08/01/2021
Penn Blockchain is doing early recruiting! The club is open to all undergrads, MBAs, and grads.
Blockchain isn’t just finance. NFTs enable music royalties, gaming metaverse, and digital artwork. Blockchain identity enables social networking applications, privacy, and COVID vaccine passports.
Our main differentiator from other clubs is that, in the blockchain industry, since everything is super early, decentralized, and open-source there is huge opportunity for grassroots communities like university students to have a tangible, real-world impact. Rather than say, doing a stock pitch in the circle of a small club meeting, Penn Blockchain members can find themselves leading public discussions on adding new features to Uniswap ($30b crypto trading application), publishing research for large companies with tens of thousands of Twitter followers, or interviewing Mark Cuban.
APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21
APPLICATION PROCESS:
If your first-round written application is successful, you will be asked to interview with a Board Member. Early applications are open now and end on 27th August 2021. Normal applications will occur a few weeks after semester starts.
COMMITTEES:
Our most exciting new initiative is governance, accessible to ALL club members. We’ve been delegated ~$140mm from top VC funds to vote and propose changes to the biggest DeFi platforms. You literally have sway over tens of billions in capital.
Specific committees:
1. Business Development: Source sponsors, create career boards, organize fun social events, and build deep industry connections. Last semester, we ran a Conference where club members got to interview Mark Cuban, CEO of largest exchange Binance Changpeng Zhao, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, Coinbase Head of Exchange Vishal Gupta, and CEO of first crypto VC Pantera Capital Dan Morehead.
2. Research: Write research reports for companies on the market, create novel innovations such as NFT fractionalization, specific protocol designs, and token economics/valuations.
3. Trading: Build an algorithmic trading bot, learn trading strategies, find arbitrage opportunities, and run a trading competition. Help run nodes with the Stevens Center Blockchain Lab. NOTE: We do not conduct actual trading with club funds.
4. Education: Teach blockchain fundamentals, and basic blockchain programming courses.
Once again, APPLY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/pbfall21