More And More Universities In The US Are Teaching Crypto Technology And Its Implications On Campus

Associate Professor, Korok Ray of May's Business School and his students at Texas A&M. (photo: twitter @KorokRay)

JAKARTA - Adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency courses in classrooms has skyrocketed, after Texas A&M has now become the newest U.S. College to offer Bitcoin courses to its 74,000+ students.

The news was announced on January 13 by Associate Professor Korok Ray of Mays Business School in Texas A&M, who will be teaching a “Bitcoin Protocol” course to students at the College of Engineering and Mays Business School when the Spring Semester begins on January 11.

Ray stated in a 4-part Twitter thread that “Bitcoin Programming” will follow the Bitcoin Protocol, where students will learn to “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.”

The professor added that it was not an easy feat to receive approval from the school's relevant curriculum committee body, which came after "many months of hard work".

I will be teaching the first ever Bitcoin class at Texas A&M this spring!

— Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023

A lack of high-quality crypto education has been dubbed a major barrier in taking adoption to the next level, according to crypto researcher Josh Cowell, who suggests that it can improve one's financial literacy if done right.

Cointelegraph when contacted Ray to ask how many students signed up for the class but did not receive an immediate response.

It's not just about blockchain technology that is being taught. But the legal and regulatory implications of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are now also being taught in US universities.

Adjunct Professor Thomas Hook of the University of Boston Law School recently told Cointelegraph that the law school is now offering a “Crypto Regulation” course for students interested in learning how experienced crypto lawyers and crypto companies can navigate through regulatory uncertainty when they want to make decisions. them for products and services to market.

“This is meant to expose future lawyers to the potential problems they may see and the myriad of existing approaches and regulations related to crypto and the various problems crypto companies around the world may face,” said Hook.

Other universities now offering cryptocurrency courses include Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, National University of Singapore, Cornell University, and University of California Berkeley.