Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, lauded Pennsylvania’s Grove City College for its legacy in Austrian Economics on Tuesday, principles he believes are integral to Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) foundation.
The Principles Embedded In Bitcoin?
Winklevoss took to X, suggesting that students seeking “merit-based scholarships” should consider the college.
“If you’ve been shut out by DEI and other toxic policies that have destroyed ‘higher’ education, check out Grove City College. It has a big tradition in Austrian Economics, the same principles embedded in Bitcoin, and believes in merit and American values,” Winklevoss said.
The Austrian school of economics is known for its emphasis on free markets, individualism, opposition to government intervention and sound money, ideas that Bitcoin advocates believe are central to the apex cryptocurrency.
Notably, Winkelvoss graduated with a degree in Economics from Harvard College and earned an MBA from Saïd Business School at the University of …