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Top Blockchain University: University of California, Los Angeles
Ranked 25th, the California institution is intertwining blockchain, academics and athletics.
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Top Blockchain University: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Students and professors at 22nd-ranked UIUC have won prestigious blockchain competitions and recognition globally.
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Top Blockchain University: Stanford University
The 12th-ranked university operates “The Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law and Policy,” the first peer-reviewed journal focused on blockchain and the law.
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Top Blockchain University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ranked fifth, MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative serves as the epicenter of blockchain research in the United States.
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IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021
The seizures by the U.S. tax agency included $1 billion in crypto related to the darknet market Silk Road.
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Blockchain Association Raises $4M to Grow Its Presence on Capitol Hill
Kraken, Digital Currency Group (DCG) and the Filecoin Foundation participated in the round.
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Bitcoin Retreats From All-Time High, Ether Follows
The shakeout appeared to coincide with a turn lower in U.S. stock markets.
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Bitfarms Buys 24MW Crypto Mining Facility in Washington State for $26M
The bitcoin miner plans to run approximately 6,200 Bitmain S19j Pro miners in the new hydro-powered facility, with potential capacity of 620 PH/s mining power.
A technician monitors cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

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Why Shouldn’t the Navajo Mine Bitcoin?
Bitcoin promises a sovereignty the Navajo and other First Nations have always been promised but have never received.
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Pension Funds Wade Gingerly Into Crypto Investments
The Houston firefighter’s pension fund recently invested $25 million in bitcoin and ether. Whether others will follow that path is unclear.
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