Lobos are invited to the next Lobo Living Room where UNM faculty and alumni will discuss cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and their economic and environmental effects. The event will be held in-person and via Zoom, Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Featured panelists will include UNM Assistant Professor Benjamin Jones, UNM Associate Professor Reilly White, and alum Kyle Guin. The group will discuss the blockchain basics, the current state of crypto-mite, NFTs, and the future of decentralized finance. The UNM Alumni Association will also provide graphs and figures showing the distribution of energy use and pollution emissions from crypto mining.
About The Speakers:
Benjamin A. Jones | Assistant Professor of Economics
Benjamin Jones is an assistant professor of economics at UNM and is on the editorial council for the Journal of Environmental Economics & Management. Benjamin is also a UNM alum (Ph.D. in Economics, 2015).
His research is in the area of environmental...
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