“The demand for graduates and the skills they have has changed profoundly,” says David Yermack, professor of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency at New York University’s Stern School of Business, the first U.S. college to offer the major. “There is great interest from companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and so forth, who realize that if they don’t incorporate technology into their business models, they will be at great risk of becoming irrelevant.”
“The demand for graduates and the skills they have has changed profoundly,” says David Yermack, professor of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency at New York University’s Stern School of Business, the first U.S. college to offer the major. “There is great interest from companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and so forth, who realize that if they don’t incorporate technology into their business models, they will be at great risk of becoming irrelevant.”
Cornell University is a leading Ivy League when it comes to crypto and higher education — it offers one of the largest selections of crypto-related courses. The 28 courses offered on the subject include "Anthropology of Money," which explores “the social and cultural meanings of numbers, mobile money cryptocurrency, and other alternative currency systems,” according to the course description.
