Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency

University students are clamoring for more courses about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

That’s according to a nationwide survey of 675 students, commissioned by crypto exchange Coinbase and released today. According to the survey, 21 of the top 50 U.S. universities, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, now offer a class on blockchain technology or cryptocurrency, and at least 11 colleges offer a few such courses.

“Students today are really thinking deeply about economic issues and alternative economic futures,” Bill Maurer, the dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of California Irvine, said.

He continued:

“Teaching about this kind of stuff now can be really powerful for students that are trying to find their own way and envision what kind of possible alternatives there might be to the prevailing economic system.”

And that interest in alternative economics isn’t just relegated to the expected departments, such as finance or business or even…