RIPPLE NEWS
Ripple presents the UNIVERSITY BLOCKCHAIN research initiative
Ripple today announced the University's Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a collaboration with leading universities around the world to support and accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.
Ripple said that they have committed more than S 50 million in funds, experience in the subject and technical resources for the first wave of university partners of the UBRI: 17 prestigious institutions around the world.
These schools will determine their own research topics and priority focus areas, while also partnering with Ripp / e to:
• Collaborate in research and technological development that stimulates general understanding and blockchain innovation.
• Create a new curriculum to meet the high demand of students to learn about blockchain, cryptocurrencies and other FinTech topics.
• Estimuleideas and dialogue between students, professors, technologists and business leaders on topics of shared interest.
The full list of UBRI partners:
Australian Natlonal University College of the Law CITP in Princeton
CSAIL at MIT
Oelft University of Technology (Netherlands) Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley llT Bombay
International lnstltute of lnformation Technology, Hyderabad (lllT-H)
University of Korea
McCombs Business School, UT-Austin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania
UCL (Universlty College London) University of Luxembourg University of Nlcosia (Cyprus) University of Oregon
University of Waterloo
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