Amid the lingering prospects among the crypto-asset space, the keen interest continues to mount everywhere, reputed institutions from Big 4 auditing firms to the central banks of advanced economies have been investing into R&D projects of blockchain and cryptocurrency gamut. The prestigious universities across the globe have been no exception, designing innovative courses on crypto and blockchain. Some major universities have already added relevant courses to their lists, including Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Edinburg Napier University etc.

It is quite known that Fintech has been one of the swiftly growing sectors. Fintech gamut symbolizes the progressive enterprises that leverage cutting-edge technology to bring-in friendly financial products and solutions that are quite far more agile and pioneering compared to traditional financial institutions.

We recently reported that Edinburgh Napier University has announced the launch of master degree in FinTech specialization contemplating the paradigm shifts in the recent trends in technology.

While in February of this year, Australian public research university RMIT launched the country’s first dedicated online short course on blockchain technology.

Now, one of England’s most esteemed institutes of financial learning, London School of Economics has announced an online course on investing in cryptocurrency starting August 28.

The Financial Times has reported that the London School of Economics would be offering a new course dubbed “Cryptocurrency Investment and Disruption,” The courses mandate is to give students the “practical skills to interact with cryptocurrency exchanges,” Skills which include; using cryptocurrency wallets and evaluating the prospects of an initial coin offering (ICO).

The reputed economics/business school which is the alma mater to 18 triumphant of the Nobel Prize and numerous veterans in the field of economics and business cites its motto to “understand the causes of things” as the motivating factor for launching the trendy course. The course will likely cost around 1,800 Euros and is to comprise six modules, spanning 60 hours of class time.