University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments for Tuition

Wharton launches Executive Certification Program in Blockchain and Digital Asset Economics, becoming the first business school in the Ivy League group of elite colleges.

The Institute for Advanced Studies at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania announced the launch of the Blockchain and Digital Assets Economics training program on January 3, 2022. Highlights of the program will include exploration of the standard digital asset valuation methodology – Fundamental Token Valuation (FTV), case studies, and lectures with Wharton faculty and industry experts.

Program participants will include Algorand, Amazon Web Services, Forte, Hyperledger, SKALE and Synthetix, as well as guest speakers from Andreessen Horowitz, Circle, The Defiant, Forbes, Litecoin, and the Unchained podcast.

The stated goal of the program is to empower business leaders and entrepreneurs to identify the driving forces behind cryptocurrency technologies and their practical application for decision-making.

“We have developed a program for business professionals and executives of various profiles, including traditional finance, management and technology. It will harmonize the theory and practice needed to interact in a business context, ”said Academic Director of the Wharton Program, Professor Kevin Werbach.

In addition to US dollars, program participants will be able to pay for tuition in BTC and ETH. The course costs $ 3,800 and is expected to attract several thousand students a year. Acceptance of cryptocurrency payments works on the basis of the Coinbase partner network.

In Russia, special courses and master classes on blockchain and cryptocurrencies are offered to students of Moscow State University, HSE, MISiS, MIPT and St. Petersburg State University of Economics.

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