Penn Blockchain

Penn Blockchain applications are now open for any current students (undergraduate, graduate, MBA, etc.) interested in learning about or contributing to the blockchain/crypto space. Welcome to those with and without previous experience! https://lu.ma/pennblockchain

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Just a reminder, Penn Blockchain is doing early recruiting!
The club is open to all undergrads, MBAs, and grads.

More info in our last post! Don't miss this great opportunity to be part of our club on campus!!

APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21
APPLICATION PROCESS:
If your first-round written application is successful, you will be asked to interview with a Board Member. Early applications are open now and end on 27th August 2021. Normal applications will occur a few weeks after semester starts.

COMMITTEES:
Our most exciting new initiative is governance, accessible to ALL club members. We’ve been delegated voting power to vote and propose changes to the biggest DeFi platforms.
Specific committees:
1. Business Development: Source sponsors, create career boards, organize fun social events, and build deep industry connections. Last semester, we ran a Conference where club members got to interview Mark Cuban, CEO of largest exchange Binance Changpeng Zhao, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, Coinbase Head of Exchange Vishal Gupta, and CEO of first crypto VC Pantera Capital Dan Morehead.
2. Research: Write research reports for companies on the market, create novel innovations such as NFT fractionalization, specific protocol designs, and token economics/valuations.
3. Trading: Build an algorithmic trading bot, learn trading strategies, find arbitrage opportunities, and run a trading competition. Help run nodes with the Stevens Center Blockchain Lab. NOTE: We do not conduct actual trading with club funds.
4. Education: Teach blockchain fundamentals, and basic blockchain programming courses.
Once again, APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21

Penn Blockchain Application Fall 2021 Penn Blockchain is doing early recruiting! The club is open to all undergrads, MBAs, and grads. APPLICATION PROCESS: If your first-round written application is successful, you will be asked to interview with a Board Member. Early applications are open now and end on 17th SEPT 2021. Normal applicatio...

Penn Blockchain is doing early recruiting! The club is open to all undergrads, MBAs, and grads.
Blockchain isn’t just finance. NFTs enable music royalties, gaming metaverse, and digital artwork. Blockchain identity enables social networking applications, privacy, and COVID vaccine passports.
Our main differentiator from other clubs is that, in the blockchain industry, since everything is super early, decentralized, and open-source there is huge opportunity for grassroots communities like university students to have a tangible, real-world impact. Rather than say, doing a stock pitch in the circle of a small club meeting, Penn Blockchain members can find themselves leading public discussions on adding new features to Uniswap ($30b crypto trading application), publishing research for large companies with tens of thousands of Twitter followers, or interviewing Mark Cuban.
APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21
APPLICATION PROCESS:
If your first-round written application is successful, you will be asked to interview with a Board Member. Early applications are open now and end on 27th August 2021. Normal applications will occur a few weeks after semester starts.
COMMITTEES:
Our most exciting new initiative is governance, accessible to ALL club members. We’ve been delegated ~$140mm from top VC funds to vote and propose changes to the biggest DeFi platforms. You literally have sway over tens of billions in capital.
Specific committees:
1. Business Development: Source sponsors, create career boards, organize fun social events, and build deep industry connections. Last semester, we ran a Conference where club members got to interview Mark Cuban, CEO of largest exchange Binance Changpeng Zhao, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, Coinbase Head of Exchange Vishal Gupta, and CEO of first crypto VC Pantera Capital Dan Morehead.
2. Research: Write research reports for companies on the market, create novel innovations such as NFT fractionalization, specific protocol designs, and token economics/valuations.
3. Trading: Build an algorithmic trading bot, learn trading strategies, find arbitrage opportunities, and run a trading competition. Help run nodes with the Stevens Center Blockchain Lab. NOTE: We do not conduct actual trading with club funds.
4. Education: Teach blockchain fundamentals, and basic blockchain programming courses.
Once again, APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21

"Penn Blockchain conducts on-chain governance, voting, researching, and proposing changes to protocols such as Uniswap, Aave, and Compound. We are rigorous in our decision processes, and security to fully grasp the responsibility placed upon us by our delegates. We control approximately ~140mm in delegated governance token power, and are not influenced by third parties whatsoever.

We are always eager to participate in other protocol's governance, so feel free to reach out to [email protected]
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Delegate to our address on Sybil: 0x070341aA5Ed571f0FB2c4a5641409B1A46b4961b"

https://penn-blockchain.medium.com/penn-blockchain-governance-initiative-7b6d19384912

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1 day left!! Register now for our fireside chat on NFTs with Robbie Ferguson on March 16th, 7-8 pm.
Register here: https://linktr.ee/pennblockchain

WAB is helping host our Intro to Blockchain course taught by Penn Blockchain. This is an introductory course that is open to anyone interested in learning more about blockchain! All course content will be taught via lectures from 7-8 pm each Sunday for 8 weeks.

The course ends with a cumulative project that gives students an opportunity to apply the lecture content through either developing smart contracts or pitching specific projects or coins of interest. This is a great opportunity to get more involved in the blockchain space and learn what it’s all about! Email [email protected] with any questions. WAB also offers other courses.
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5X7gCs1PE-Rh9ucMFTU5K_LuYA02zYadhE4759TglzqM6zQ/viewform

WAB Seminars SignUp Form Thank you for your interest in WAB Seminars! Please fill out the following questions to register for the WAB Seminars Canvas site. If you would like more information on the courses offered, please visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bRvwcb_Q1if7C9F6-z82f61raDjHtvIzzahRIPdODRU/

Litecoin Founder event starts at 8pm EST later today!

500+ attendees and counting...

DM us for Zoom Link!

