Trading platform Crypto.com has <a href="https://crypto.com/company-news/crypto-com-supports-mit-digital-currency-initiative-with-gift-to-assist-independent-research-and-cryptocurrency-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans for a four-year commitment to the Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab to support the research in Bitcoin security and development of open-source protocol.

Crypto.com views MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative as critical to building a ‘sustainable blockchain ecosystem.’

This is not the platform’s first initiative with academia. It also supports a Carnegie Mellon University Secure Blockchain Initiative.

Last month, the trading platform also became a member of the Blockchain Association of Singapore which collaborates with corporations and universities worldwide to ‘improve blockchain technology.’ This year, Crypto.com was a platinum sponsor of the MIT Fintech Conference alongside Visa.

Founded in 2016, Crypto.com serves more than 10 million customers with more than 4,000 team members growing globally.

Crypto.com Commits to a 4 Years Crypto Research Program with MIT

Crypto.com has announced plans for a four-year commitment to MIT to support the research in Bitcoin security and development of open-source protocol.

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Crypto.com Commits to a 4 Years Crypto Research Program with MIT

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