DeFi 101 & How to Set Up MetaMask

BEN USA is excited to be co-hosting an event with Tufts Blockchain and Boston College Blockchain to onboard students into the DeFi ecosystem.First, we will be giving an overview of the Decentralized Finance space so students understand it's importance and potential.Then, we will be giving a step-by-step tutorial to installing MetaMask, adding custom tokens, and switching to the xDai network. For many students, it will be their first crypto wallet.The session will be recorded and added to our online educational curriculum, BEN Learn.You are welcome to join us!

Creating CompSci & Cryptography-Focused Blockchain Courses

The BEN Education Committee brought in Andrew Miller from UIUC to talk about how to create cryptography-heavy technical blockchain courses.Prof. Andrew Miller is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in Electrical and Computer Engineering and affiliate in Computer Science. He is also an Associate Director of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3) and a board member of the Zcash Foundation and Ethereum Enterprise Alliance. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Cybersecurity Center.Andrew has focused his research in computer security, and on the design of secure decentralized systems and cryptocurrencies. Combining unique techniques from programming languages, cryptography, and distributed computing.

Intro to Stablecoins with Celo, BEN Africa, & KNUST

Celo is global payments infrastructure that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.BEN Africa's founding chapter KNUST hosted Celo for an introductory lesson on stablecoins. In this video, Jarell James and Peter Oluwashina break down the financial technology and explain how it works, the use cases and some real world applications.

⭐ Student Spotlight ⭐

Christian Lang is the DeFi Governance Lead at the Harvard Law School Blockchain & Finance Initiative. He also runs an insightful newsletter with a unique legal perspective on the #blockchain space. Check out his most recent post for an excellent analysis of the legal problems around #NFTs.

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