The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is, by most measures, the leading university globally in the digital currency and blockchain field.UNIC has long considered blockchain technology to be a fundamental technological breakthrough with significant financial and societal implications and selected it as one of its three interdisciplinary priorities across all schools and departments of the university.This leading role in academia has been recognized by blockchain industry publications in their evaluation of UNIC’s position among universities involved in the field – CoinDesk (#1, 2016), The Merkle (#1, 2017).In 2018, UNIC was awarded the Biggest Contributor to the rise of Blockchain award, by The Blocks Awards.