Australia’s Swinburne Uni Set to Officially Educate Students on Cryptocurrency
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Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology will be uniting Web3 and education by partnering with two Australian fintech firms that will help students attain valuable exposure to the cryptocurrency and fintech business worlds. Vital ‘Hands-On’ Experience Swinburne University will partner with Banxa, a payment service provider that features a fiat-to-crypto platform, and Judo Bank, a fintech loan provider. With Banxa invested in its work within the crypto and blockchain space, and Judo Bank being one of Australia’s very few fintech unicorns, students are guaranteed to get vital hands-on experience as part of their Master of Financial Technology (fintech) degree.The course director is Dr Dimitrios Salampasis, a 2021 Blockchain Educator of the Year awardee who professes a strong belief in the initiative, stating that students will be “exposed to real-life examples and cases across the spectrum of financial services”. The partnership with Swinburne will allow both fintech firms to host lectures, co-create content, and provide relevant case studies. Students will also receive access to each company’s networks for their learning. Another Melbourne University Focusing on Crypto Swinburne isn’t the first Aussie uni to focus on cryptocurrency. Last October, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University called on the federal government to reform the rules around crypto capital gains tax.RMIT has also launched a ‘green cryptocurrency’ lab. Co-founded with the CloudTech Group, the lab’s focus is on reducing the carbon footprint of crypto.