🎉 New BEN USA Board! 🎉

We are excited to announce a new board for the Blockchain Education Network’s US national chapter!

BEN USA will establish a deeper connection with universities, clubs, and organizations in the over 50 existing BEN clubs in the US to give students the education, skills, and connections they need to become leaders in the blockchain Industry.

Read more about the BEN USA board members and their plans for the upcoming year by following the link below!

Free TNABC Tickets

The North American Bitcoin conference is offering BEN students free tickets to their virtual event this year!Last year we flew students down to Miami for the conference and hosted them at the BEN airbnb, and this year we're looking forward to providing even more students the opportunity to participate in the conference online!To qualify and claim your free ticket, click the button below and be sure to register using your edu email address, then share a post on your socials!For non students, you can use the code BEN50 for 50% off your tickets.

Claim Your StakeDAO Airdrop

Thanks to a new project called StakeDAO, anyone who has donated to any Gitcoin grants including BEN's over the past few months has received an airdrop of free SDT tokens!To claim, go to stakedao.org, connect with the wallet you used to make your donation, and hit claim. It's as easy as that!

Weekly Industry Highlights brought to you by Blockchain Istanbul Center 

1. Joe Biden officially named Gary Gensler as his pick for chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

2. Former Canadian prime minister Steven Harper names Bitcoin as a part of a basket of reserve alternatives to the U.S. dollar.

3. Iranian authorities seized 45,000 Bitcoin mining rigs for illegally using subsidized electricity. 

4. The total value locked in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) exceeded $25 billion.

5. AC Milan is the largest major sporting institution to employ blockchain-based fan tokens.

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