Crypto-Assets and Blockchain

Crypto-Assets and Blockchain

Crypto-assets and blockchain are fundamental technological breakthroughs with significant financial and societal implications. There are numerous advantages in adopting them, primarily solving key issues like trust in a network via decentralisation, digital asset ownership, authentication and traceability, improved speed and efficiency, cost reduction, enhanced levels of security, automation, and more. It is imperative to study these technologies and contribute to their effective application in industry, government, and education, as well as evaluate their impact on society at large.

1st

UNIVERSITY GLOBALLY TO OFFER A DEGREE IN BLOCKCHAIN AND DIGITAL CURRENCY

1st

UNIVERSITY TO PUBLISH BLOCKCHAIN-VERIFIABLE ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES AS NFTS

THE WORLD’S

LARGEST

TEAM OF FACULTY AND STAFF FOCUSED ON CRYPTO-ASSETS AND BLOCKCHAINS

100,000+

STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES

  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • Data Science in Blockchains
  • Technology & Infrastructure challenges in Blockchains
  • Web 3.0 & Metaverse
  • Ripple University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI)
    Aim: to support academic research, technical development, and innovation in Blockchain
  • European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI)
    Aim: to enable the development of innovative crossborder applications using EBSI’s building blocks
  • Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)
    Aim: to provide educational support in bridging the gap between technical education and hands-on experience
  • Blockchain Benchmarking Framework
    Aim: to enable the development of a benchmarking framework for stress-testing various blockchain protocols under extreme conditions

#1 in the world for
Crypto-Assets Education and Research

UNIC has an almost decade-long track record as the leading university in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain, having launched the world’s first degree programme in cryptocurrency in 2014.

Today, UNIC has educated over 100,000 students in academic and professional training courses, while hosting the world’s largest team of faculty and staff focused on crypto-assets and blockchains.

UNIC serves as the academic lead for the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF), a European Commission initiative to accelerate the development of blockchain within the EU.

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Decentralized Conference

As part of our wider engagement with this emerging technology and its applications, UNIC established Decentralized, a series of global business and academic conferences relating to the technical and societal implications of decentralization, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

The conference takes place annually and features hundreds of speakers from academia, industry and government, and thousands of participants. In this way, it aims to provide a platform to collectively work towards harnessing the latest innovations and tackling the challenges that lay ahead in this expanding ecosystem.

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Distributed Ledgers Research Centre

The Distributed Ledgers Research Centre (DLRC), hosted at IFF, is the Institute’s applied research laboratory on blockchain protocols and distributed ledger technology. It aims to advance the field with transformative applications of the technology that emerge directly from the wider Blockchain ecosystem by:

  • Focusing on challenges from the ecosystem
  • Promoting independent research
  • Fostering a community of applied research

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