Classroom adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency programs proceed to skyrocket, with Texas A&M now being the newest U.S. College to supply a Bitcoin course to some of its 74,000+ students.
The information was introduced on Jan. 13 by Associate Professor Korok Ray of Mays Business School at Texas A&M, who shall be teaching the “Bitcoin Protocol” course to students in the College of Engineering and Mays Business School when the Spring Semester begins on Jan. 17.
I shall be teaching the first ever Bitcoin class at Texas A&M this spring!
— Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023
Ray acknowledged in the 4-part Twitter thread that “Programming Bitcoin” will observe Bitcoin Protocol, the place students will study to “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.”
The professor added that it was no straightforward feat to obtain approval from the faculty’s related curriculum committee physique, which got here on the again of “months” of exhausting work.
It took months to get this class authorized, however we made it! Getting Bitcoin into the curriculum is necessary for the lengthy recreation.
— Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023
An absence of high-quality crypto schooling has been dubbed as a key roadblock in taking adoption to the subsequent degree, in response to crypto researcher Josh Cowell, who advised that it may possibly enhance upon one’s monetary literacy if accomplished appropriately.
Cointelegraph reached out to Ray to ask what number of students signed as much as the class however didn’t obtain a direct response.
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Legal and regulatory implications of blockchain expertise and cryptocurrencies are actually being taught at U.S. colleges too.
Adjunct Professor Thomas Hook of University of Boston Law School not too long ago instructed Cointelegraph that the legislation faculty now affords a “Crypto Regulation” course for students fascinated by studying how crypto-versed attorneys and crypto firms can finest navigate by regulatory uncertainties as they give the impression of being to take their services to market:
“It’s meant to expose future lawyers on the potential issues they may see and the myriad of approaches and regulations that exist as it pertains to crypto [and] the different [issues] that crypto companies may face across the globe.”
Other universities now providing cryptocurrency programs embrace Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, National University of Singapore, Cornell University and University of California Berkeley.
