Yesterday the worldโs leading cryptoย stablecoin issuer, Tetherย (USDT), announced a partnership with Business & Technology University (BTU) to develop educational programs related to blockchainย tech, cryptocurrency, and peer-to-peer technologies.
The Business & Technology University is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, and is one of the top institutions in the country.
Tetherย (USDT) will beย implicated in developing courses on topics such as Bitcoin, cryptoย stablecoin, and other technologies that encourage financial freedom and free speech.
Inย particular, the program will include eight lectures by local and international blockchainย tech specialists, guest lecturers, and a final project.
Additionally, the collaboration will likewise include the facilitation of internship opportunities for the universityโs students at corporations in the blockchainย tech ecosystem.
Tether: the university betwixt cryptocurrency and stablecoin
BTU is a technology university that offers Georgians a wide range of undergraduate programs in fields such as engineering, computer science, and business.ย
The universityโs goal to provide its students with practical expertise and knowledge that can enable them to thrive in the modern digital economy.
Universally, there are not numerous universities that already offer courses dedicated to emerging blockchain-based technologies, and they are often limited to supplying theoretical training in this regard.ย
The thing isย theย factย that the job market instead requires specialists in the field, although often toย beย ableย to be a true expert such that the real job market is interested, experience in the field matters more in this area than training.
Asย ofย now thereย is still a great imbalance betwixt the availability of jobs in this field and the demand coming from skilled personnel, so much so that the latter can go so far as to demand decidedly attractive salaries toย beย ableย to let themselves be hired.
Universities should fill this gap, but they cannot limit themselves to doing so byย supplying theoretical knowledge.
For this reason, it isย quite important that in addition to the classic courses taught by university professors, students have theย chance to touch these technologies by having them stated to them by those who have been working in the field for years.
Cryptocurrency and stablecoin: the BTU course in partnership with Tether
Inย particular, BTUโs program in partnership with Tetherย (USDT) isย gonnaย come in collaboration with local digital education platform Academy of Digital Industry, and the countryโs largest co-working space, Terminal.
The course will last a 30ย days, and will be similar to the Strategy B summer school that Tetherย (USDT) already organizes in Lugano, Switzerland.ย
Inย particular, it is designed precisely to provide students with hands-on experience and knowledge, in an industry where experience often ends up counting greaterย than training itself.
International speakers will give their introductory lectures in English, but most of the lessons will be delivered in Georgian.
Emerging countries
Georgia is certainly not known for having an internationally established blockchainย tech landscape.
Nonetheless, there are quite severalย Georgians who would be willing to go and work abroad forย aย time likewise, toย beย ableย to get interesting results.
Furthermore, it isย frequently a bit easier in emerging countries to experiment with really new things, because they doย not start from a strong system that isย indeed largely crystallized, such as the traditional financial system in advanced countries.
So for emerging countries these new technologies are a real opportunity that is not particularly difficult to seize, just by virtue of the fact that nowadays the digital job market is global.
It is enough to mention that the CTO of Tetherย (USDT), Paolo Ardoino, is Italian, while Tetherย (USDT) is an international company with distributed offices at the top of which there are likewise a Dutchman and a Canadian.
Italy is certainly not a country at the forefront of the technological world, but that has not stopped Ardoino, Devasini and Van der Velde from taking Tetherย (USDT) to the top of the world.
Comments on the new collaboration
BTU Provost Professor Nino Enukidze said:
โOur collaboration with Tetherย (USDT) is an important step towards developing a blockchainย tech education ecologicalย system in Georgia. We believe that this collaboration will create opportunities for our students to learn from industry specialists and gain practical expertise that will enable them to contribute to the development of the digital economy.โ
Tetherย (USDT) CTO Paolo Ardoino commented:
โWe are happyย to work with BTU toย assist foster theย following generation of blockchainย tech specialists. Tetherย (USDT) is committed to supporting education and academia, and this collaboration with BTU is an excellent opportunity toย participate students in the region. This is only the start of our efforts in Georgia and we look forward to announcing more initiatives in the near future.โ
