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Day in day out, the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and blockchain technology continues to gain massive momentum and adoption.

All students at higher institutions of learning in Italy will be able to secure the authenticity of their academic qualifications using blockchain technology. The technology also enables companies and employers to easily and immediately be validated.

During the “Bitcoin & Blockchain beyond the hype,” an event organized by the University of Naples Federico II and the Blockchain Education Network (BEN) association in Italy on January 18, various experts participated including Professors, PhD students and University engineering students.

A Blockchain and Crypto pioneer, Nick Szabo – many believe that he could be the anonymous developer of Bitcoin (BTC), Satoshi Nakamoto – said that central banks will more than likely turn to digital currencies to support their reserves, while speaking at the Israel Bitcoin Summit at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday, January 8, 2018.

The cryptocurrency industry is aware of the need for privacy applications, as private businesses are planning to track pseudo-anonymous Bitcoin (BTC). That necessity has created waves of altcoins each expecting to surpass the rest.

The developer of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin, was officially awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Basel on Friday, November 30.

The Malaysian Ministry of Education (MoE) is now using Blockchain to fight degree fraud in order to maintain the reputation and ethics of universities across the country. Malaysia itself is ranked among the top five Asian Nations when it comes to the field of education.

Five more university endowments have invested in digital currency funds, hinting that the crowd of institutional investors is finally starting to make at least a minute bet on the developing asset class.

University College Oxford has officially established a new big centre for Blockchain technology research.