Sponsors

Thank you to our Sponsors!

We would like to sincerely thank Ripple, our foundational sponsor and our corporate sponsors for their indispensable financial assistance, which has played a vital role in advancing the Center’s programs.

Ripple is a global blockchain leader driving faster, cheaper, and more secure financial transactions. With the launch of its fully backed U.S. dollar stablecoin, RLUSD, Ripple is positioning itself as a trusted bridge between traditional finance and digital assets. By combining enterprise-grade compliance with cutting-edge blockchain innovation, Ripple delivers stability, liquidity, and global reach to payments, DeFi, and beyond.

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform that simplifies buying, selling, and managing digital assets for millions of users worldwide. Founded in 2012, it offers a secure, user-friendly environment for individuals and institutions to engage with cryptocurrencies while promoting blockchain adoption. Committed to financial literacy and inclusion, Coinbase partners with HBCUs to support fintech and cryptocurrency education through workshops, sponsorships, and resource-sharing, empowering students with essential skills for the evolving digital economy and fostering a diverse future in fintech.

LF Decentralized Trust is a non-profit organization that champions open source best practices across a growing ecosystem of blockchain, ledger, identity, cryptographic, and related technologies. By embracing the open source principles established by the Linux Foundation, LF Decentralized Trust serves as the neutral home for the open development of technologies that empower organizations to innovate with secure and resilient code.