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Crypto Capstone (Downloadable PDF) The National FinTech Center is delighted to invite HBCU students to participate in a unique opportunity to learn about blockchain technology, web 3.0, and cryptocurrency. This 4-day intensive certification program also offers students a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. Chainalysis, one of the industry's leading companies, offers this program at no cost to HBCU students. Faculty should identify and encourage their students to apply to the program. Space is LIMITED to the first 30 students who apply, act now. The brochure provides the program requirements and benefits. Although the program calls for computer science, information systems, engineering backgrounds, we believe business and economics students [...]

All About Blockchain Diversity and Inclusion in the Blockchain - Crypto Space | Ali Emdad FEBRUARY 22, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 1 How do we lower the barriers to people of color having access to strong education on blockchain? How do we train people to better qualify for this space flooding with job opportunities?  Holding annual competitions like "Battle for Crypto” that actively teach students how to buy, sell, and trade digital assets in an engaged learning lab is one step forward. A discussion between Ripple software engineer Nathaniel Rose and Dr. Ali Emdad, Executive Director of The National FinTech Center, developing expertise in [...]

Interview with Dr. Ali Emdad, Director of the National FinTech Center at Morgan State University with Mirtha Donastorg, HBCU Innovation Reporter at  The Plug on LinkedIn January 26, 2022 https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6891462404539330561/

Courtesy of: https://outline.com/bawDgN Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management has announced the opening of its Center for the Study for Blockchain and Financial Technology, AKA the FinTech Center The FinTech Center opened in 2019 and is dedicated to the study of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the digital finance industry. The university partnered with Ripple, a Silicon Valley financial technology company to develop specialized curricula, expanding academic courses, and awarding scholarships to faculty and students pursuing a career in blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital payment, and other financial technology disciplines. The FinTech Center is also hosting its inaugural Battle Of The Cryptos, a cryptocurrency trading competition for HBCU students. The [...]

On Wednesday nights during the fall semester, students at Morgan State University got lessons on cryptocurrency from team members at New York–based ConsenSys , purchased ether and devised dApps. It was all part of the first-ever blockchain course held at the Baltimore HBCU. The course brought together academia and industry, as a final pitch event to close out the class last week showed. Along with team members from ConsenSys, a representative from payment protocol Ripple sat alongside university leaders such as Associate Dean Ali Emdad of Morgan’s School of Business and Management. Growing out of interest through a blockchain club and panel discussion, Baltimore technologist Yaya Fanusie proposed the course [...]