We visited the programme’s website and found a lot of interesting things there. First of all, it starts on the third of January 2022 and will run until February 20 of the same year. Accordingly, the duration is six weeks, but other dates are available for convenience.

The cost of the programme is estimated at $3,800, which is less than a whole ether.

Features of the blockchain programme at Wharton Business School

Among the speakers on the programme are many popular members of the cryptocurrency community. These include Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Litecoin cryptocurrency founder Charlie Lee, US Securities and Exchange Commission representative Hester Pearce, and Unchained podcast host Laura Sheen.

Blockchain speakers

Where cryptocurrencies are accepted

The Coinbase Commerce platform will handle payments for the institution. The fee for its services is 1 per cent of the payment amount, but Wharton says it will not charge customers. They can make the transaction from any cryptocurrency wallet that supports the blockchain of the aforementioned coins.

For now, the cryptocurrency payment option is only available to those who have enrolled in a six-week refresher course called Blockchain and Digital Asset Economics, which is offered online and is aimed at professional financiers. As Decrypt reporters note, there are plans to extend cryptopayment support to the rest of the business school’s courses in the future.

We checked the data: the option to pay tuition in cryptocurrencies is indeed there. And there's a warning on the website that once the option is selected, the prospective student will be directed to the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange to make the payment in digital assets.

Cryptocurrency payment option

As a reminder, the University of Pennsylvania has been accepting cryptocurrency donations for quite some time. That said, the pioneer in integrating cryptopayments specifically for education belongs to New York’s King College. This higher education institution has been allowing students to pay for some of its courses in crypto since 2014.

King College in New York

Even more news of Bitcoin’s global adoption comes from El Salvador: this time the country’s government has announced the purchase of another 420 BTC to its national balance sheet. As a reminder, El Salvador legalised Bitcoin as official tender in its territory on the seventh of September – that’s the day you can even pay for a burger at McDonald’s with bitcoins. The decision, though it has drawn a wave of criticism from many, has so far only brought benefits to El Salvador’s economy.

The bitcoin purchase was reported by President Nayib Bukele on his Twitter page:

It’s been a long wait, but it’s been worth it. We just bought back the drawdown [in Bitcoin’s price]!

An hour later, he posted another tweet bragging about an imminent profit from a recent deal. In dollar terms, the country’s crypto reserves are up 0.4 per cent or $100,000. El Salvador already has a total of 1,120 BTCs in its budget worth around $87.4 million. The average purchase price for all coins is around $53,300. That said, Bitcoin is trading above the $61,000 mark this morning.


We believe the spread of cryptocurrencies around the world is now in full swing. About five years ago, it was hard to imagine not only the possibility of paying tuition fees in cryptocurrency, but also the very possibility of entire courses centered around blockchain. Which means that now, as technology advances, cryptocurrencies will only get more fans. And there is clearly no doubt about that option.