Ripple’s blockchain based global settlements network launched its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) in June of last year.

Ripple is collaborating with leading universities around the world to support and accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.

Ripple’s university partnerships team is working with UBRI’s 29 academic partners to help them identify research, technical projects and other academic activities they will pursue as part of the UBRI program.

今日のセミナーで、京都大学によるXRP Ledgerのバリデータが走り始めたことが発表されました。XRP ChartsのNetwork Topologyのマップでも分かりますね。日本の大学によるバリデータ運用の第一号です。 At today's seminar at Kyoto Univ, the launch of a XRPL validator by the univ was announced. https://t.co/arG5e3drID pic.twitter.com/6IRvyTBBVQ — Emi Yoshikawa 🌎 (@emy_wng) November 13, 2019

Emi Yoshikawa announced on twitter that the newest University to launch its Research Initiative comes out of Japan. Welcome Kyoto University. Kyoto is Japan’s second oldest Japanese university, one of Asia’s highest-ranked universities and one of Japan’s National Seven Universities. One of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including 19 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize winner. It has the most Nobel laureates of all universities in Asia.