NYU Blockchain & Fintech

NYU Blockchain & Fintech is the leading force at NYU Stern in educating and providing students with premier opportunities in technology-enabled sectors through speaker, recruiting, and networking events. 

Error. Your form has not been submittedEmoji
This is what the server says:
There must be an @ at the beginning.
I will retry
Reply
B&f graphic templates (6) (1)

B&F Teams

Our mission is to provide unique hands-on experiences through partnerships with founders, DAOs, and industry professionals. 

  • Usability testing

    Coinbase Product Team

    This team will focus on developing innovative solutions to create a loyalty program integrated with Coinbase Wallet, a self-custody wallet that gives you complete control of your crypto. Working directly with Coinbase product managers, software engineers, and product designers, we will create an impactful product requirements document for the loyalty program feature on Coinbase Wallet. Along with our semester-long project, the team will receive mentorship from full-time Coinbase employees to recruit into Coinbase!

  • Crypto Portfolio

    Investments Team

    The NYU Blockchain and Fintech Investment Program is a 10-week investing experience designed to provide students with liquidity in the crypto space to pitch ~10 investments on various tokens. Team members will provide technical analysis, intrinsic valuation, competitive analysis, and investment pitches to the DAO. We will also conduct protocol research on governance-related topics.

  • Success factors illustration

    Microsoft Development Team

    We’re tackling a novel blockchain problem with one of the premier tech companies in the world: Microsoft. This project will involve an in-depth understanding of distributed systems, full-stack development, and sustainable deployment of multiple interacting components. Students will undergo a unique experience with a huge player in the tech and crypto industry.

  • Proud coder illustration

    Venture Capital Team

    Our VC team is focused on building partnerships with venture capital firms to expand sourcing pipelines by uncovering and supporting talented student founders, helping to bring quality startups to the forefront. Based in NYC, we can take full advantage of our prime location and close ties to student ecosystems, including a growing network at NYU and blockchain organizations at other universities. Our goal is to streamline deal flow and due diligence for our partners while providing exclusive access to student-led startups.

  • Unicorn platform teaching resource

    Mentorship Program

    The Mentorship Program is an intensive 10-week experience designed for freshmen students to provide a comprehensive introduction to blockchain and DeFi. Mentees gain practical skills and knowledge through weekly workshops, project-based learning, and one-on-one mentorship. The program concludes with a capstone project, where mentees collaborate with one of the teams.

B&F Programs

Our programs are open exclusively to BnF members.

  • Usability testing

    Messari / ZKSync Research Team:

    The Messari team will be spending the first 5 weeks writing a research paper on the state of interoperability in the crypto/blockchain space and where we see it headed in 2025. We will be exploring some protocols that are trying to solve this issue and considering potential solutions that haven't been proposed. Later in the semester, we will write another paper on the current state of restaking and where we see it headed in 2025. We will focus on the benefits of introducing restaking on new blockchains and the future potential of Eigen Layer.

    We will also be be looking into potential use cases for ZK TLS on ZK Sync’s suite of products. Primarily we’ll be exploring how we can use this encryption standard to drive value in the web2 world. 

  • Unicorn platform teaching resource

    Bittensor Program

    As part of Collab Currency’s dorm builders Season 01, NYU B&F is providing research to the OpenTensor Foundation, Bittensor sub-net operators, and like-minded peers. We are currently working on a data visualization layer to help economic agents understand the various incentives available on various Bittensor subnets. 

Built on Unicorn Platform