Duration : 8 weeks (excluding orientation)

While blockchain and cryptocurrencies have emerged as powerful and disruptive technological forces, their decentralized nature has created novel challenges for traditional financial authorities and regulators. However, cryptocurrencies also bring opportunities; leveraging blockchain technologies, they provide new digital pathways in the global finance system.

In the Blockchain and Crypto Applications: From Decentralized Finance to Web 3 online short course, you’ll gain a sound understanding of the future of blockchain technology and the possibilities that lie ahead for crypto. From finance to the metaverse, you’ll explore the evolution of the tumultuous and dynamic crypto space as experienced by a range of MIT Sloan School of Management faculty and experts in the field. This includes some of the major trends that characterize new crypto waves and advancements. You’ll also explore the dichotomy of public opinion regarding cryptotechnologies, and the rapidly evolving legal and policy landscape.

This program is ideally suited to experienced professionals and leaders interested in discerning hype from reality and capitalizing on real opportunities in cryptocurrency and blockchain. Whether to improve in their current role, enhance their skill set, or embark on a new career path, participants will benefit from the experts’ balanced take on the crypto space. Additionally, those ready to invest in and start their own blockchain or crypto venture will learn how to create a primer for an early stage project idea while considering technical, market, and regulatory challenges.