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Florida International University and Blockchain.com are collaborating to better prepare students and FIU alumni for professional opportunities in the technology industry. The partnership is the latest example of many ongoing efforts to prepare Miami residents for tech jobs so that companies don’t have to rely on hiring people from other states to work remotely or requiring employees in other parts of the country to relocate to South Florida.
In 2021, Blockchain.com, the operator of the well-known cryptocurrency trading platform, joined other tech companies by moving its operations to Miami and doubled its workforce.
Hiring graduates from local universities contributed to its influx of new employees and the digital currency firm wants to hire even more local residents who start with req. Lane Kasselman, Blockchain’s chief business officer, sees his firm’s collaboration with FIU as a way for the company to provide more educational opportunities in cryptocurrency to South Florida residents. By partnering with FIU, he’s hopeful the school’s diversity will reflect in the students that learn about crypto through the partnership. Kasselman thinks that crypto is lagging behind the tech sector in terms of increasing employee diversity. “It starts with FIU, but we had an initial history there already and have been sponsors for eMerge Americas,” he said of that annual tech event here. “We want to be in service of people living and working in Florida on how crypto is part of their financial future. Because FIU has 60,000 students, there’s no better place to start with a program focusing on the intersection of finance and technology.”
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