The flagship cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, could rise in adoption following a growing interest among universities and colleges to introduce courses about the digital currency. One such institution is Texas A&M University which is planning to offer a Bitcoin course, including Programming Bitcoin, where students would “build a Bitcoin library from scratch.“
Associate Professor Korok Ray from Mays Business School at Texas A&M announced on January 13 that he would teach a course on Bitcoin protocol to engineering and business students this spring in the Texas-based university.
He added that afterward, a Programming Bitcoin course would follow, where students would be taught how to build a bitcoin library. Ray noted in his announcement that getting the approval from the university to have the course has been a lengthy process, possibly underscoring public institutions’ lack of confidence in the sector following recent market volatilities.
Crypto Curriculum Is Expected To Be The Key To Crypto Adoption
The perception of cryptocurrencies as high-risk assets, often seen as gambling, could be holding back the integration of the asset class into the school curriculum, which according to experts, is the only way to accelerate adoption. Crypto analyst Josh Cowell believes that crypto education could enhance financial literacy among students.
Texas A&M University is one of many institutions of higher learning to bring crypto courses. Others include – Harvard University, Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California Berkeley. Boston University Law School is reportedly offering a course on crypto regulations, according to a report shared with Cointelegraph by the institution’s adjunct professor, Thomas Hook.
Says Hook: the curriculum “is meant to expose future lawyers on the potential issues they may see and the myriad of approaches and regulations that exist as it pertains to crypto and the different issues that crypto companies may face across the globe.“
