It is clear that the cryptocurrencies and blockchain came to stay, so different universities around the world have been adapting their curriculum and curriculum. Such is the case of the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) which announced that from March it will be offering a diploma related to the irruption of cryptocurrencies and associated technologies in the global economy.

The information was disseminated through some local media and official ITBA channels. The course called "Diploma in Cryptoeconomies: blockchain, intelligent contracts and cryptocurrencies" will be taught at a distance by the Graduate in Economics (U. B. A.) and author of the book Cryptoeconomies: Blockchain, Intelligent Contracts and Cryptomoney - An Introductory Guide, Nicolás Emanuel Collebechi.

This diploma will consist of a curriculum with 18 topics focusing on cryptocurrencies and the technology that underpins them, along with other relevant topics. The modality will be online and the content will be covered in 12 classes that will be recorded and available to those who cannot be connected at the stipulated time. The program will begin on March 28 and will end on June 13,2018, but registration is now open from the institution's website.

Some of the topics to be dealt with in the diploma of cryptoeconomy will include an approach to the traditional international financial and monetary system, from its basic concepts such as decentralization, ICOs (Initial Offer of Currency) and tokens, to regulatory frameworks and reflections on the future perspectives of these financial tools. In essence, the study will provide participants with the ability to analyse the current financial system in comparison with new technological proposals.

The objective of the programme is to train more people in the basic and technical knowledge of cryptoccurrencies, as they are increasingly present in our finances and economy. Likewise, more and more people are interested in using this instrument as a form of investment, as well as in the benefits that these can generate.

Despite the vast number of cryptoactives that make up this ecosystem (more than 1,300 and increasing) and the number of blockchain-related projects, the general public's attention tends to focus solely on bitcoin. In relation to this, Collebechi commented in a note the following:

"The course emerges because it is being seen that there are a lot of industries that work with blockchain -financial, health, retirement, digital advertising, personal loans- but there is ignorance and fixation in bitcoin."

In this way, the institution points out that the diploma is especially aimed at people who want to get started in this field and start from zero knowledge or very general and basic ideas. Collebechi also told a local media that cryptoeconomy "is the sector of the future, involving aspects of cryptography, network theory, computer science and economic theory that can create new technological tools, which are changing the world today.

Of course, this Argentine institute is not the only one that has included some educational program related to the blockchain ecosystem and cryptoactives. In fact, Argentina is recognized for having a large community involved in this ecosystem and in that line, a few months ago, began its first course of development and programming of intelligent contracts.

In addition, many institutions and universities in the United States and the rest of the world have included programs, subjects, courses and even postgraduate degrees focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, such as: Stanford, MIT, the University of Alcalá in Spain or the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.