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The University of Padua, the second-oldest university in the country, is trying to achieve portability of educational qualifications like a smart degree with new technologies such as blockchain. They are targeting to lessen bureaucracy, increase speed and transparency in service delivery.

Many institutions of higher education globally are considering offering classes related to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain and other emerging innovative technologies because of their much-acclaimed benefits.

It is believed that its innovation that has changed the world so far, and that is why new technological products continue to emerge onto the market with each day that passes. Now, the University of Waterloo, Canada, has successfully conducted an integration of distributed ledger tech (DLT) into energy systems, an initiative which may lead to the extended charging setup for electric vehicles (EVs).

Italy is considering starting smart parametric policies with automatic reimbursement based on blockchain, smart contract and distributed technology (DLT). The policies will cover the risks related to bad weather, delayed flights and lost luggage. Catholic University and Reply are developing a solution for the issuance of smart blockchain-based insurance policies.

As the world continues to shift from analogue to digital, people have started to go for new innovations that are still unexploited. Now, the health science students from the University of New Haven are trying to explore blockchain technology to solve industry problems. Scientists are working with a giant healthcare firm to test how distributed ledger technology (DLT) could play a significant role to address challenges that are currently hitting the healthcare sector.

Research conducted by Southern Methodist University showed that trends on Twitter and Google influence prices of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

Group of young businessmen organize a meeting on the subject of blockchain and its peculiarities at Liuc University, Italy. More and more people have started to feel a need for researching this new financial technology and finding out how to implement it in their businesses.

Frenchman whistleblower Hervé Falciani, the ex-mole of tax evaders, officially presented his blockchain-based project aiming to fight fraud and money laundering. The former UBS senior system engineer, who published the 'top secret' list of tax evaders that had financial accounts at the branches of the Swiss bank in the 2008 Valencia Polytechnic University bang, went in exile in the city of Madrid, Spain. Falciani became famous as the HSBC former employee.

The University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) was rolled out in June last year to nurture and accelerate academic research, development and innovation in the DLT, digital currency and digital payment sector.