Cryptocurrency Club created to educate students on new form of commerce | News

Sophomore finance majors Evan Thorell, William Turner and Peter Rasmussen connected with each other throughout high school and their freshman year of college because of their mutual interest in cryptocurrency.

Evan Thorell is the president of the Cryptocurrency Club. He said the club has 25 members and meets biweekly on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Other officers include treasurer and graduate student William Turner, primary programmer Peter Rasmussen and advisor Steve Hegemann, an assistant professor of accountancy. The three students said they founded the club because of their mutual interest in cryptocurrency. More specifically, they all want to educate UNL students about this new and exciting form of commerce.

According to Thorell, a typical meeting of the Cryptocurrency Club starts out with the explanation and discussion of a large topic within cryptocurrency like mining, blockchain or trading techniques. The group also covers current…