(Scoop News Group) West Virginia U. latest to join NFT marketplace for college sports NFTU features more than 50 higher education institutions where athletes can profit from their name, image and likeness. Mar 16, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) Wharton School is accepting cryptocurrency for tuition payments Students taking Wharton's six-week blockchain certificate course can pay with crypto. Oct 29, 2021 By Emily Bamforth
Clemson University’s Palmetto Cluster, a supercomputer with 23,072 CPU cores clocking in at 814.4 teraflops. (Clemson University Palmetto Cluster) How Clemson keeps cryptominers off its supercomputer One of the most powerful computing clusters owned by an American university has attracted at least a few opportunistic students. Dec 4, 2018 By Ryan Johnston
A cryptocurrency mining rig (Getty Images) Cryptocurrency mining continues on university campuses University of Michigan CIO Ravi Pendse says the illegal activity can disrupt computer systems and amounts to theft of university resources. Nov 21, 2018 By Corinne Lestch
(Ripple) Cryptocurrency firm opens ‘Ripple for Good,’ a STEM and fintech philanthropy Cryptocurrency giant Ripple Labs is allocating more than $100 million to jumpstart a new philanthropic institution. Sep 28, 2018 By Ryan Johnston
EdScoop Campuses embrace cryptocurrency courses following value spike Classrooms across the globe have begun to include blockchain and bitcoin into their legal, business and engineering curricula. Feb 9, 2018 By Ryan Johnston