Technically DC: Resource Roundup: UMD is launching a blockchain accelerator

With a new partner accelerator, the University of Maryland (UMD) is breaking into blockchain — well, metaphorically speaking, anyway.

The university’s Robert H. Smith School, in partnership with the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and the Supply Chain Management Center, is launching its very first Blockchain Accelerator.

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