NYU Offers First Crypto Major in US, Sees Exponential Increase in InterestNew York University, a prestigious college found in 1831, has started to offer the first crypto major course in the US.
Adjunct professor Andrew Hinkes told CBS New York in an interview that the institution is helping students understand both the legal and the business implications of crypto and blockchain technology.
Hinkes said:
“We hope to establish a groundwork so that the students can understand what’s really happening under the hood, so that they can understand both the legal and the business implications, and prepare them to go out and tackle this new market.”
Crypto Boom at Universities
Throughout 2018, the demand for crypto-related courses at colleges has increased significantly, ever since prestigious institutions like Stanford and MIT started offering programs covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
As Mustafa Khan, a student at NYU who enrolled in the crypto major, it has become important for millennials to understand and study an emerging asset class that is rapidly integrating into the global finance sector.
“In the environment we live in today, it’s become especially relevant to get a hold of how new technologies work and how they interact with the legal system,” Khan said.
David Yermack, finance department chair at NYU, stated that students who previously graduated at the college have come back to take crypto courses to obtain a better understanding of the rapidly growing market and the industry surrounding blockchain technology.
“There’s a few people who graduated some years ago but have come back to sit in on this just because of the novelty and the edginess of the topic,” Yermack added.
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