO Jack Dorsey to offer the residents of Marcy Houses in Brooklyn, New York, Bitcoin Education courses.

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The Academic Suppression And Ignoring Of Bitcoin

Learn about bitcoin? It seems that some academic institutions don’t want you to!

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Coinbase launches new global crypto think-tank

Leading cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase has launched a new Coinbase Institute to advance policy debate around crypto and the future of Web3.  The institute is focused on providing research, analysis, and insights about the Web3 space.

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A response to the claim “dark tetrad” personality types are drawn to Bitcoin

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology recently published a study on the dark tetrad personality and cryptocurrency attitudes.

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Academia Excludes Bitcoiners And Supports Tyranny

The academic community must make the choice of honest intellectual consideration of Bitcoin or continued deliberate ignorance.

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Boston Fed and MIT release the first results of their CBDC research

Dubbed Project Hamilton, exploratory research between the Federal Reserve of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) released the first round of results in modeling a digital dollar.

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Harvard, MIT, Oxford, others tap $2.5 billion BitDAO to aid blockchain education

Eight world-famous universities, including UC Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and Oxford, have founded a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that will focus on addressing the “funding crisis and skills gap” in blockchain research and education.

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20 Bitcoin schools to be built in El Salvador with surplus from Bitcoin Trust

El Salvador is planning a new creative endeavor to boost its Bitcoin-related transactions in the nation.

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Why You Can't Have A PPE Curriculum Without Bitcoin

Bitcoin is clearly a social phenomenon worthy of study for a proper philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) degree.

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Why Does Academia Have A Bias Against Bitcoin?

What leads the institutions of higher learning to harbor such resentment toward the technology?

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Kusama parachain Moonriver records 1 million transactions in just 3 weeks

Moonriver, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-compatible smart contract platform developed on Kusama, 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 ERC20 tokens have been created.

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