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The global's first university powered by Blockchain technology could set up shop in Malta, and academics from some of the global's top universities have already signed up, as per reports from Medium on August 24.

The amount of power consumed by Bitcoin mining isn't the world environmental crisis it is usually made out to be. This is according to the professional assessment carried out by Katrina Kelly-Pitou, who is a research associate in computer and electrical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Scottish Government officially published a report that underlines the advantages of blockchain technology in public services levelling the terrain in order to use the technology.

The latest investigation done by University of Texas researchers claims to disclose exact facts and evidence of he meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in late 2017.

Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford Graduate School of Business are planning to include additional courses on blockchain technology and digital currencies in their MBA studying schedules. The incentive will start its activity within the next few months.  

Recently concluded HackPrinceton 2018 in the Princeton University hosted thousands of programmers, developers, and entrepreneurs from around educational institutes across North America. The students worked to create functioning software or hardware projects within a set timeframe of 36 hours. Different companies including bigwigs tech startups sponsored the hackathon to become a brand recognizable among the up-and-coming peers.

The business school of the University of Oxford has decided to extend its online courses in order to include blockchain and other financial technologies. The decision came shortly after the boom in bank closures last year that had led to the reduction of traditional job positions.

The government institutions or affiliated structures of Egypt broke the Internet connection of the country’s citizens using the "AdHose" program, which redirects traffic to Monero mining or shows extra advertisements. This information was published in a report by the explorers of the University of Toronto on Friday.

UK-based decentralized gaming startup TriForce Tokens has proudly announced it’s new partnership with ex E-sports manager of FaZe Clan and World Champion Counter-Strike professional Danny Montaner, (AKA fRoD). Montaner joins the project recently after it came to his attention what TriForce Tokens were aiming for.