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MIT

The Best Blockchain University Programs Actually Pay Students to Learn

Leading student blockchain clubs do more than meet up to eat pizza: they work directly with crypto startups to solve problems.

Business  ·  7 October 2020

MIT Develops ‘Spider’ Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions

The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.

Tech  ·  3 February 2020
News

MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito Steps Down Over Epstein Financing

The chief of MIT Media Lab, which runs a digital currency initiative, reportedly concealed funding from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Markets  ·  9 September 2019
Banking

MIT Fellow Says Facebook ‘Lifted’ His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency

MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.

Business  ·  26 July 2019
Cryptography

MIT’s ‘Fiat Cryptography’ System Automates the Process of Securing Almost Anything

Gone are the days of manual encryption as MIT researchers create a way to automatically generate security algorithms.

Markets  ·  20 June 2019
Stablecoins

MIT’s Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Prominent crypto researcher Christian Catalini is helping Facebook with its stablecoin efforts, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk.

Markets  ·  3 May 2019
Privacy

ING Bank Launches Zero-Knowledge Tech for Blockchain Privacy

ING Bank has continued further down the road of advanced blockchain privacy with the release of its Zero-Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) solution.

Business  ·  21 October 2018
Regulation

Fear and HODLing at MIT: Blockchain Experts Weigh Impact of SEC Action

The SEC may cast an even wider net on the crypto space than thought just a week ago, but many remain optimistic about regulators’ growing involvement.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 April 2018
Investments

Why HODLing Is Hobbling Bitcoin’s Prospects as a Common Currency

Bitcoin’s appeal as an investment could diminish its effectiveness as a currency, and alternative models should be tested, writes Michael Casey.

Markets  ·  12 October 2017
Markets

Months to Minutes: Enigma Launch Aims to Boost Crypto Hedge Fund Creation

MIT Media Lab-incubated startup Enigma is today revealing a product designed to simplify the set-up of crypto hedge funds.

Business  ·  25 July 2017
Banking

‘Nowhere Near the Web’? Blockchain Adoption Sees Debate at MIT Event

At an MIT event this weekend, blockchain experts spoke out on the state of the tech and the obstacles that lie in the path of mainstream adoption.

Business  ·  25 April 2017
Digital Currency Initiative

That Time We Gave $500,000 in Bitcoin to College Kids…

A thriving bitcoin community emerged at MIT after two students put together a $500,000 bitcoin distribution project.

Tech  ·  21 April 2017
Emin Gün Sirer

Cornell Prof: Blockchain Exuberance Shouldn’t Cloud Consequences

A professor famed for spotting design issues in blockchains has issued new guidance to the technology's wider development community.

Business  ·  19 April 2017
Federal Reserve

US Dollars on the Blockchain? Fed VP Says Not Yet at MIT Event

The US dollar is not the "low-hanging fruit" for blockchain innovation, according to an executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Business  ·  19 April 2017
Hacking

This Bitcoin Botnet is Vying to Be Future of Secure IoT

Two MIT researchers came up with a novel bitcoin-based IoT security product that mimics botnets.

Tech  ·  25 March 2017