America\'s ASU (Arizona State University) has recently announced a further R&D investment by Dash of $350,000, which will be used for advancing Blockchain. The funding is directed at speeding up all facets of Blockchain research and development, and to provide education to others who wish to improve the system. Blockchain transactions need to be advanced and expanded, so they are faster, more efficient and secure, and Dash is providing ASU with more incentive to undertake such research.

A Dash Scholars Program has been initiated, which will provide $100,000 in scholarship funding for both undergraduate and graduate research. An additional $100,000 has been allocated for two ASU Research Labs to undertake open source projects in the Blockchain industry, while a further $100,000 will go to create an online graduate course which ASU expects to offer this autumn.

Dragan Boscovic, Director of the university\'s Blockchain Research Lab, commented that ASU welcomed the initiative, and was ready to play its part in developing practical Blockchain applications. A potent innovation and research environment would stimulate young talent, and help to advance the core technology which underpins the more publicly lauded software developments.

Dash already made a $50,000 donation to ASU\'s Blockchain Research Lab in 2017, in an exclusive partnership designed to advance the company\'s own cryptocurrency in academic research.