Adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency courses in the classroom continues to skyrocket, and Texas A&M is now the latest US university to offer a Bitcoin course to some of its 74,000+ students.
The news was announced on Jan. 13 by Associate Professor Korok Ray of the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M, who will teach the “Bitcoin Etiquette” course to students in the Mays College of Engineering and School of Business when the course begins. spring semester on January 1. 17
I will be teaching the first Bitcoin class at Texas A&M this spring!
—Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023
Ray stated in the 4-part Twitter thread that “Bitcoin Programming” will follow the Bitcoin Protocol, where students will learn how to “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.”
The teacher added that it was no easy task to receive approval from the school’s relevant curriculum committee, which came after “months” of hard work.
It took months to pass this class, but we did it! Including Bitcoin in the curriculum is important for the long game.
—Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023
The lack of high-quality crypto education has been called a key obstacle to taking adoption to the next level, according to crypto researcher Josh Cowell, who suggested that it can improve one’s financial education if done correctly.
Cointelegraph reached out to Ray to ask how many students signed up for the class, but did not immediately receive an answer.
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The legal and regulatory implications of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are now also being taught in US universities.
Adjunct Professor Thomas Hook of Boston University Law School recently told Cointelegraph that the law school is now offering a “Cryptocurrency Regulation” course for students interested in learning how cryptocurrency lawyers and companies those versed in cryptocurrency are better able to navigate through regulatory uncertainties as they seek to make their decisions. products and services to the market:
“It is meant to expose future lawyers to the potential issues they may see and the myriad of approaches and regulations that exist in relation to cryptocurrency (and) the different (issues) that cryptocurrency companies may face around the world.” “.
Other universities now offering cryptocurrency courses include Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, the National University of Singapore, Cornell University, and the University of California Berkeley.
