One of the largest US colleges has begun teaching students about Bitcoin

Classroom adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency courses proceed to skyrocket, with Texas A&M present being the latest U.S. College to connection a Bitcoin people to immoderate of its 74,000+ students.

The quality was announced connected Jan. 13 by Associate Professor Korok Ray of Mays Business School astatine Texas A&M, who volition beryllium teaching the “Bitcoin Protocol” people to students successful the College of Engineering and Mays Business School erstwhile the Spring Semester starts connected Jan. 17.

I volition beryllium teaching the archetypal ever Bitcoin people astatine Texas A&M this spring!

— Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023

Ray stated successful the 4-part Twitter thread that “Programming Bitcoin” volition travel Bitcoin Protocol, wherever students volition larn to “build a Bitcoin room from scratch.”

The prof added that it was nary casual feat to person support from the school’s applicable program committee body, which came connected the backmost of “months” of hard work.

It took months to get this people approved, but we made it! Getting Bitcoin into the program is important for the agelong game.

— Korok Ray (@KorokRay) January 12, 2023

A deficiency of high-quality crypto education has been dubbed arsenic a cardinal roadblock successful taking adoption to the adjacent level, according to crypto researcher Josh Cowell, who suggested that it tin improve upon one's fiscal literacy if done correctly.

Cointelegraph reached retired to Ray to inquire however galore students signed up to the people but did not person an contiguous response.

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Legal and regulatory implications of blockchain exertion and cryptocurrencies are present being taught astatine U.S. colleges too.

Adjunct Professor Thomas Hook of University of Boston Law School precocious told Cointelegraph that the instrumentality schoolhouse present offers a “Crypto Regulation” people for students funny successful learning however crypto-versed lawyers and crypto companies tin champion navigate done regulatory uncertainties arsenic they look to instrumentality their products and services to market:

“It’s meant to exposure aboriginal lawyers connected the imaginable issues they whitethorn spot and the myriad of approaches and regulations that beryllium arsenic it pertains to crypto [and] the antithetic [issues] that crypto companies whitethorn look crossed the globe.”

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