Bitcoin and cryto classes now a fundamental part of Finance courses in some Chicago uni's.
More on the way.
More on the way.
Digital currency is now part of the classes’ discussions surrounding the definition of money, a core concept in courses that cover money, banking and capital markets. “My students are starting the class thinking about it now,” Black said.
Just as bitcoin has infiltrated conversations, headlines and financial exchanges, lessons on the digital currency and its underlying technology are springing up in university classrooms around Illinois. Some professors are altering lesson plans that before just grazed the subject, while some schools are adding entire bitcoin and blockchain classes to their course lists.