Qredo Partners with UNIC’s IFF to provide Blockchain and Cryptoasset Education to its Employees

The company’s employees will gain access to UNIC’s blockchain and cryptoasset education

The University of Nicosia (UNIC)’s Institute For the Future (IFF) announces a partnership with Qredo. In the framework of this partnership, Qredo employees from all around the globe will be educated on blockchain and cryptoasset-related topics, by gaining access to leading UNIC blockchain courses.

Qredo’s 170+ employees will now be able to take advantage of UNIC’s top industry-standard blockchain courses, including the MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency, Blockchain Academic Certification Programmes and the free Introductory MOOC on Digital Currency.

It is worth noting that the University of Nicosia has been a leader in cryptocurrency education and research since 2014, when it taught the world’s first for-credit cryptocurrency course. UNIC has since educated over 100,000 students in academic and professional training courses, and hosts the world’s largest team of faculty and staff focused on crypto-assets and blockchains. Further, it serves as the academic lead for the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum (a European Commission initiative to accelerate the development of blockchain within the EU) and also was selected to advise and train the European Central Bank (ECB) on future technology trends.

Commenting on the partnership, IFF Executive Director Professor George Giaglis commented: “We are proud to partner with Qredo, a company that recognizes the value of lifelong learning and supports the career progression of their employees by staying on top of the latest trends and developments in blockchain. In this respect, we will be underpinning the company’s efforts to expand their employee’s skillset, assisting both the employees and Qredo more broadly take that all-important next step in the blockchain space”.

“Helping our team improve in all aspects of their professional lives is one of the core values of Qredo, and this partnership further underlines our commitment to investing in talent,” said Becky M., Chief People Officer at Qredo. “Working with UNIC, we can help our growing team of over 170 further their knowledge of this exciting market and bring back new ideas and perspectives which add value to the company”, he added.

Qredo is a decentralized digital asset management infrastructure and product suite designed to unlock new opportunities for institutional investors in digital assets and decentralized finance. Qredo’s Layer 2 blockchain protocol enables users to seamlessly transfer and settle BTC, ETH, BNB Chain, Solana, Polkadot and ERC-20 tokens. Assets are secured by Qredo’s advanced Gen 2.0 multi-party computation (MPC), which provides tier-1 bank security and institutional-grade governance.