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France’s Financia Business School, which offers post-graduate courses in financial and blockchain technology, now allows students to pay their fees in cryptocurrency. Since the institution introduced the measure, about half a dozen students have paid in BTC for the 2018 academic year

Full article on Bitcoin.com (https://news.bitcoin.com/french-university-accepts-fees-in-bitcoin-for-blockchain-technology-courses/)

There move makes sense as having a big class made up of a lot of foreign students there is no doubt that paying in BTC would cut a lot of expenses when it comes to paying for their courses. If students opt out on paying their tuition with BTC this could also be considered as there first lesson in entering a blockchain related course as not all people know how to even use cryptocurrency wallets in the first place. We need to see more of this kinds of schools where they are also aware of the latest trends and topics in which they will apply it into their own curriculum, this only shows that this schools wants the best for their students' future.

I think it's more of a smart marketing move than something done to actually benefit the students. I'm not saying something is wrong with that, but we have to acknowledge that there are certain financial incentives.

Most of the interested students have crypto already, but lack fiat. It only makes sense to have Bitcoin be a payment option because it significantly lowers the bar, plus it allows people to legally avoid taxation by not cashing out to fiat.

Overall, these cases add to Bitcoin's legitimacy, and I can only be happy with that. From fraud and scheme to something that may change the world, I'll take that at any time of the day.  ;D

I was thinking just this - it definitely helps with marketing and getting their name out there. I had never even heard of this business school until this article and I am sure there are many others who are similar

It helps to attract foreign students if their country does not allow them to transfer large amounts of cash outside of the country. Smart move, I'm sure others will follow

I hadn't thought of the interest this poses to international students, but it's very true - and I imagine a lot easier to transfer funds in a lot of ways

This is very good news! France’s Financial Business Shul went the right way because it will develop the cryptocurrency market. But how exactly will they collect the fees? If you look at the crypto market now, then you can see a very unstable situation ... Hmm, very interesting.