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On Jan. 28, UC Berkeley launched the Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, an accelerator program open to international participants and designed to guide and support high-value blockchain startups.
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Stanford University was ranked first in the CoinDesk list, and UC Berkeley was the only public university listed. CoinDesk is a news site specializing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology community.
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The mentorship program will partner mentees with professional mentors of different genders and professional backgrounds. The program aims to make the blockchain community a “less intimidating” space for female-identifying individuals of all experience levels by connecting them with mentors from a variety of backgrounds.
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California Memorial Stadium was adorned with purple and orange decorations for “she(256),” an all-day women in blockchain conference held Monday.
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“Father of the internet” Vint Cerf spoke out against bitcoin and promoted global internet expansion during a Berkeley Forum event Wednesday evening.
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A cryptocurrency craze has swept through the nation as students and professionals alike are investing in bitcoin and Ethereum, but the spike in interest may be hindering astronomical research.
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A single bitcoin’s worth as of press time is $11,498 — a stark increase from January 2017, when one bitcoin was valued at around $1,000.
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UC Berkeley’s Blockchain Lab received a donation Wednesday worth more than $50,000 in the form of bitcoin, a prominent virtual currency and worldwide payment system. The electronic donation, gifted by the EchoLink Foundation, is the first of its kind at both the Blockchain Lab and on campus.
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ASUC Senator Sunny Aggarwal, who represents the Pirate Party, is set to resign from his Senate seat because he is no longer an enrolled student at UC Berkeley this semester. The seat will remain vacant until votes from last semester’s elections are re-tabulated and a new Senator is elected to replace him.
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