5th Cryptocurrency Datathon accepting applications from university students across Brazil
Initiative promotes integration between undergraduate students; winners receive a cash prize, certificates and free courses at FGV
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) is now accepting applications for the fifth edition of its Cryptocurrency Datathon. This initiative by the school aims to promote studies and activities involving blockchain and financial innovation, while fostering interaction between undergraduate students across Brazil. The application deadline is November 11.
The first-placed team will receive R$8,000, while the second-placed one will receive R$5,000 and the third-placed one will be given R$2,000. As well as certificates, the winning team members will also be offered free places on courses about Blockchain (45 hours) and Cryptofinance (45 hours), which are part of FGV EESP’s Professional Master’s in Finance and Economics Program. These courses are scheduled to start in the third and fourth quarters of 2025, respectively.
FGV is part of a select group of universities around the world that are partners of Ripple in the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). This year, the datathon is backed by a team of supporters, including Hashdex, QR Asset, GV Code, FGV Crypto, USP-UBRI, Peck Advogados and Portal do Bitcoin.
About the competition
The Cryptocurrency Datathon is an online competition in which each team is challenged to work on real-world problems related to the cryptoasset and digital currency ecosystem. The teams have nine days to come up with a solution to the challenge, which may be based on themes and a set of data supplied on the event’s opening day, or on competitors’ own data, provided that the sources are cited. There will be a group of mentors to help the teams during the challenge and a committee that will analyze the solutions submitted by the groups and select the winning teams.
To find out more information and sign up, click here.
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