Only 4 days left till our AMA with Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee!

Register: linktr.ee/pennblockchain

Today marks the end of our first Cryptocurrency Trading Competition at Penn. We hope every one of our 60 participants enjoyed the tournament as much as we did. Blockchain is still very much an emerging technology and we hope that this competition has at the very least gave you first-hand knowledge of the potential this space has. Below is the final leaderboard rankings.

1. Christopher Li (+91.7%)
3. jy***.com (+69.8%)
2. Min Jung (+61.0%)
4. Kelton Madden (+50.4%)
5. Yuxuan Gao (+47.9%)
6. ez***.upenn.edu (+38.4%)
7. Agustin (+35.8%)
8. Bianca (+35.5%)
9. David Li (+33.3%)
10. Amanda (+33.1%)

If you are part of the 10 participants above, please email [email protected] to claim your prize. Please include a screenshot of your Roostoo profile and send the email via your Penn email for confirmation of your eligibility.

TWO DAYS LEFT IN THE CRYPTO INVESTING COMPETITION! Below is the current leaderboard standing.

1. Christopher Li (+92.0%)
2. jy***.com (+60.1%)
3. Min Jung (+56.7%)
4. Yuxuan Gao (+52.3%)
5. Kelton Madden (+47.9%)
6. ex***.upenn.edu (+31.4%)
9. Agustin (+29.4%)
10. Yash Dhir (+29.5%)

Note that there are some participants on the Roostoo leaderboard who are not eligible for competition reward (not part of Penn). The leaderboard above is the official one and updated as of February 15 at 5 PM EST.

There are 2 days left in the competition so adjust your risk and strategy as needed!

Loopring Event happening now! DM for Zoom Link

It has been a little less than a week since our Crypto Investing Competition started, and we can not be more excited for the 50+ participants involved! We want to give an update on the current leaderboard status.

1. jy***.com (+102.7%)
2. Ollie J. Fudali (+63.5%)
3. su***.upenn.edu (+56%)
4. Min Jung (+48.1%)
5. Christopher Li (+43.6%)
6. Yuxuan Gao (+42.1%)
7. Kelton Madden (+35.8%)
8. Amanda (+35.3%)
9. Agustin (+26.3%)
10. Jesus Ignacio Fueyo (+21.4%)

Note that there are some participants on the Roostoo leaderboard who are not eligible for competition reward (not part of Penn). The leaderboard above is the official one and updated as of February 8 at 10 PM EST.

There is still more than 1 week left in the competition and so good luck to everyone who is competing!

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/tesla-buys-1point5-billion-in-bitcoin.html

Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment Elon Musk has been promoting cryptocurrencies on his Twitter account in recent weeks, sending prices soaring.

Applications close in 2 days!

Open to undergrad/grads/MBAs.

Super cool new initiatives such as an investing committee dedicated to portfolio tracking/DeFi analysis/risk-management strats, a technology committee conducting open-source dev and proof-of-concepts for startups, and more exciting events from the Education and Sponsorships committees.

Join here: linktr.ee/pennblockchain

Spring applications close 7th Feb! We are already conducting interviews on a rolling basis. Open to undergrad/grads/MBAs.

Super cool new initiatives such as an investing committee dedicated to portfolio tracking/DeFi analysis/risk-management strats, a technology committee conducting open-source dev and proof-of-concepts for startups, and more exciting events from the Education and Sponsorships committees.

Join here: linktr.ee/pennblockchain

SAC Fair was a success - thanks everyone who came! Applications close 7th Feb and early applicants will be considered faster.

Find out all our upcoming events, links to things like applications, and communication channels in our www.linktr.ee/pennblockchain

[SPRING 2021 APPS OPEN!]

We are planning exciting new initiatives such as a cryptocurrency trading competition, a new investing committee, open-source development, and Wharton Advisory Board seminars. Open to MBA/graduates and undergraduates at all Penn schools. Due 7th FEB!

https://tinyurl.com/pennblockchainspring2021

Total cryptocurrency market cap has hit 1 trillion, with DeFi growth and institutional integration leading the drive.

https://www.coindesk.com/cryptocurrency-market-value-record-1-trillion

Total Cryptocurrency Market Value Hits Record $1 Trillion - CoinDesk During 2017's bull run, the market peaked at a $760 billion total value.

The largest US banking regulator (USOCC) has just allowed US banks to use public blockchains and dollar stablecoins as settlement infrastructure in the US financial system. Essentially, banks can treat public chains as infrastructure similar to SWIFT, ACH and FedWire, and stablecoins like USDC as electronic stored value. According to Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, "we are on a path towards all major economic activity being executed on-chain."

https://www.coindesk.com/occ-banks-stablecoin-payments

OCC Says Banks Can Issue Payments Using Stablecoins - CoinDesk Banks can act as nodes on a blockchain or conduct payments using stablecoins, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Monday.

The Penn Blockchain Club is looking for new members to join our board! We are a group of Penn students interested in technological, financial, economic, and legal implications of blockchains and cryptocurrencies. The club hosts educational seminars, speaker events, meetups, and the annual Penn Blockchain Conference.

Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply and prior experience with blockchains is not necessary. Applications are due Friday, September 18th, at 11:59 ET.

Apply for the board: https://forms.gle/XDtjYuKRRfye6hyq5
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Join our Slack: http://penn-blockchain.slack.com/

Penn Blockchain Club Board Application The Penn Blockchain Club is accepting board applications for the 2020-2021 school year! We hope to serve as a community for Penn students interested in the technological, financial, economic, and legal implications of blockchains and cryptocurrencies and are looking for both undergraduate and gradua...

Penn Blockchain updated their website address.