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USC's premier student-led organization for blockchain research, rigorous protocol analysis, and accelerating Web3 founders.
Blockchain@USC is one of the oldest crypto student organizations in the country. We are broken down into two main functions:
Cutting edge research around the digital asset ecosystem for bounties, social media, and competitions. We manage a >$100K portfolio of digital assets, where every investment is pitched and voted on by members.
Our projects team works on grants, hackathons, and with consulting clients to take home real prize money and funding. There is also opportunity to work on marketing, events, and partnership related projects.
Members also get an education program that assumes zero background, plus access to professional research platforms and premium AI tooling.
We provide sponsored travel to conferences like ETHDenver and UBC, and help host our own annual conference with VanEck alongside partners like Circle and Solana.
Our alumni have recently landed at BlackRock, Coinbase, Jump Trading, Polychain Capital, and 50T, while founders in the club have raised over $7M from investors like Paradigm.
No prior crypto experience required and every major is welcomed.
Blockchain@USC manages a live onchain portfolio through Dorm Capital, and runs hands-on trading programs for the USC community.
Live markets and competitions where members trade with real stakes and real consequences.
Turn $1,000 into $10,000 in a live trading competition on Legend, exclusive to Blockchain@USC members.
We're partnering with Gemini to give members hands-on experience trading real-world event outcomes.
Learn how to manage a treasury and invest club assets with a long-term time horizon and real accountability.
Deep technical analysis of the protocols, primitives, and design patterns shaping the next era of onchain systems.
Hands-on workshops and shipped projects: from Solidity fundamentals to ZK proofs
The students driving research, engineering, and community at Blockchain@USC.
