# Professor David Yermack is interviewed about the growing interest in his course on cryptocurrency

1 Faculty News December 21, 2017 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinstoller/2017/12/21/crypto-crazy-on-campus-choosing-a-bitcoin-over-a-bachelors-degree/#4fbc0c8d7aa1) -- "'On college campuses, given how quickly these things are rising in value, there is an incredible curiosity about them,' [Yermack](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack) says. 'There is the allure of the "get rich quick." This is capturing the imagination of university students.'"

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